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William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse 1857–1957 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 MAR 1857

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

Death Date: 1 NOV 1957

Death Location: Lakebrook, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Paulus Rafuse

Mother: Anne Guest

Spouse(s): Emily Graham

Children(s): Walter Rafuse, Judson Rafuse, Aubrey Rafuse, Reginald Rafuse, Addney Rafuse, Arnold Rafuse, Harold Rafuse, John Rafuse, Victor Rafuse, Nellie Rafuse, Joseph Rafuse

In 1857, William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse entered the world in Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada, born to Paulus Rafuse And Anne Marie Elisabeth Guest. In 1891, William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse resided in Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1901, William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse resided in Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse married Emily Agnes Graham, and had children including Addney Myrtle Addie Rafuse, Arnold Owen Rafuse, Aubrey Maurice Rafuse, Harold Bernard Rafuse, John Curtis Rafuse, Joseph Chester Rafuse, Judson S Rafuse, Nellie Florence Rafuse, Reginald Travis Rafuse, Victor Forrest Rafuse, Walter Hilton Rafuse. William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse passed away in 1957 in Lakebrook, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • In 1857, William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse entered the world in Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada, born to Paulus Rafuse And Anne Marie Elisabeth Guest.
  • In 1891, William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse resided in Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • In 1901, William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse resided in Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse married Emily Agnes Graham, and had children including Addney Myrtle Addie Rafuse, Arnold Owen Rafuse, Aubrey Maurice Rafuse, Harold Bernard Rafuse, John Curtis Rafuse, Joseph Chester Rafuse, Judson S Rafuse, Nellie Florence Rafuse, Reginald Travis Rafuse, Victor Forrest Rafuse, Walter Hilton Rafuse.
  • William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse passed away in 1957 in Lakebrook, 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)

Emily Graham
1864–1944
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Children(s)

Walter Rafuse
1895–1983
Birth Location: Youngs Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Judson Rafuse
1901–1901
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
JR
Aubrey Rafuse
1883–1971
Birth Location: Youngs Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Reginald Rafuse
1886–1979
Birth Location: Youngs Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Addney Rafuse
1887–1982
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Arnold Rafuse
1890–1980
Birth Location: Parkers Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Harold Rafuse
1892–1983
Birth Location: Youngs Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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John Rafuse
1893–1996
Birth Location: Youngs Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Victor Rafuse
1903–1989
Birth Location: Youngs Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
VR
Nellie Rafuse
1898–1990
Birth Location: Youngs Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Joseph Rafuse
1905–1985
Birth Location: Youngs Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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William Rafuse's Ancestors

Self
William Rafuse
1857–1957
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

William Rafuse's Descendants

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William (Alexander (Twin)) Rafuse (5 MAR 1857–1 NOV 1957) m. Emily (Agnes) Graham (20 MAY 1864–12 FEB 1944)
  1. 1. Walter ('Hilton') Rafuse 1895–1983 m. Helen (G.) Bacon 1906–1974
  2. 2. Judson (S.) Rafuse 1901–1901
  3. 3. Aubrey (Maurice) Rafuse 1883–1971 m. Etta (Maud) Bent 1879–1965
    1. 1. Chester (Aubrey) Rafuse 1910–1977 m. Isabel (McKay) Conrod –1995
  4. 4. Reginald (Travis) Rafuse 1886–1979 m. Carrie (Estelle) Eaton 1891–1941
    1. 1. Joyce (Carolyn) Rafuse 1926–1985 m. Stanley (Alfred) Trim 1923–2006
    2. 2. Hugh (Owen) Rafuse 1909–1978 m. Margaret (Jane) Hiltz 1922–1993 m. Nelsie (Philomine) Saulnier 1906–1956
      1. 1. Beverly (Hugh Paul) Rafuse 1944–1996
    3. 3. Mary Rafuse 1915–1915
  5. 5. Addney (Myrtle (Addie)) Rafuse 1887–1982 m. Howard (Dennison) Guest 1874–1947
    1. 1. Myrtle (Emily) Guest 1921–2004 m. Clifford (Hudson) Sarty 1910–1986
      1. 1. Reggie Sarty 1941–2021
      2. 2. Buddy Sarty 1940–2024
      3. 3. Alberta (Marie) Sarty 1939–2020 m. William (Edmond) Foster 1924–2015
      4. 4. Raymond (Eugene) Sarty 1942–2013
      5. 5. Lillian (Grace) Sarty 1943–2017 m. Jimmy Dexter 1938–1991
      6. 6. Buster Sarty 1945–2023 m. Neva (Mae) Hudson 1944–2018
      7. 7. Howard ('Wayne') Sarty 1947–2000
      8. 8. Eileen (Rosalie) Sarty 1949–2022
    2. 2. Aola (Avon) Guest 1906–1993 m. Merle (Douglas) Collier 1903–1986
      1. 1. Norma (Mae) Collier 1927–2018
      2. 2. Allen (Albert (Bud)) Collier 1928–2006 m. Claire (Marie) Surette 1931–2012
    3. 3. Etta ('Kathleen') Guest 1908–1999 m. Elwood (Fletcher) Oliver 1900–1966
      1. 1. Floyd (Elmer) Oliver 1926–2010 m. Ruby (Edna) Clayton 1935–2012
      2. 2. Kenneth (Roland) Oliver 1929–2007
      3. 3. Viola (Belle) Oliver 1933–2023 m. Freeman (Glen) Potter 1934–2025
      4. 4. Garnet (Howard) Oliver 1932–1987
      5. 5. Elwood (Earl (Bud) Oliver) Jr. 1935–2002
    4. 4. Luella (Bell) Guest 1911–2002 m. Gerald (Dennison) Clayton 1909–1993
      1. 1. Ted Clayton 1929–2007 m. Eleanor (Jean) Williams 1930–2022
      2. 2. Laura ('Isabel') Clayton 1931–2014
    5. 5. Howard (Dennison Guest) Jr. 1913–1982
    6. 6. Harold (Dench) Guest 1915–2002 m. Rosella (Myra) Hudson 1912–2005
  6. 6. Arnold (Owen) Rafuse 1890–1980 m. Hattie (Jean) Hudson 1891–1946 m. Lydia (Gladys) Mailman 1888–1975
  7. 7. Harold (Bernard) Rafuse 1892–1983 m. Grace (Bishop) Coates 1896–1970
    1. 1. Mae (Adelia) Rafuse 1915–2005 m. Harold (Stanley) Sarty 1907–1972
      1. 1. Shirley (Ann (Peggy)) Sarty 1945–2003
      2. 2. Isabelle (Myrtle) Sarty 1932–2012 m. George ('Kenneth') Milbury 1923–2011
      3. 3. Velda (Grace) Sarty 1939–1939
    2. 2. Rhoda (Muriel) Rafuse 1914–1986 m. George ('Raymond') Cleaves 1909–1975
    3. 3. Shirley (Odessa) Rafuse 1927–1994 m. Malcolm (Ira) Gregory 1916–2004
      1. 1. Allan (Malcolm) Gregory 1943–2000
      2. 2. Anthony (Eugene) Gregory 1948–1948
    4. 4. William (Roland) Rafuse 1925–1977 m. Evelyn (Irene) Smith 1920–2011
      1. 1. Glendon (Joseph 'Glennie') Rafuse 1949–2001
    5. 5. Gerald Rafuse 1918–1918
  8. 8. John ('Curtis') Rafuse 1893–1996 m. Beatrice (Belle) Sarty 1897–1992
    1. 1. Emma (May) Rafuse 1915–1938 m. Clinton (Gerald) Robinson 1909–1985
    2. 2. Donald (Oakley) Rafuse 1919–1999 m. Hattie (Beatrice) Charlton 1919–2018
      1. 1. Gary (Ronald (Twin)) Rafuse 1940–2010
      2. 2. Frederick (Gordon) Rafuse 1945–1946
    3. 3. Frances (Mary) Rafuse 1928–2005 m. Frederick (William) Quigley 1925–2012
  9. 9. Victor (Forrest) Rafuse 1903–1989 m. Susie (Dorothy) Guest 1904–2001
    1. 1. Hallet (William) Rafuse 1931–2017
    2. 2. Irene (Audrey) Rafuse 1923–2020 m. Edison (Lorne) Clayton 1912–1987
      1. 1. Rosalie (Ann) Clayton 1948–1948
    3. 3. Eleanor (Agnes) Rafuse 1925–2006 m. Ross (Murray) Clayton 1915–2004
    4. 4. Marion (Dawn) Rafuse 1937–2020 m. Douglas (Edward) Walker 1935–2021
    5. 5. Yvonne (Elizabeth) Rafuse 1939–1996 m. George (Phillip) Thibodeau 1937–2006
    6. 6. Angus (Byron) Rafuse 1928–2011 m. Pearl (Viola) Taylor 1928–2005
    7. 7. Hilton Rafuse 1934–2005 m. Clara (Ann) Lewis 1939–2017
  10. 10. Nellie (Florence) Rafuse 1898–1990 m. Milton (Harris) Wade 1894–1947
    1. 1. Florence (Beatrice) Wade 1920–2003
  11. 11. Joseph (Chester) Rafuse 1905–1985 m. Emma (Myrtle) Halliday 1906–1961 m. Laura (Isabelle) Hebb 1907–1997
    1. 1. Leon (Thurston) Rafuse 1932–2019 m. Twila (Betty) Longmire 1933–2015

William Rafuse's Timeline

7 Records

1857
5 MAR 1857
Birth of William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse in Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
1891
1891
Age 34
William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse resided here in Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
1901
1901
Age 44
William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse resided here in Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
1907
BET JUN 1907 AND NOV 1913
Age 50
William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse was employed
None
1911
1911
Age 54
William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse resided here in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
1921
1 JUN 1921
Age 64
William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse resided here in Annapolis County, Digby-Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Annapolis County, Digby-Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
1957
1 NOV 1957
Age 100
Death of William Alexander (Twin) Rafuse in Lakebrook, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lakebrook, 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:
    [1] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, An online media site for records of births, marriages and deaths.
    [2] 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; Roll: T-6308; Family No: 186
    [3] Canada, Find a Grave Index
    [4] 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 43; Census Place: Polling District No 5, Digby-Annapolis, Nova Scotia; Page Number: 16
    [5] Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1965, Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Death Registrations: 1864–1877; 1908–1966; Volume Number: 1957; Page Number: 5854

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hillside Cemetery (Old Sarty Burial Grounds), Parker's Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: BET JUN 1907 AND NOV 1913

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 JUN 1921
    Event Place: Annapolis County, Digby-Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 43; Census Place: Polling District No 5, Digby-Annapolis, Nova Scotia; Page Number: 16

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 NOV 1957
    Event Place: Lakebrook, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, An online media site for records of births, marriages and deaths.
    [2] Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1965, Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Death Registrations: 1864–1877; 1908–1966; Volume Number: 1957; Page Number: 5854

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1911
    Event Place: Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada, Year: 1911; Census Place: 2, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; Page: 16; Family No: 159

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; Roll: T-6308; Family No: 186

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1901 Census of Canada, Year: 1901; Census Place: Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; Page: 13; Family No: 129
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