yes I am finding this a bit confusing for sure. The marriage record I saw that was for Emma L Foster and Major Messenger the parents of M. Messenger were listed as Daniel and Athalinda Messenger. I found this on Nova Scotia Vital Statistics page
https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=.... I was looking in the Foster Genealogy by Fredrick Clifton Pierce where it said that Emma L d/o William and Hannah Huntington married Major Messenger s/o Daniel Messenger. married ____ Jenness in MA.
I found the marriage record in MA for John W Jenness and Emma L Messenger 13 DEC 1886 in Lynn MA. She lived in Massachusetts until her death around 1915. So I will look at the stuff on Rootsweb and see if I can get any farther but thank you for your help.
Sheila