Donald Charles Frederick Messer

1909 - 1973  (63 years)

• Name	Donald Charles Frederick Messer  [1, 2]
  Born	9 May 1909	Tweedside, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Submitter	855,1238
  Died	27 March 1973  [2]
  Person ID	I17820	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 April 2006

  
  

  Father	John Messer,   b. 24 March 1867, Harvey, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 26 September 1937, Tweedside, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret Agnes "Maggie" Moffitt,   b. 30 July 1867, Harvey, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 5 June 1921, Harvey, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F5027	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Naomi Dorothy Gray,   b. 19 May 1913,   d. 9 January 1976  (Age 62 years)
  Married	5 April 1934	New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living   3. Brenda Gail Messer,   b. about 1940,   d. about 1940  (Age ~ 0 years) + 4. Living
  Last Modified	17 January 2007
  Family ID	F8418	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  They lived in St. John, Charlottetown and Halifax. Don was an accomplished violinist from an early age. "Don Messer and the Islanders" was popular on radio from Charlottetown in the Thirties and early Forties. Later in the l950s his television show "CountryJubilee" became nationally famous. There was a tremendous outcry when C.B.C. discontinued it in 1959. Article: Aug. 1976 Reader's Digest : June 1967 The Atlantic Advocate - "The Don Messer Story" [1, 2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Original Moffat GEDCOM File, Robert and Frances Moffitt. [S1042] GEDCOM file titled "MoffattNB", from Kelly Copeland.