0365 Frank Jones TREFETHEN

Frank Jones TREFETHEN⁰³⁶⁵
(27 January 1873 - 21 October 1954^{[Source 144]})
Married Maggie A. CONNELLY (or Maggie Agnes Connelly BURCHILL^{[Source 144]}) & Fannie E. VARRELL

PARENTS: Horace Levi TREFETHEN⁰³⁵⁷ (04 September 1834 - 08 August 1896) and Ann M. CLARK

Biography

Born in Rye, New Hampshire at the old homestead at "TREFETHEN’s Corner" on the west side of Sagamore Rd. [Source 144]
Note: Miss Varrell was found in Source 32 (full of errors). She is possibly misplaced here.
Married Maggie on 05 July 1899 in Rye, New Hampshire. Both were 26; he a brick & stone Mason; she a Housekeeper born in April 1874 in Ireland. His 1st, her 2nd marriage (she was prev. married to a Birchill). His father was Horace [Source 36: New Hampshire Marriage Records + Source 32].
She immigrated from County Cork with a husband "John" and 2 daughters, Sarah & Alice (both born in Charlestown, Massachusetts).
John died of TB while they were living on Bracket Rd. in Rye, New Hampshire. Soon after, Maggie married Frank J. Trefethen^{[Source 144]}
Maggie Agnes [Source 144] was born on 01 April 1873 in Ireland & died in Portsmouth on 09 March 1939. She’s buried with her husband (or nearby).^{[Source 144]}
They had a stillborn child on 19 May 1900 [Source 32].
In 1900 he was living with his mother & 2 Birchell girls (Sarah [born in December 1893] & Alice M. [born in April 1895]) in Rye. [1900 Census]
Died in Rye, and is buried in the Rye Cemetery, Rye Center.^{[Source 144]}
After all this, his name COULD be Frank James TREFETHEN!

SOURCES:

32. Rye, New Hampshire town records (1726 - 1845), Vol. 1; Leigh Johnston, Town Clerk, Aug. 1975

35. LANGLEY, Eileen E.

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

39. Alice STINSON⁰⁶³⁸ (Mrs. Lyall)- Correspondence, 11530 La Maida St., North Hollywood, California 91601

47. Rye New Hampshire Marreage Records (1726 - 1899), Compiler: L. H. Tallman, 1978 (Unpublished)

1900 Census

Rye Cemetery, Rye Center

Children:

Lewellyn TREFETHEN⁰³⁶⁶ (04 December 1897 - unknown)
Unknown Male TREFETHEN¹⁴⁷⁵ (04 December 1897 - unknown)
Frank Horace TREFETHEN⁰⁶⁸⁴ (about 1900 - unknown)
Eloise TREFETHEN⁰³⁶¹ (1901 - 1901)
Lura TREFETHEN¹⁰⁷⁰¹ (born around Oct. 1903)
Helen Marie TREFETHEN⁰⁶⁸⁵ (12 December 1905 - 23 September 1961)
Mary TREFETHEN¹⁰⁷⁰² (born & died on 03 January 1915 in Rye, New Hampshire and is buried in the back field of the old homestead [Source 144]