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.
"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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DNA Connections
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.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage (beta) of DNA with Lew: