On 7 Sep 1841 John Samuel married Ann Nancy Johnson in French Village, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, British North America. Born on 17 Feb 1824 in St. Margaret’s Bay, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, British North America. Ann Nancy died in Port Bickerton, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 7 Dec 1888; she was 64.
John and Ann Kiser with six children resided in the Wine Harbour census district, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia accordiong to the 1871 Canadian federal census. His widowed mother Margaret Kiser lived in the household. John and Jacob Kiser were fisherment. The family were Anglicans while Margaret Kiser was a Methodist. (RG 31-C-1, 1871, Nova Scotia, Guysborough Co., ED 202-F, Wine Harbour, p. 36)