George Thorborn Giffin (1844 - 1929)

Born 27 Dec 1844 in Louis Head, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marietta (Ringer) Giffin — married 23 Feb 1874 in Louis Head, Nova Scotia

Husband of Tryphena Churchill (Thorborne) Giffin — married 28 Apr 1896 in Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1929 at age 84 in Louis Head, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Marriage Vitals to Marietta Ringer show

• Married 2-23-1874
• Age 24 a bach.
• He is a fisherman.
• Lived and born in Louis Head.
• Parents are William (a fisherman) and Elizabeth Giffin.

Marriage vitals to Tryphena show

• His age is 57 and a widower
• Born and lives in Lewis Head, a farmer
• Parents are William (farming) and Elizabeth
• Wit's Enos W. Page and Annie M. Page

Death vitals show

• His age is 84y 5m 12d, married
• Born 12-27-1845, lived in Louis Head all his life
• Farmer and Fisherman
• Parents are William Giffin and Elizabeth Thorburn
• Informant is Philip H. Giffin, of Louis Head
• Buried in the Louis Head Cemetery
• Gravestone reads, "In memory of George T. Giffin, 1844-1929.

Notes

For Louis Head, Nova Scotia, photo's

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louis_Head%2C_Nova_Scotia%2C_Canada%2C_photo%27s

Sources

• https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/
• Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics
• For marriage to Marietta, yr. 1874, bk. 1836, pg. 55, # 4. search, (George Therburn Giffin).
• For marriage to Tryphena, yr.1896, bk.1836, pg.236, #30. search, "George T. Giffin"
• For death, yr.1929, bk.131, pg.410. search, "George Thorburn Giffen"
• Page 257 of "our Nova Scotian Ancestors" by M.Edward Burtt
• The Shelburne County Genealogical Society, Shelburne, Nova Scotia