Dr.
Geoffrey
Alden
Barss
Born in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
Clara Louise Barss, Edith Mary Cramp (Barss) Baker, Edwin King Barss, Gordon Payzant Barss and Walter DeWolfe Barss
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Rose Bay, Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jul 2020
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Biography
Geoffrey was born in 1887. He was the son of William Barss and Florence Payzant.[1]
The 1891 Canadian census lists Geoffrey as a 4 yr old, Nova Scotia born, Baptist adherent, living in Dartmouth NS. [2]
He was studying medicine in 1912.[3]
He served in the First World War, initially as Medical Officer for the 19th battalion Durham Light Infantry, and later as captain in the R.A.M.C., for which service he was twice mentioned in dispatches. He married Eda Clara Janes in 1918.[4] He passed away in 1967.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Geoffrey Alden Barss birth Dartmouth, Halifax County on January 3, 1887; Birth Registration: Year: 1904 number: 71401227: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=175173
- ↑ 1891 Canadian census, Nova Scotia, 34 Halifax, B-2 Dartmouth, pe 41 line 19, https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148117-00374 Individual page: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=776029
- ↑ The Acadian : Vol. XXXI, No. 51 (September 13, 1912), pe 2 column 1, https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00093_19120913/2
- ↑ Geoffrey A. Barss and Eda C. Jones married in 1918 at Halifax County; Registration: Year: 1918 number: 720: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=160367
- ↑ Geoffrey Alden Barss death at Rose Bay, Lunenburg County on January 27, 1967; Death Registration: Year: 1967 number: 1449: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=466732
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Geoffrey by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Geoffrey:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Geoffrey by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Geoffrey:
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~3.12%
Andrew Payzant
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~1.56%
CG King :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CGKing
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