According to Peg (Oldford) Nelson, Aunt Oak, Lew's wife, died and later he married another Newfoundland lady named Alma. Lew did not have any children with either of his wives.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQPY-TV5 : accessed 19 April 2022), Heber L Oldford, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 511, sheet 2B, line 88, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 931; FHL microfilm 2,340,666.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMNB-N3X : 7 January 2021), Heber Oldford, Feb 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-YT9P : 8 May 2015), Heber Lewis Oldford, 30 Aug 1889; citing Birth, Musgravetown, Bonavista, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZN1-Q1M : 12 December 2014), Heber Lewis Oldford, 1917-1918; citing Cambridge City no 3, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,685,072.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lew 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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