Waldo Vincent Giffen (1887)

Born 3 Mar 1887 in Isaac's Harbour, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

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Biography

• Waldo Vincent Giffen was born March 3, 1887, the son of Obed Chute and Theodosia Bezanson Giffen of Isaac's Harbour^[1]
• In 1904, at the age of 17 he may have fathered a son, Carl Russell Giffin^[2]
• In 1920^[3], he lived in Oklahoma with a wife Virginia (Emma) Magle Giffen, born circa 1904 in Nebraska), her sister Sue Magle and two sons,

1. Virginia Emma Magle Giffen, born circa 1904 in Nebraska
2. Roderick Giffen, born circa 1918 in Canada. A family genealogy indicates Rod lived inToronto^[4]
3. Kenneth Giffen, born circa 1920 in Canada, who died in 1965 in Chicago^[5]

• No further record found

Sources

1. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Waldo Vincent Giffin, born 1887 in Isaacs Harbour, Guysborough County can be found in Registration Year: 1904 - Page: 91501625
2. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Carl Russell Giffin, born 1904 in Halifax, Halifax County can be found in Registration Year: 1904 - Page: 70302076
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1G-MCX : 14 December 2015), Waldo V Giffen, Muskogee Ward 4, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States; citing sheet 10A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,478.
4. ↑ "Simon Giffin and His Descendants : a Genealogy": compiled by Florence Giffin Martin and Mary Alsted Strange ; Publication: New York, New York : F.G. Martin, c1971 Subject Class: 929.273 G366; page 264
5. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23W-7Y7H : 20 May 2016), Waldo Giffen in entry for Kenneth C Giffen, 17 Jan 1965; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .