0687 Frank Horace 'SMILEY' TREFETHEN Jr.

Frank Horace 'Smiley' TREFETHEN, Jr.⁰⁶⁸⁷
(02 November 1928 - 26 April 1988)
Married (1) Florence TARLING and (2) Carol Lillian WHEELER

PARENTS: Frank Horace TREFETHEN⁰⁶⁸⁴ (27 September 1907 - 23 September 1964) and Helen M. STRONG

Biography:

Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
A Brick & stone Mason, working for Quellette Masonry Company.
A Musician, playing in sev. local bands.
In Air Force during WWII & Korean War.
Resided at 83 Woodlawn Hills, South Berwick, Maine. [from obit- New Hampshire Union Leader].
Married Florence in 1946, Kittery. She was from Kittery, Maine, born around 1928. They had one daughter, Kathleen who married in California where her mother (Flo) had moved after divorcing Smiley. [Source 144]
Married Carol on 25 August 1950 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was born on 20 February 1935 in Milton, New Hampshire [Source 144]
Died in Eliot, Maine, and is buried in Rye Cemetery, Rye, New Hampshire [Source 144]

SOURCES:

15. Newspaper clippings

44. SEARFOSS, G.- Correspondence, Bastrop, TX. (her Source: mostly the 'Locke Book'

144. Anne L. PINCH⁰⁶⁸⁹

obit- New Hampshire Union Leader

Children:

Kathleen TREFETHEN¹⁶²⁰ (29 December 1946 - unknown). Daughter of Flo, married "someone" in California. She had 2 sons named TREFETHEN (as she'd divorced whomever & kept our name) born roughly around 1977. One was Bruce ¹⁶²¹ who lives in Barrington, Vermont with wife Pam. [Source 144 - 1997]
Maggie Jo TREFETHEN⁰⁸⁰² (05 April 1952 - unknown)
Patsy Anne⁰⁸²⁹ (02 August 1954 - unknown) born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire [Source 144]. Resided in Nevada (1988) (from fathers obit). Was residing in Florida in 2004 [her sis]
Frank Horace III TREFETHEN⁰⁸³⁰ (27 March 1956 - 27 March 1993) unwed
Tina Marie TREFETHEN⁰⁸⁴¹ (about 1950 - unknown)
Mark G. TREFETHEN⁰⁸⁹⁶ (about 1950 - unknown)

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Frank Horace 'Smiley' TREFETHEN, Jr.0687 (02 November 1928 - 26 April 1988) Married (1) Florence TARLING and (2) Carol Lillian WHEELER

Frank Horace 'Smiley' TREFETHEN, Jr.⁰⁶⁸⁷
(02 November 1928 - 26 April 1988)
Married (1) Florence TARLING and (2) Carol Lillian WHEELER