Bertha Eliza (Wright) Giffin (1858 - 1928)

Born 20 Sep 1858 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Wellington Jackson Giffin — married 22 Jan 1885 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1928 at age 69 in Sable River, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Bertha Wright was born in 1858^[1], the daughter of Charles Wright and Ann Mauser of Beach Meadows^{[2] [3] [4]}

On January 22, 1885, she married Wellington Giffin, the son of Robert Giffin and Lavinia Dunlop of Sable River, Nova Scotia^[2], and their children included:

1. Gladys Victoria, born June 1887, who died in August 1887^{[5] [6]}
2. Miriam, born circa 1890, who died before the 1901 Census^[7]
3. Charles Wellington, born 1891^[8], who married Hester Gardner and died without having children
4. Robie Freeman, born 1894^[1], a veteran of WWI, who married Florence Trefry and had a family
5. Thelma Marie, born 1899^[1], who married Tom Harlow and had a family

Wellington was a sea captain when they were married. The 1891 Census^[7] shows them in Louis Head, the fishing village where he was born. Before the 1901 Census^[1], they moved inland to Sable River, to help Wellington's great-uncle run the Dunlop Inn. In addition to the stagecoach, which stopped at the Inn twice each day, once over lunch and the second time overnight, Bertha served as post-mistress and was active in the Baptist Church. Wellington worked as a carpenter to make ends meet. Eventually the Inn would pass on to their son Robie.^[9]

Bertha "Sarah" Eliza (Wright) Giffin died March 26, 1928^[3], and was buried in the Hillside Cemetery at Sable River, Nova Scotia. The gravestone reads: "Wellinton Jackson Giffin, born July 12, 1848, died November 26, 1926. His beloved wife, Bertha Eliza, born September 20, 1858, died March 26, 1928."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The 1901 Census shows Wellington in Nova Scotia; District Name: Shelburne and Queens; District Number: 40; Sub-District Name: Sable River; Sub-District Number: N; Division Number: 1; Family Number: 40; Page Number: 34; Microfilm: T-6455; Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Item Number: 1197271
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Bertha Wright and Wellington Giffin married 1885 in Queens County; Item can be found in Registration Year: 1885 - Book: 1834 - Page: 112 - Number: 11
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Bertha Eliza Giffin, died 1928 in Sable River, Shelburne County can be found in Registration Year: 1928 - Book: 131 - Page: 183
4. ↑ Genealogical notes of Thomas Brenton Smith v. 861 Wightman-Zwicker, see page 492 for Charles John Wright
5. ↑ Obituary published in the Liverpool Advance, August 31, 1887, accessed at the Nova Scotia Archives April 24, 2017
6. ↑ Genealogical notes of Thomas Brenton Smith v. 835 Gates-Gold, see 247 of the microfilm for Wellington Giffin
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} The 1891 Census shows Wellington in Nova Scotia; District Name: Shelburne; District Number: 42; Sub-District Name: Louis Head; Sub-District Number: I; Family Number: 46; Page Number: 11-13; Microfilm: T-6321; Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Item Number: 969234
8. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Charles Wellington Giffin, born 1892 in Sable River, Shelburne County can be found in Registration Year: 1892 - Page: 99000244
9. ↑ Personal knowledge of his descendant, Laurie Giffin

See also:

• Page 270 of "Our Nova Scotian Ancestors" by M. Edward Burtt, The Shelburne County Genealogical Society, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.