“Bible Records - T”
MG1 Ser. E Thurston, #1
Records from the family Bible of Jacob K. Thurston & Ida May Baker who were married in 1893. They lived in Sandford, Yar. Co., NS. The Bible was handed on to their son Wilfred Thurston who owned it in 1994. Brought to the archives for copying by their daughter, Eloise (Thurston) Forbes. Includes a record of the family of Robert Sims Baker & Rebecca Adams of Plymouth, Yar. Co., NS.
Published in Philadelphia by Bradley & Co., 66 North Fourth Street. No date of publication found. 5pp. + 10pp. of loose clippings etc. from the Bible.
MG1 Ser. E Travis, #1
True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Elkanah Travis & Elizabeth Randall of Kemptville, NS, who were married 31 Dec 1868. This Bible appears to have been owned originally by Elkanah Travis’ maternal aunt, Elizabeth Churchill who married William Hatfield 25 Dec. 1849. They had only one child. The Bible was then used by Elkanah & Elizabeth. Also recorded are births of Abner Andrews & Sarah Andrews who brought up/adopted Elkanah Travis’ father, Nathanial Travis. Also includes 2 pp. of obituary clippings and 1 pp. where events other than vital statistics are recorded.
Loaned for copying by Eloise Forbes, Brooklyn, Yar. Co., NS, who borrowed same from Mrs. Bessie Travis, Carleton, Yar. Co., NS, who owned the original in 1993. 9 pp.
MG1 Ser. E Travis, #2
True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Nathaniel & Eleanor Travis of Kemptville, Yar.Co., NS. The title page between the Old and New Testaments indicates that this was the “Polyglott Bible” published at Hartford, Connecticut, 1838, by Andrus, Judd, & Franklin.
This is a family Bible that would have been kept by Nathaniel & Eleanor Travis from about 1840-1851. Sometime around 1851 they probably acquired a new Bible and copied these records over into it. No marriages appear in this Bible, but none of their children would have been married by that date.
Loaned to the archives for copying by Ruth Mercer Chicopee, MA [Access# M2002:9]
MG1 Ser. E Travis, #3
Records from the family Bible of Nathaniel Travis & Eleanor B. Churchill who were married 9 March 1841. This Bible has marginal references etc. by Rev . Ingram Cobbin, and was published in Hartford, Connecticut by Case, Tiffany & Company in 1857.
This record includes the birth records for Nathaniel & Eleanor Travis and all of their children. Only their own marriage and the marriage of their eldest son is recorded here. The only death records are for two of their sons who died as children and their own deaths.
The older Bible used by this couple closer to the time of their marriage can be found under MG1, Ser.E, Travis #2.
Loaned to the archives for copying by Ruth Mercer, Chicopee, MA [Access# M2003:62]
MG1 Ser. E Trefry, #1
True certified copy of the records from the family of Norman Leander Trefry & Rosabella Meades Crosby of Arcadia, Yar. Co., NS who were married on 4 Jan. 1864. Bible was published by Ziegler & McCurdy , Philadelphia, 1872.
Copied from the original Bible which was donated to the Yarmouth Co. Museum by Mrs. Madeleine Durkee, Northwood Manor, 2630 Gottingen St., Halifax, NS B3K 3C6. 6p.
MG1 Ser. E Trefry, #2
True certified copy of records from the family Bible of John W. Trefry, 1830- who m. 1st 29 Dec.1854 Margaret Hersey, and m. 2nd 28 March 1857 Emma E. Caldwell, 1836- He lived with both wives in Springhaven, Yar. Co., NS Bible published in Philadelphia by William W. Harding, 1864.
Bible was later kept by Charles L. Allen & Emma J. Trefry, Springhaven, NS and was then given to their daughter, Leota Jean Allen who married Alfred Sweeney and lived in Gavelton and Tusket, NS The Bible was then passed on to their daughter, Barbara (Sweeney) Brittain, Tusket, NS who loaned same to the archives for copying in 1989. 6p. [2 copies]
MG1 Ser. E Trefry, #3
True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Mrs. Elizabeth (White) Trefry, wife of Irven Trefry of Springhaven, Yar. Co., NS This is not a particularly old Bible, and the records have been written on the flyleaf pages rather than on pages designed for family records. The date of publication is not given but it is “The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments …” published by the Musson Book Co., Toronto.
On the back flyleaf is information recorded on the building and dedication of the Baptist Church at Canaan. The family record records the deaths of Elizabeth (White) Trefry’s parents, a few family deaths and the births of her children. The original was loaned for copying by Mr. Clarence Trefry of Springhaven, Yar. Co., NS 4pp.
MG1 Ser. E Trefry, #4
Family records of the children of Mrs. Elizabeth (White) Trefry, & her husband, Irven Trefry of Springhaven, Yar. Co., NS – as recorded by Mrs. Trefry on the pages of 1892 Baptist Year Book.
Original was loaned for copying by Mr. Clarence Trefry of Springhaven, Yar. Co., NS The records of birth of Irven Elizabeth Trefry’s children only are given in this record. 3p.