Elwood
Halfyard
Armstrong
Born in Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Agnes A. (Armstrong) Rice, Martha S. Armstrong, Mary Armstrong, James Jacobs Armstrong, John Edward Armstrong and Charles Forbes Armstrong
Husband of
Margaret (McCormick) Armstrong
— married
31 Dec 1878 in Granville Ferry, Annapolis,N.S., Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Ellenora Whitman Armstrong, John Edward Armstrong, Mary Ethel Bessie Armstrong, Samuel McCormick Armstrong, George Stewart Armstrong and Gladys Mary (Armstrong) Smith
Died
at age 65
in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 2 May 2015
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Biography
Sources
- 1871 census of Canada. RG 31. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Digital images. (Generations Network. Ancestry.ca-1871 Census of Canada. http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll? : 2009). Rec. Date: 11 Jun 2009, district 190, sub-district f, Annapolis, p. 13, dwelling 47 , family 51, Armstrong, Elwood; (http://search.ancestry.ca/ cgi-bin/sse.dll? : accessed 11 Jun 2009). Cit. Date: 11 Jun 2009. Armstrong, Elwood/ male/ 18/ b NS/ C Bapt/ Scotch/ Farmer
- "The 1881 Census of Canada,"Family History Library, Salt Lake City. Rec. Date: 2 Aug 2008, p. 32, family 150, Elwood Armstrong; Compact Disc 1,375,808. Cit. Date: 2 Aug 2008. Elwood Armstrong/ male/ married/ 28/ Scottish/ b Nova Scotia/ Farmer/ Church of England
- 1901 Census of Canada (search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank : 01 Aug 2007)). Rec. Date: 3 Aug 2008, p. 14, dwelling 148, family 162, line 45, Armstrong, Elwood , "Nova Scotia,"accessed 01 Aug 2007; digital image. Cit. Date: 3 Aug 2008. Elwood H. Armstrong/ male/ head/ married/ b 9 Apr 1853, Nova Scotia/ 47/English/ Canadian/ Church of England/ Farmer
- 1911 Census of Canada (1911 Census of Canada (automatedgenealogy.com : 2007)). Rec. Date: 20 Jun 2008, Granville Ferry; p. 1, dwelling 1, family 1, line 1, Armstrong, Elwood, "Nova Scotia,"accessed 01 Aug 2007; citing digital image. Cit. Date: 23 Oct 2008. Head, married; b Apr 1855, Canada; 56; English, Canadian; Anglican; farmer
- British Columbia Archives, Death Registration Index. Vital Statistics-Death Registration Index (http:/www2.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca :1999.). Rec. Date: 3 Jul 2008, British Columbia Deaths." 1918, 09, 037482, Elwood Halfyard Armstrong
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/50087655/elwood-halfyard-armstrong : accessed 25 July 2021), memorial page for Elwood Halfyard Armstrong (9 Apr 1853–26 Apr 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50087655, citing Banff Town Cemetery, Banff, Canmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Susan Ing (contributor 47043987) .
- Nova Scotia Vital Statistics
- The Halfyard Family Register, compiled and edited by Robert R. Halfyard, BA., 1994
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elwood by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elwood:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elwood by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elwood:
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~1.56%
Robert Halfyard
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Irene (Long) Cole :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a519778 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bruce Morris :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #874455
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