James S. Giffin (1794 - 1881)

Born 28 Feb 1794 in Louis Head, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Annie (Harding) Giffin — married about 1826 in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1881 at age 87 in Louis Head, Nova Scotia

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Biography

James S Giffin was born 28 Feb 1794, the son of George Giffin and Margaret Pride of Louis Head, Nova Scotia^{[1] [2]}

His first wife was Catherine Lewis, who died probably about a year after marriage, possibly in childbirth or shortly thereafter. There were no living children from this marriage.^{[1] [2]}

Circa 1826, he married Annie Harding circa 1826. She was born June 11, 1802 in Port L'Hebert, Shelburne County, died in Louis Head of paralysis, , March 19, 1877, age 75^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Children included:

1. James Allan Giffin born 1826^{[1] [2]}, who married Elizabeth McMillan
2. Catherine Anne Giffin Freeman, b 1827, who married Augustus Freeman of Sable River^{[1] [2]}
3. Jane born December 1831; died January 23 1905^[5]; on June 1, 1859 married Captain Colin McDonald, who was drowned in December 1868. He was the son of Ranald and Eleanor Roberts McDonald; Jane and Colin's children included Ida McDonald Brigham, who died in Swampscott Mass; Ranald; and Janes, who was born after his father's death, and died at age 6 months^{[1] [2]}
4. Priscilla, born 1834; died May 6, 1856 without issue; who married October 4 1855 John Richardson. His second wife was Catherine Giffin, daughter of George and Margaret Ann (Ringer) Giffin^{[1] [2]}
5. Lydia^[3], who married Captain John Robertson on September 7, 1867^{[1] [2] [6]}
6. Henrietta Arnold born 1838, who married Captain Simon Giffin^{[1] [2] [7]}
7. Stephen Harding Giffin born 1841; who married Adelia McMillan^[8] and died without issue March 13, 1899^{[1] [2] [3]}
8. Whitman born 1843^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}, who married Kate Chadsey^[9]

James died February 28, 1881, Aged 87 years, and is buried in the Louis Head Cemetery^{[1] [2] [10]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Page 190 of, "Our Nova Scotian Ancestors" by M.Edward Burtt, Shelburne County Genealogical Society, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} "Simon Giffin and his descendants : a genealogy": compiled by Florence Giffin Martin and Mary Alsted Strange ; with Anne Borden Harding on Nova Scotia families; Publication: New York, New York : F.G. Martin, c1971 Subject Class: 929.273 G366; page 250, 251
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} The 1871 Census shows James with his family in Nova Scotia; District Name: Shelburne; District Number: 193; Sub-District Name: Louis Head; Sub-District Number: h; Page Number: 27; Line Number: 7; Microfilm: C-10547; Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Item Number: 2004930
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The 1881 Census shows James, a widower living with son Whitman and his wife Kate in Nova Scotia; District Name: Shelburne; District Number: 13; Sub-District Name: Sable River and Louis Head' Sub-District Number: G; Family Number: 5; Page Number: 1; Microfilm: C-13171; Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Item Number: 706932
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWNR-GGS : 13 December 2022), Jane Griffin MacDonald, 1905.
6. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL57-1LS : 13 February 2020), Lydia Giffin in entry for John Robertson, 1857.
7. ↑ Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths showing Simon Giffin and Henrietta Arnold Giffin married in 1867 at Louis Head, Shelburne County Registration: Year: 1867 book: 1836 page: 13 number: 52
8. ↑ Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths showing Stephen Giffin and Adelia McMillan married in 1887 at Shelburne County Registration: Year: 1887 book: 1836 page: 169 number: 31
9. ↑ Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths showing Whitman Giffin and Kate Chadsey married in 1876 at Shelburne County Registration: Year: 1876 book: 1836 page: 76 number: 7
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #214381260