Laurie Giffin
Honor Code SignatorySigned 26 Jul 2016 | 37,479 contributions | 1,994 thank-yous | 4,136 connections
Signed 26 Jul 2016 | 37,479 contributions | 1,994 thank-yous | 4,136 connections
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Laurie Giffin aka Burton
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Bruce Giffin
and Jane (Robinson) Giffin
Sister of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)] and Steven Giffin
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jul 2016
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Laurie Giffin est membre actif du projet Portail Francophone
Laurie Giffin has completed Level 3 of the Trans-Canada Orphan Trail. Profile Improvements
Biography
My ancestors started arriving in North America over 400 years ago, so its no surprise that my DNA ethnicity estimate reads New England and Nova Scotia, and WikiTree shows the specifics. For example, 595 of my ancestors immigrated from Europe to colonial New England: seven families were on the Mayflower (1620), and 380 others followed during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
My ancestors visited the coast of Nova Scotia before it was English, and started to migrate here with the founding of Halifax over 270 years ago - much longer than the country has existed. Of the 122 ancestors who migrated to Atlantic Canada, the majority arrived before the American Revolution, 10 were Loyalists, and the last couple arrived in 1816, over 200 years ago.
Some came as children
- Elizabeth Eisenhauer, age 3
- George Caspar Remby, age 8
- Francis Billington, age 12
Others as elders
- Alice Lombard, age 74
- Elisha Freeman, Esq, age 58
- William Brewster, age 54
Some were distinguished
and others names have been forgotten
- ...
Some died young
- Mary (Dixon) Butterfield, age 24
- Sarah (Parker) James, age 28
- John Huckins, age 29
Others lived to a ripe old age
- Mary (Dexter) Freeman, age 98
- David White, age 101
- Hope (Huckins) Nelson, age 105
I found clergy
- Rev. Francis Dane
- Rev. William Eddye
- Rev. Dr. William Archibald
- Rev. William Robinson
- Rev. Eliakim Archibald
and witches
There were soldiers
and sailors
- George Giffin, ship's pilot and Master Mariner
- Capt Wellington Giffin
- Capt Prince Snow
- Capt Joshua Pitman Trefry
- Capt John Trefry
boatbuilders
Clockwatchers
Distillers
Innkeepers
Millers
Tanners
and a large number of farmers and carpenters.
To see how we’re connected, check out the connection finder!.
Sources
- Join me in the Canada Project!
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Laurie Giffin and her father. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Father, based on sharing 3720 cM across 23 segments.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Laurie Giffin and her mother's brother. Their MRCAs are Helen Bradshaw Archibald and Thomas Hoben Robinson, the grandparents of Laurie Giffin and the parents of her maternal uncle. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Uncle, based on sharing 1682 cM across 37 segments.
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- Laurie's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (4)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Laurie or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Laurie or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Arthur Nelson
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #484160 - Mary (McGrath) Klier :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #359193
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100.00%
100.00%
Laurie Giffin:
23andMe, GEDmatch M223119 [compare]
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~12.50%
Danny Robinson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Stephen Woodbridge :
23andMe, GEDmatch UM3152614 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZE6104770 [compare], Ancestry member StephenWoodbridge
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Laurie:
- We have a new pilot: 100,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Laurie Giffin, and thank you from all of us! Nov 20, 2023.
- Laurie Giffin is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 16, 2022.
- Other than Laurie herself, is anyone closer than 18 degrees from her> Aug 4, 2020.
- Meet our Members: Laurie Giffin Aug 3, 2020.
- Laurie Giffin is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 29, 2020.
- Laurie Giffin is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 6, 2020.
Featured Female Poet connections: Laurie is 13 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 20 degrees from Ruth Niland, 27 degrees from Karin Boye, 23 degrees from 照 松平, 18 degrees from Anne Barnard, 38 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 25 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 13 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 32 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 18 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 20 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 14 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: Membres Portail Francophone
II've posted in g2g a proposal to sever Abigail (Dewey) Cutler (abt.1646-abt.1711) from the attached parents (following up on your comment from a few years ago).
If you would like to comment and participate in the discussion please go to: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1641873/proposal-sever-attached-daughter-abigail-thomas-dewey-windsor
edited by M Cole
I am so glad I found you as we have such a similar ancestry! Like you, my family has been in America for 400 years. I have 12 Mayflower passengers of which 8 are considered “family heads” and a pretty mind-boggling number of Plimouth Plantation/Plymouth Colony ancestors. That was such a fascinating microcosm which I have studied for years. Also many from the Mass. Bay Colony, including Salem. I am proud to claim two Salem martyrs as my direct ancestors.
The Canadian branch of my family arrived in several groups; many New England Planters, several Loyalists from the Star Fort in Ninety-Six, South Carolina, and as single family arrivals from Scotland and Ireland.
I often like to quip that the only thing I haven’t found is an ancestor that came in through Ellis Island, and it’s true.
I also wanted to give you a heads-up that another WikiTreer will probably be contacting you soon to verify that Elisha Smith, son of Solomon Smith and Rebecca Hamilton married Desire Baker and lived out his golden years in Nova Scotia.
I’d love to talk to you one-on-one offline. Is there a way to do that?
Best, Valerie
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Montb%C3%A9lliard_Emigrations_to_Nova_Scotia%2C_1749-1752
I'm also working on a personal project reviewing and doing any clean-up needed for Lunenburg founders, so I often have the sources open, if you need help. The Gretteau founder is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gretteau-6 There were two Maillard families: some of Pierre's children immigrated: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Maillard-37, and this man seems to have been in a different family: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Maillard-137 The info on WT isn't yet complete, so your research is welcome!
Congrats on the Super Star Badge!
It's nice to meet another cousin. I like to check out degrees of people mentioned in the Wikitree News. 18 degrees seems alot but we are close as your 8th gg grandfather Simon Newcomb is my 7th ggg. Waves, Keep up the good work.
Laurie Giffin and Marsha (Cramer) Baker are both descendants of Thomas Hooker I.
I was happy to find another Hooker cousin!
Marsha
I have a John Robinson brick wall also. I notice ours all share the same first names: John, William and Thomas. A conservative bunch, the Robinsons - it might be easier to trace them if there were a few Eliphalets or Zadocks in the mix!
I have a few Zadocks in my tree as well. Zadocks in my Stephenson line, a Zadock connects to my Robinsons as well.
Have a great day!
Apparently we are 10th cousins twice removed. We share the common ancestor Kinge-44, William (Kinge) King, who is my 11th Grandfather according to WikiTree.
Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you, too, Karen!
Laurie and Sue are 9th cousins Laurie Giffin and Sue (Bateman) Matthews are both descendants of John Nutting.
Laurie and Janine are 8th cousins once removed
I've been working with Shirlea Smith and others on the Steeves, but most of my efforts are focused on the Mills family from Moncton starting with UEL Reuben Mills (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mills-3147). I'm also working on the Jackson and Walker families of the Annapolis valley. It really is wonderful to work in concert with so many generous contributors. Jonathan Mills Toronto, ON
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
I would like to join the Atlantic Canada Project, since many of my relatives have been born or immigrated to the Atlantic Provinces. I just discovered a free online database http://chignecto.org (Atlantic Canada Genealogical Project) managed by Don Chapman. Have you heard about it? I'll contact Don about allowing me to join and maybe suggest joining/collaborating with WikiTree.
Thanks, Michael
Unfortunately the drop-down lists come from FamilySearch, which has just begun to adopt the same convention and has a lot of clean-up to do. So you will see incorrect references to Canada in these locations in some WikiTree profiles. When correcting an existing profile, I suggest adding a simple reason, as profile managers who aren't familiar with Canada's history may be surprised. I generally say something like "removed country name before country was formed".
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 200!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
Thank you for your time and energy in creating over 1000 contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team
Very well done on your making 1,000 or more contributions to WikiTree in June 2019! We commend and appreciate all of your time and effort in helping to grow and perfect our Shared Tree. Keep up the great work!
Pip Sheppard ~ WikiTree Appreciation Team
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