When Whitman George Giffin was born on 9 October 1860, in Isaacs Harbour, Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, George Giffin, was 33 and his mother, Matilda Langley, was 31. He married Mary Laura Francis Nichols on 19 December 1888, in Goshen, St. Mary's, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 23 years. He died on 23 November 1948, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, at the age of 88.
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British Columbia joins the confederation.
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
Irish (Ulster and Kildare): shortened form of McGiffin , an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Dhuibhfinn ‘son of Duibhfionn’.
English (mainly southeastern England): variant of Geffen .
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