0140 Henry Warren TREFETHEN

Henry Warren TREFETHEN⁰¹⁴⁰
(09 July 1827 - 04 May 1888)
Married to Harriet Olivia FERNALD

Parents: William TREFETHEN, Jr. ⁰¹²⁶ (1795 - 12 September 1878) with Sarah ‘Sally’ BROWN & Mrs. Mary (Duncan) LOCKE

Events:

Born in Kittery, Maine.
A painter. ^{[Source 36: census]}
In 1850 he is found in San Francisco (aged 24) most probably mining for gold. The August & October 1852 Census there, as well as a daughter’s birth record, list him as a painter, born in Massachusetts, resided in Boston.
Married 13 November 1853; in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Both are listed as residents of that town, and he was son of William & Sarah. Harriet was age 23; born in Kittery; daughter of Theodore & Lydia. Both were 1st marriages. [Source 36: Massachusetts Marriage/SOUNDEX].
In 1858 he was living in Taunton, Massachusetts [daughter’s Birth Record]
Wife 1829 - 1905 [Marker]. She is found by the Census as living with her daughter’s family (Laura TREFETHEN⁰⁹⁸⁴) in 1900 Somerville, Massachusetts.
Was 60 when he died ^{[Source 133]}. Both he & wife are buried in Kittery.

SOURCES:

36. TREFREN, Leitha S.¹³²¹- Correspondence, 135 Clover Lane; Medford, Oregon 97501. Leitha passed away during February, 2001

58. STERLING, John- Correspondence, 10 Signal Ridge Way; E. Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818

67. Kittery, Maine Cemetery Records

133. Vital Records of Kittery, Maine to the year 1892; Maine Historical Society, Picton Press 1991.

San Francisco August & October 1852 Census

Massachusetts Marriage/SOUNDEX

Census 1900 Somerville, Massachusetts.

a daughter’s birth record

Marker

Children:

Evelyn B. TREFETHEN⁰⁹²³ (August 1855 - August 1857)
Laura Estelle TREFETHEN⁰⁹⁸⁴ (1858 - after 1899)
Samuel E. TREFETHEN⁰⁹⁵² (September 1864 - November 1864)
Henry E. TREFETHEN⁰⁹³¹ (February 1869 - September 1869)

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Henry Warren TREFETHEN0140 (09 July 1827 - 04 May 1888) Married to Harriet Olivia FERNALD

Henry Warren TREFETHEN⁰¹⁴⁰
(09 July 1827 - 04 May 1888)
Married to Harriet Olivia FERNALD