- Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
- During 1906, married Miss Anna ANNABLE
- Died in Seattle, WA.
- In 1899 he was a student on Noble’s Island, Portsmouth, New Hampshire [Directory]
- Graduated from Harvard; went West by train to set up shop in Washington, 1901.
- Lawyer
Source: WikiMedia Commons- Wife: daughter of Robert. S. & Harriet (WENTWORTH), granddaughter of George S. ANNABLE.
- Married on 25 September 1906. Wife (21 November 1876 - 13 November 1939) was a graduate of Radcliffe.
- In Vol. 10, #2 of AARP News Bulletin, (January 1969), there’s a photo of him with Pres. Nixon. He was appointed Chairman of Washington’s Sr. Republican Citizens. Also, was cited ‘Older Citizen of the Year of Seattle & King County’, and, at age 93, was the oldest practicing lawyer in the state.
- Was a member of the Washington State Legislature.
- Daniel Bertrand Trefethen (1876 - 1970) was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He studied law at Harvard and moved to Seattle in 1901, being admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1902, remaining a member for 70 years. He practiced with the firm Trefethen, Grinstead & Laube. He was married to Anna Gertrude Annable with whom he had two children. In 1969, at age 93, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in Washington. He died December 11, 1970 in Seattle Source: WikiMedia Commons
- NOTE: New Hampshire Vital Records have him listed as “BERTCOMB”. His middle name has also turned up as “Bertwood”. His grandson assures us It’s “Bertand”
- (From Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and Hanford Co., 1922. p. 140., via Source 140)
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Daniel B. TREFETHEN, prominent attorney of Seattle, is a native of New Hampshire, and was born in 1876. His early educational training was in public schools, following which he attended Amherst College, and graduated in 1898 with the degree of B. A. His legal training was in Harvard, where he graduated in 1901, with the LL. B. degree. The same year he located in Seattle and entered upon the active practice of his profession, and was associated with Ira Bronson until 1908, following which he formed a partnership with Loren Grinstead under the firm name of Trefethen & Grinstead, and later he became associated with Howard M. Findley, under the firm name of TREFETHEN & Findley.
He has been active in the affairs of the bar association and has served on several of its most important committees. In 1908 he became a member and president of the library board and served consecutively under various city administrations, making one of the most progressive members that body has ever had. Mr. TREFETHEN is a member of the board of trustees of the Chamber of Commerce and chairman of that organization’s Civic Bureau. He is a past potentate of Nile Temple of the Shrine and Past Commander of Lawson Consistory. He also holds membership in various other Masonic bodies. He has served as president of the Young Men’s Republican club and has been active in the activities of that party in the northwest. Mr. Trefethen, in 1906, married Miss Anna ANNABLE, and the couple have two boys.
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