William Edgar Harding was born October 5, 1861, the son of George and Amelia (GIffin) Harding of Port L'Hebert Nova Scotia[1]
He married Margaret Giffin, daughter of Jacob Ringer and Penina Abbott Giffin[2], and they had children including :
Dorothy, born September 1, 1900, who died as an infant
Ruth Lee born April 16, 1903, unmarried
Marion, born November 18 1905[3], who died March 1944 unmarried
Margaret Chadsey, born June 3, 1911[4], who married Thomas Gerald Francis
William died November 6, 1941 in Lockeport, Nova Scotia[5]
Sources
↑ "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 255, 266
↑Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Margaret S. Giffin and William Edgar Harding married 1898 in Queens County can be found in Registration Year: 1898 - Book: 1834 - Page: 192 - Number: 57
↑Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Marion Giffia Harding, born 1905 in Osborne Harbour, Shelburne County can be found in Registration Year: 1905 - Page: 68100058
↑Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Margaret Chadsey Harding, born 1911 in Lockeport, Shelburne County can be found in Registration Year: 1911 - Page: 53400937 - Number: 53400937
↑Nova Scotia Vital Records showing William Edgar Harding, died 1941 in Lockeport, Shelburne County can be found in Registration Year: 1941 - Book: 191 - Page: 438
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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.
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