Benjamin
Trefry
Born in East River, Yarmouth,N.S.,Can.
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Pitman Trefry
and Sarah (Hurlburt) Trefry
Brother of
Eliza Jane Trefry, Elizabeth P (Trefry) Gray, Olivia (Trefry) Hatfield, Abraham Trefry, Sarah Debra (Trefry) Hamilton, Caleb Trefry, Joshua Pitman Trefry, Freeman Trefry, Stillman Trefry, Mary Hannah (Trefry) Bullerwell, George Trefry and Deborah (Trefry) Hurlburt
Husband of
Jessie (Cavanagh) Trefry
— married
16 Mar 1881 in Tusket, Yarmouth,N.S.,Can.
Died about
at about age 29
in Yarmouth,N.S.,Can.
Profile last modified
| Created 12 May 2010
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Biography
Benjamin was born July 24, 1855, the son of Joshua Pitman Trefry and Sarah Hurlburt of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia[1]
On March 16, 1881, he married Jessie Cavanaugh/Cavanagh/Kavanagh, the daughter of William Cavanagh and Sarah Ann Hurlburt of Tusket, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia[2]
Some family trees on Ancestry.ca (behind a paywall) indicate Benjamin may have died on October 18, 1884, but give no references.
(The date given is the date he disappeared, thought murdered, therefore there is no death record. Info found in newspapers covering the disappearance. Update supplied by Wayne Manser)
No further record found
Sources
- ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 608
- ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Jessie Cavanagh and Benjamin Trefry married 1881 in Yarmouth County can be found in Registration Year: 1881 - Book: 1839 - Page: 166 - Number: 35
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 of DNA with Benjamin:
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~3.12%
Laurie Giffin
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M223119 [compare]
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~3.12%
Christine Gridley :
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~0.78%
Debra (Clive) Naysmith :
23andMe, GEDmatch SP4104970 [compare]
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~0.78%
Susan (Gallagher) Amon :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rodney Gallagher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch [compare], Ancestry member robarusa1
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~0.78%
Ronna Vickery :
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