When Olive Beckwith and her twin brother Charles Grandison were born in 1808 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada, their father, Thomas, was 36 and their mother, Olive, was 31.
Olive married John Osbert Rafford on January 31, 1820, in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. She died in 1859 in Aroostook, Maine, at the age of 51, and was buried in the Riverside Cemetery Fort Fairfield, Maine.
Children:
Mary Ann (1823-1913)
James (1833-1862)
Thomas Worden (1827-1912)
John Osbert (1835-1906)
Olive (1828-1905)
Samuel (1836-1898)
Lois (1821-1888)
Effie (1840-)
Charles (1829-1912)
Ezekiel (1841-1927)
Josiah (1844-1912)
Dorcas (1846-)
Dorcus who died at about age 3
Burial Riverside Cemetery Fort Fairfield Maine
Headstone indicates that Olive was born in Nova Scotia Canada 1808 and died in Maysville Maine 1859
1850 United States Federal Census//Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Letter G Range 2, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M432_248; Page: 109A;
"Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXM-SCFV : 9 October 2015), Olive Beckwith, ; citing Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States, Cemetery Johnson, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 2,148,483.
"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-BM93 : 6 October 2016), Olive Beckworth in entry for Worden Rafford, Death 21 Sep 1912; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,178.
"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-Y1T7 : 6 October 2016), Olive Beckworth in entry for Josiah Rafford, Death 25 Jan 1912; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,178.
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Riverside Cemetery Fort Fairfield Maine
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The attached profiles are both for Olive Beckwith, they are duplicates.
Please merge them.
Thank you.
Janet Johnston MacDonald