Kenneth
Stuart
(Ken)
Giffin
Born in Louis Head, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Dunlop Giffin
and Athalia (Cooney) Giffin
Brother of
Henri Elva (Vaughn) Freeman [half], Antoinette Dunlop (Giffin) Huskins, Burton Cooney Giffin, Harry Vaughn Giffin and Ralph Cecil Giffin
Husband of
Jessie Maude Kempton
— married
6 Dec 1916 in Nova Scotia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 76
in Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U. S.
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2019
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Biography
Kenneth Giffin was born in 1880, the son of Thomas Giffin and Athalia Cooney. He married Jessie Kempton in 1916 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia[1] and they had three children:
- Ardis Carolyn Giffin, born 5-18-1918 in Louis Head, Nova Scotia
- Barbara Giffin, born 10-12-1924 in Somerville, Mass.
- Phyliss Giffin, born 12-12-1928 in Somerville, Mass[2]
Kenneth passed away in 1956.[3]
Notes
- From "Our Nova Scotian Ancestors"
- He worked as a carpenter in Arlington. In 1948 he sailed with M.Edward Burtt Burtt-134 aboard the Gulf Oil Tanker "No-Nox, under the command of Captain Fred M. ColeCole-9820. He served as seaman, and later worked in the galley. He married "Jessie Kempton" in Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia. She was born November 26, 1888, died in Arlington, Massachusetts, November 28, 1962, the daughter of Edward and Martha (Davis) Kempton, a descendant of Richard and Fear (Curtis) Kempton.
Sources
- "Our Nova Scotian Ancestors" by M. Edward Burtt, April 2000 edition. Pages 317 & 318
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ken 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 Ken:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ken 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 Ken:
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~3.12%
Laurie Giffin
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M223119 [compare]
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~1.56%
JD Pierce :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Kim (Giffin) Snair :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UJ4656469 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HK1350044 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN77834
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~1.56%
Kenneth Chapman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #563342
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~0.78%
Wayne Martell :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZX7828194 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NB3278611 [compare], yourDNAportal WAY3aa2968a, Ancestry member WMartell80
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HB1986721 [compare], yourDNAportal WAY4e5e5dee, FTDNA kit #677995
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch SZ7367878 [compare], yourDNAportal WAY42ba9fd4
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JK9293845 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch QF3232439 [compare]
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~0.78%
Kathleen Vaughn :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Hope (MacInnis) Ryan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A916868 [compare], yourDNAportal HOPf638bf9e, Ancestry member RyanG85
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~0.78%
Ray Zeller :
AncestryDNA
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