Frank Giffin (1864 - 1942)

Born 1864 in Osborne Harbour, Shelburne, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane M. (Freeman) Giffin — married 28 Oct 1891 in Osborne Harbour, Shelburne County

Died 1942 at about age 78 in Calgary, Alberta

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Biography

• Frank Giffin was born in 1864, the son of William and Adelia Hayden Giffin of Osborne Harbour^[1]
• In 1891, he married Jane Freeman, daughter of John and Margaret Ann (GIffin) Freeman^[2] and had a daughter Jane (who married Rev James Jordan of Calgary and died in 1970, they had a son and 2 daughters)
• After Jane died he married Jane Finlay^[3] and was living in Edgartown, Mass in January 1907
• He died in Calgary, Alberta, Canada^[4]

Notes

Extra info. from "Our Nova Scotian Ancestors" by M. Edward Burtt show's

• Captain "Frank Giffin", born 1864, died in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He went to sea and sailed as Captain of foreign voyages. He married "Jane M. Freeman" on October 28, 1891, in Osborne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia. She died August 24, 1892, in childbirth or shortly thereafter (note, the birth of their daughter "Jane Freeman Giffin"). He gave up the sea after her death. He married (2) "Jane Finlay" a few months prior to January 1907. They were living in Edgartown, Massachusetts, in January, 1907.

Sources

1. ↑ "Simon Giffin and his descendants : a genealogy": compiled by Florence Giffin Martin and Mary Alsted Strange ; with Anne Borden Harding on Nova Scotia families; Format: Books/Monographs; Language: English; Publication: New York, New York : F.G. Martin, c1971 Subject Class: 929.273 G366; page 252, 260
2. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Jane Freeman (age 25) and Frank A. Giffin (age 27, a sea captain, son of William and Adelia) married 1891 in Shelburne County can be found in Registration Year: 1891 - Book: 1836 - Page: 203 - Number: 74
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N486-HSX : 17 February 2016), William F Giffin in entry for Frank A Giffin and Jane S Finlay, 09 Oct 1906; citing , , Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,298.
4. ↑ Findagrave.com Memorial #135899435