According to Doris Gertrude Trifts birth record and marriage record, she was born 42 Druham? St., Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 8JUN1909 and married Peerlick Camp, Bayswater, Westfield Parish, Kings Co., NB 1AUG1928 Harry Clarence Moffatt (b. North Sydney, Cape Breton, NS ca. 1902), s/o of Harry Richardson and Clara Isobel (Forward) Moffatt. She was the daughter of Harry P. and Queena (Queenie) Elizabeth (Hersey) Trifts.
When they married, Harry Clarence Moffatt was a chauffeur living in Newfoundland, New Jersey, USA (made famous by the movie, "The Station Agent"). Chauffeur, at that time, may mean someone who maintained a steam engine. Doris was living at 51 Kennedy St. in Saint John.
Frederick Henry Trifts (b. St. Martins Parish, Saint John Co., NB 1OCT1874, d. Saint John 6AUG1922) married Saint John 14AUG1901 Mary Ellen O'Brien. He was the son of Jacob (Joseph) F. and Mary Ann (Andrews/Anderson) Trifts. Joseph F. Trifts was from Germany. Fred was apparently murdered, his skull being fractured. He was an electrician. In 1901, in Saint John, Frederick Trifts (8JAN1873) was the son of Jacob F. (4NOV1850) and Mary Ann (21AUG1857) Trifts. I believe this is the same Fred as there was only one in 1901 and the birth-dates in that census are very often incorrect. Fred had, amongst other siblings, H. Paul Trifts b. 6FEB1885. This I assume was Harry Paul Trifts, and Doris' father. Fred would be her uncle. From your account I sense some tragedy deprived Doris of her parents and she may have been 'adopted' by her uncle. Even so, as far as I can tell, Harry Paul Trifts died in 1964.
This is somewhat borne out by the 1891 census. Here the enumerator interpreted the surname as 'Frits' and Jacob F. is Fred (42) from which I wouls assume his full name was Jacob Frederick Trifts. He was born in Germany as were his parents. Mary Ann (36) was b. PEI, her father was b. England and her mother was b. Newfoundland (the province, I would think; not the town in New Jersey). If I assume the 1901 birth-date for Mary Ann is incorrect, this may mean she was Mary Anne Andrews b. PEI 23AUG1854, baptized Charlottetown 30AUG1854, d/o Henry and Maria Andrews. This seems very likely as by 1871, Henry Andrews (b. England ca. 1825) and Maria (b. Newfoundland ca. 1822) were in Saint John with their daughter, Mary Ann (b. ca. 1855. Mary Ann is given as b. NB, but this seems unlikely. Mary A. Trifts lived in New York when she died 10MAR1932 age 79 years, but her son-in-law, Roy Watson, arranged for her funeral in Saint John.
Maria Andrews b. ca. 1802, d. 25MAY1890 leaving two daughters, one of whom was the wife of F. Trifts.
Doris had a brother, Frederick L. Trifts (12JUN1903-25OCT1926) also an electrician who drowned in Bayswater, NB. Another brother was Charles Franklin Trifts b. Saint John 22JAN1905.
Queen Elizabeth (Hersey) Trifts (12OCT1881-14JUL1933) was the daughter of Charles F. Hersey (b. in Gagetown, Queens Co., NB) and of Mary A.? Cook (from Saint John).
In the 1911 census of Saint John, Harry Trifts (FEB1883) and Eliza (OCT1882), had children 'Fredrick' L. (JUN1903) and 'Doras' G. (JUN1909).
Jacob Frederick Trifts (4NOV1849-5AUG1928) was the son of Fred Trifts and Julia Grouse. Sometimes Jacob F. is said to have been born in England. this suggests he may have come to NB as a child with his parents (both b. Germany) by way of England. An Anglican, Jacob Frederick Trifts was also Sexton for his church, St. Paul's in Saint John. He worked in ship-building in St. Martins Parish and in Saint John..
Frederick Trifts (ca. 1816-22FEB1876) died Long Wharf, Portland, Portland Parish, Saint John Co., NB. He left a wife and five children and appears to have had family in Philadelphia. His wife, Julia (ca. 1818-5APR1884) also die at Long Wharf. A son-in-law was George Payne. She was survived by four children.
You may wish to contact someone researching the family as indicated at:
http://www.nbgssj.ca/NoticesQueries.asp?qn=QPrevhttp://boards.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=4171&...http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/r/i/Celine--E-T...Doris may have later married _____ Turner.
Thomas
Oh, yes.
Harry Richardson Moffatt (b. North Sydney, Cape breton, NS ca. 1876) and Clara Isabel Forward (b. Carbonear, Newfoundland ca. 1876) married in North Sydney 26SEP1899. He was the son of Elijah and Margaret Moffatt. She was the daughter of G. G. Oscar and Isabell Forward.
Thomas