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Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse 1857–1933 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 MAR 1857

Birth Location: Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 2 JUN 1933

Death Location: North Williamston, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Paulus Rafuse

Mother: Anne Guest

Spouse(s): Othet White

Children(s): Watson White, Eva White, Dora White, Jessie White, Mary White, John White, Bertha White, Mabel White, John White, Peter White, William White, George White, Otto White, Joseph White

The story of Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse began in 1857 in Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse married Othet Douglas White, and had children including Bertha Dellas White, Dora Mae White, Eva Maude White, George Stewart White, Jessie Ella White, John Robert White, John Brumley White, Joseph Hanford White, Mabel Beatrice White, Mary Ethel White, Otto Douglas White, Peter Simeon White, Watson Willford White, William Everett White. Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse passed away in 1933 in North Williamston, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse began in 1857 in Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse married Othet Douglas White, and had children including Bertha Dellas White, Dora Mae White, Eva Maude White, George Stewart White, Jessie Ella White, John Robert White, John Brumley White, Joseph Hanford White, Mabel Beatrice White, Mary Ethel White, Otto Douglas White, Peter Simeon White, Watson Willford White, William Everett White.
  • Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse passed away in 1933 in North Williamston, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Paulus Rafuse
1807–1884
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Anne Guest
1819–1911
Birth Location: Sherbrooke, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (now New Ross)
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Spouses(s)

Othet White
1855–1930
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Children(s)

Watson White
1884–1904
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
WW
Eva White
1888–1906
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
EW
Dora White
1882–1912
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
DW
Jessie White
1886–1978
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
JW
Mary White
1890–1943
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
MW
John White
1891–1892
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
JW
Bertha White
1892–1909
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
BW
Mabel White
1894–1933
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
MW
John White
1895–1949
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
JW
Peter White
1898–1985
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
PW
William White
1902–1982
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
WW
George White
1903–1975
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
GW
Otto White
1905–1974
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Joseph White
1881–1971
Birth Location: Phinney Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
JW

Emily Rafuse's Ancestors

Self
Emily Rafuse
1857–1933
Birth Place: Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Paulus Rafuse
1807–1884
Nova Scotia, Canada
Anne (Marie Elisabeth) Guest
1819–1911
Sherbrooke, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (now New Ross)
Grandparents
Eberhard Rehfus
1767–1844
Susanna (Catharina Elizabeth) Klettenberger
1772–1827
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America
Thomas (Abraham) Guest
1798–1871
England
Hannah (Barbara (Anna)) Hiltz
1804–1823
Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Great-Grandparents
Johannes Rehfus
1720–1798
Anna Rab
1722–1809
Peter Clattenburger
1725–1788
Anna Wagner
–1792
Johann Hiltz
1775–1839
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johannes Rehfuss
1688–1729
Johann Hiltz
1730–1782
Rebecca Lantz
1742–1815

Emily Rafuse's Descendants

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Emily (Augusta (Twin)) Rafuse (5 MAR 1857–2 JUN 1933) m. Othet (Douglas) White (1855–5 MAR 1930)
  1. 1. Watson (Willford) White 1884–1904
  2. 2. Eva (Maude) White 1888–1906
  3. 3. Dora (Mae) White 1882–1912
    1. 1. Ruth (Bernice) Starratt 1911–2000 m. Maynard (Alton) Burgher 1901–1995
      1. 1. Robert (Douglas (Bob)) Burgher 1937–2021
      2. 2. George Burgher 1940–2021
    2. 2. Robert Starratt –2000
    3. 3. Roscoe Starratt –2000
  4. 4. Jessie (Ella) White 1886–1978 m. Charles (Henry) Alexander –1978
    1. 1. Ethel (Beatrice (Bernie)) Alexander 1913–2003 m. Horace (Victor) Marshall 1911–1996
      1. 1. Lloyd (David) Marshall 1942–1995
  5. 5. Mary ('Ethel') White 1890–1943 m. Victor (Lynwood) Bent 1889–
  6. 6. John (Brumley) White 1891–1892
  7. 7. Bertha ('Dellas') White 1892–1909
  8. 8. Mabel (Beatrice) White 1894–1933 m. Harvey (Alexander) Daniels 1903–1996
    1. 1. Roger (Alexander Rice) Daniels 1930–2005 m. Barbara Milbury –2024
  9. 9. John ('Robert') White 1895–1949 m. Violet (Mae) Prime 1911–2011
    1. 1. Joseph White 1939–1940
  10. 10. Peter (Simeon) White 1898–1985 m. Edith (Viola) Parkhurst 1902–1998 m. Elizabeth Anton 1904–1994
    1. 1. Hope (Iris) Shumway 1928–2017
  11. 11. William ('Everett') White 1902–1982 m. Winnifred (Elfreda (Winnie)) Bezanson 1910–
    1. 1. Allan (Reid) White 1938–2010
    2. 2. Richard White –2010
  12. 12. George (Stewart) White 1903–1975
    1. 1. Ruth (Emily) White 1930–2011 m. Clyde Hiltz
    2. 2. Donald (Steward (Donny)) White 1935–2005
    3. 3. David (William) White 1937–2000 m. Gladys (Mae) Whitman 1939–2018
    4. 4. Constance (Marie (Connie)) White 1932–2021 m. Russell Charlton –2021
  13. 13. Otto (Douglas) White 1905–1974 m. Alice (Edna) Bezanson 1912–2002
    1. 1. Victor (Henry) White 1929–1997
    2. 2. Shirley (Joan) White 1935–2025 m. Llewellyn Caines –2025
    3. 3. Thomas ((Tom)) White –2025
    4. 4. Gloria White –1997
  14. 14. Joseph (Hanford) White 1881–1971 m. Gladys (May) Hayes 1897–1964
    1. 1. Edward (Martin) White 1917–1997 m. Joyce (Annie) Young 1928–2003
    2. 2. Delma (Frances) White 1919–2000 m. John ((Jack)) Eldred –2000
    3. 3. Frank (Douglas) White 1922–1998 m. Marjorie Bent –2020
    4. 4. Doris (Marie) White 1924–2017 m. Emdon (McDonald) Hamilton 1908–1960
    5. 5. Gloria (Louise) White 1927–2006 m. Charles (Laurie) Rafuse 1923–2008

Emily Rafuse's Timeline

2 Records

1857
5 MAR 1857
Birth of Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse in Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
1933
2 JUN 1933
Age 76
Death of Emily Augusta (Twin) Rafuse in North Williamston, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
North Williamston, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 MAR 1857
    Event Place: Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Charles 'Laurie' Rafuse

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lawrencetown Cemetery, Lawrencetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
    Record Source: Charles 'Laurie' Rafuse

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 JUN 1933
    Event Place: North Williamston, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Charles 'Laurie' Rafuse
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