0309 Ralph Earnest TREFETHEN

Ralph Earnest TREFETHEN⁰³⁰⁹
(25 December 1911 - 18 August 1963)
Married Emma Leona SPRAGUE

Parents: Austin Smiley TREFETHEN⁰⁴²⁸ (28 January 1872 - 29 October 1938) and Mary L. GILBERT

Events:

Wife was born 15 September 1912, in Machiasport, Maine; daughter of James & Grace (PROCTER)
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Resided in Hampden
Was a shipfitter at Shop 11 at the Portsmouth Navy Shipyard.
Married on 30 July 1937 at Bethany Church, in Rye, New Hampshire.
Died in Boston, Massachusetts of lung cancer
Buried in the Gilbert lot in South Cemetery, Portsmouth

SOURCES:

38. TREFETHEN, Donald Perry- Correspondence

Children:

Doris Carleen Smith TREFETHEN⁰⁶¹² (06 May 1930 - 07 March 1951) Adopted into this family from her mother’s previous marriage (to a "Smith", no doubt!).
James Allen Smith TREFETHEN⁰⁶¹³ (03 September 1931 - unknown) Also adopted as per above.
Joan Frances TREFETHEN⁰⁶¹¹ (21 September 1939 - ?) Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Married James Carr and had 3 sons, 1 daughter.
Ralph Earnest TREFETHEN, Jr. ⁰³⁰⁸ (08 January 1945 - unknown) Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Donald Perry TREFETHEN⁰²⁷⁹ (16 May 1951 - unknown)

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Ralph Earnest TREFETHEN0309 (25 December 1911 - 18 August 1963) Married Emma Leona SPRAGUE

Ralph Earnest TREFETHEN⁰³⁰⁹
(25 December 1911 - 18 August 1963)
Married Emma Leona SPRAGUE