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Thelma Eleanor Rafuse 1913–1992 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 FEB 1913

Birth Location: Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 24 SEP 1992

Death Location: Elms Grove Cemetery, Steam Mill, Kings County, Nova Scotia

Father: Daniel Rafuse

Mother: Katherine Brennan

Spouse(s): Francis Willoughby

Children(s): Sheila Willoughby

The story of Thelma Eleanor Rafuse began in 1913 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Thelma Eleanor Rafuse married Francis Willoughby, and had children including James Willoughby, Janet Willoughby, Sheila Doreen Willoughby. Thelma Eleanor Rafuse passed away in 1992 in Elms Grove Cemetery, Steam Mill, Kings County, Nova Scotia.

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Biography

  • The story of Thelma Eleanor Rafuse began in 1913 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Thelma Eleanor Rafuse married Francis Willoughby, and had children including James Willoughby, Janet Willoughby, Sheila Doreen Willoughby.
  • Thelma Eleanor Rafuse passed away in 1992 in Elms Grove Cemetery, Steam Mill, Kings County, Nova Scotia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Thelma Rafuse's Ancestors

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Thelma Rafuse
1913–1992
Birth Place: Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Daniel 'Owen' Rafuse
1868–1939
Beech Hill, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Katherine (Annie May (Kate)) Brennan
1863–1933
Nicholsville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
John ('Daniel') Rafuse
1818–1896
Sarah (Anna) Awalt
1830–1896
Great-Grandparents
Johann Rafuse
1799–1875
Catharine Demon
1799–1848
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johannes Rehfus
1755–1829
Apollonia Berghaus
1759–
Johann Demon
1754–
Sophia Lohnes
–1834

Thelma Rafuse's Descendants

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Thelma (Eleanor) Rafuse (17 FEB 1913–24 SEP 1992) m. Francis Willoughby (12 OCT 1912–14 NOV 1954)
  1. 1. Sheila (Doreen) Willoughby –1992

Thelma Rafuse's Timeline

2 Records

1913
17 FEB 1913
Birth of Thelma Eleanor Rafuse in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
1992
24 SEP 1992
Age 79
Death of Thelma Eleanor Rafuse
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 FEB 1913
    Event Place: Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Cemetery Inscriptions taken by Angela Horsfall

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Elms Grove Cemetery, Steam Mill, Kings County, Nova Scotia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 SEP 1992
    Record Source: Cemetery Inscriptions taken by Angela Horsfall

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