Family History - Gertrude Ethel Tefft

1. Gertrude Ethel Tefft,¹ born 24 August 1889 in Griswold, New London County, Connecticut, the daughter of John H. Tefft and Jeanette Groves;^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} died 18 May 1939 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.^{6, 7}

1. Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, containing images of Register of Births in the Town of Griswold, Connecticut, 1889, Page 20, Gertrude Ethel Tift, born: August 24 in Griswold; parents: John H. Tift, Griswold, Ct., age 43, pedler; and Janette Groves, Blackstone, Mass., age 32.
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, New London County, Griswold Town, Jewett City Borough, Enumeration District 448, Sheet 6B. John Teft, 55 Connecticut, Nov 1844, confectioner, parents both born in Rhode Island; wife of 13 years Jeanette Teft,42, Massachusetts, August 1857, 1 child, 1 living, parents both born in Scotland; daughter Gertrude E. Teft, 10, Connecticut, August 1889, father born in Connecticut, mother born in Massachusetts.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 526, Sheet 4A. John H. Teft, 65, Connecticut, second marriage, painter, contractor, parents born in Connecticut; wife of 22 years Janet Teft, 52, Massachusetts, first marriage, 1 child, 1 living, parents born in Scotland; daughter Gertrude E. Teft, 20, Connecticut, parents born in Connecticut, berling, woolen mill.
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 272, Sheet 3A, Jeanette Tefft (spelled Toft), widow and daughter Gertrude
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 6-54, Sheet 8B, Gertrude E. Tefft
6. Connecticut Vital Records - Index of Deaths, 1897-1969; available at https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/death-records/. Gertrude Tifft, died: 18 May 1939 in Norwich, Connecticut.
7. Obituary, The Day, New London, Connecticut, Elmer J. Tefft, 29 April 1935.