Capt.
George
Harding
Giffin
Born in Louis Head, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of George Giffin
and Mary (Harding) Giffin
Brother of
Mary (Giffin) Abbott [half], Margaret Ann (Giffin) Freeman, Simon Giffin, Dean Stillman Giffin and Lois (Giffin) Harlow
Husband of
Elizabeth Simpson (Robertson) Giffin
— married
3 Feb 1870 in Port Joli, Nova Scotia
Father of
Fred Robertson Giffin and George Harding Giffin
Died
at age 54
in Lockeport Harbour, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2016
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Biography
Marriage Vitals show
- Parent's are George (a seaman) and Mary,
- Lives and born in Louis Head.
A third child is identified in family genealogy[1]
- Flora Giffin born circa 1880, married Charles Berman in Needham Massachusetts in 1908, and died without children.
Info. from "Our Nova Scotian Ancestors"
- Died when his vessel was swamped near the entrance of Lockeport Harbour. Also lost in the wreck was his nephew, Reginald Giffin, age 16, who sailed with him as a crew member.
- He was a Master Mariner and sailed out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
- Buried in the Louis Head Cemetery.
- Gravestone reads "In memory of Capt. George Giffin, died November 6, 1893, aged 55 years."
Sources
- ↑ "Simon Giffin and his descendants : a genealogy": compiled by Florence Giffin Martin and Mary Alsted Strange ; with Anne Borden Harding on Nova Scotia families; Publication: New York, New York : F.G. Martin, c1971 Subject Class: 929.273 G366; page 260
https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/
- For marriage, yr. 1870, bk. 1836, pg. 28, # 25. search, (George Giffin).
- Page 198 of "Our Nova Scotian Ancestors" by M. Edward Burtt.
- The Shelburne County Genealogical Society, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 George:
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~3.12%
Kenneth Chapman
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #563342
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~1.56%
Laurie Giffin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M223119 [compare]
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~1.56%
David Jenks :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Neenah Brown :
23andMe, GEDmatch M588871 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tress Brown :
23andMe
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~0.78%
JD Pierce :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Dana Burtt :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Donna Ryng :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
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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