Seventh Generation (Continued)
On 20 Apr 1921 Lucy Beatrice married
Edward Albert Rafuse in Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
6 Born abt 1899 in Gold River, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Occupation: Labourer.
son of William Rafuse and Ellen Adams
Abt 1927 Odella May married
Bernt A. Tofte in New York, U.S.A.
Born on 31 Jan 1904 in Sunde, Hordaland, Norway.53,98 Bernt A. died in Pompano Beach, Broward Co., Florida, U.S.A., on 17 Apr 1997; he was 93.53,98 Occupation: Labourer, Truck driver. They were divorced in 1946 in Volusia Co., Florida, U.S.A.
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Berdt Toftö was from Sunde, Hordaland, Norway.
Bernt and Ella Tofte with a daughter resided on Bay Avenue, East Moriches, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York according to the 1930 United States federal census. They rented their home for USD 10.00 per month. They owned a radio set. Her brother Eugene Rafuse lived in the household. Bernt Tofte was a labourer on a duck farm. He immigtated to the United States from Norway in 1924 and was not naturalized. Ella Tofte and Eugene Rafuse immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1924 and were not naturalized. (T626-1650, New York, Suffolk Co., ED 44, Brookhaven, East Moriches, p. 8B)
The 1940 United States census states that Bernt and Ella Toft with two daughters resided at 75 Miller Avenue, Center Moriches, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. They owned their home which was valued at USD 2000.00. Her brother Eugene Rafuse lived in the household. Bernt Toft and Eugene Rafuse were truckmen for a duck farm. (T627-2784, New York, Suffolk Co., ED 52-38, Brookhaven, Center Moriches, p. 3A)
They had the following children:
On 12 May 1923 Charlotte Naomi married
Amos Benjamin Sawler, son of
George Benjamin Sawler &
Agnes Fredericks Adams, in Martin’s Point, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
6 Born on 29 Oct 1893 in Gold River, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.6 Occupation: Carpenter,.
James A. Rafuse (Kenneth Freeman6, Sarah Ann Zwicker5, Nelson4, John3, Maria Catherine Boehner2, Johann Georg1).
Born on 8 Apr 1912 in Gold River, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.53 James A. died in Manorville, Suffolk Co., New York, U.S.A., in Feb 1986; he was 73.53
Mildred D. Rafuse (Kenneth Freeman6, Sarah Ann Zwicker5, Nelson4, John3, Maria Catherine Boehner2, Johann Georg1).
Born abt 1914 in Gold River, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
According to the 1940 United States federal census, MIldred Watson 183 Blackwood Street, Blackwood Street, Boston, Massachusetts. She lived in the household of her mother Bertha Rafuse. The census indicated that she was married, but her husband was not present. The name Ralph was wriiten on the form, crossed out and replaced with her name. Mildred Watson was a waitress in a restaurant. She immigrated to the United States from Canada. (T627-1662, Massachusetts, Suffolk Co., ED 15-169, Boston, p. 10A)
Mildred D. married Ralph Watson.
Eugene Rafuse (Kenneth Freeman6, Sarah Ann Zwicker5, Nelson4, John3, Maria Catherine Boehner2, Johann Georg1).
Born on 7 Feb 1918 in Gold River, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.53 Eugene died in New York, U.S.A., in Mar 1974; he was 56. Occupation: Truck driver.
Eugene Rafuse resided on Bay Avenue, East Moriches, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York according to the 1930 United States federal census. He lived in the household of his sister and brother-in-law Ella and Bernt Tofte. He immigrated to the United States from Norway in 1924 and was not naturalized. (T626-1650, New York, Suffolk Co., ED 44, Brookhaven, East Moriches, p. 8B)
The 1940 United States census states that Eugene Toft resided at 75 Miller Avenue, Center Moriches, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. He lived in the household of his sister and brother-in-law Ella and Bernt Toft. He was a truckman at a duck farm. (T627-2784, New York, Suffolk Co., ED 52-38, Brookhaven, Center Moriches, p. 3A)