Seth James Kyffin

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In his petition for naturalization, Seth Kyffin listed his birthplace as Wrexham, Wales which was a Registration District in Denbigshire according to Wales censuses
Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. Penitentiary, Name Index to Inmate Case Files, 1895-1931
Name: Seth J. Kyffin
Incarceration Date: 29 Apr 1930
Inmate Number: 36372

(Research):Social Security Death Index Seth Kyffin
Name: Seth Kyffin
SSN: 523-09-7442Last Residence: 80215 Lakewood, Jefferson, Colorado, United States of America
Born: 19 Jul 1881
Died: Nov 1967
State (Year) SSN issued: Colorado (Before 1951)
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Seth James Kyffin
Name: Seth James Kyffin
County: Delta
State: Colorado
Birth Date: 19 Jul 1881
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1544482
DraftBoard: 0
U.S. Citizen:
Native son: No
Naturalized: YesCitizen by father's naturlization before registrant's majority: Yes
Nearest relative: Julia Kyffin, wife
xxx ?odge, Delta, Delta Co, Colorado
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Seth Kyffin
Name: Seth Kyffin
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1881
Registration district: Auckland
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Seth Kyffin
Name: Seth Kyffin
Arrival Date: 6 Apr 1889
Birth Year: abt 1882
Age: 7
Gender: MalePort of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: AdriaticSearch Ship Database: Search the Adriatic in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Name: Seth J Kyffin
Home in 1900: Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado
Age: 19
Birth Date: Jul 1881
Birthplace: Wales
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1889
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Father's name: Pierce Kyffin
Father's Birthplace: Wales
Mother's name: Jane Kyffin
Mother's Birthplace: Wales
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: View on Image
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Household Members:
Name Age
Pierce Kyffin 42
Jane Kyffin 44
Seth J Kyffin 19
John H Kyffin 15
Perce L Kyffin 13
Albert Kyffin 12
Frank Kyffin 5

Seth married Julia S. Oram on 8 Nov 1901 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. Julia (daughter of Charles D. Oram and Martha J. (Wife of Charles D. Oram) [?]) was born about 1882; died about 1959; was buried in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Viola Myfanwy Cooley, 87, of Akron died Monday, May 1, 1995 at Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Brush. Funeral services were Thursday, May 4, [1995] at 10:30 a.m. from the First Presbyterian Church of Akron with Rev. Kyle Weir officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with Yeamans & Gordon Memorial Chapel of Akron in charge of arrangements. Viola Myfanwy [Kyffin] Cooley was born Jan. 20, 1908 in Denver, Colo. to Seth J. and Judith (Oram) Kyffin. She was united in marriage to Merton Beth Cooley on May 25, 1929, and to this union was born one son, Herbert. Viola attended her first year of college at Colorado School of Music, transferring to Colorado State Teacher's College in Greeley, Colo, where she earnd her degree in elementary education. In addition to teaching school in the Akron School District, she served as principal in the elementary school for 14 years and was the elementary school librarian for 13 years.*
She had been a resident of Washington County since 1929. Viola held membership in many organizations, including Martha Washington No. 47; Order of the Eastern Star in Akron, Colo, of which she was a member for 51 years; Akron Book Chatter Club, Delta Delta Delta Sorority, AARP, ETA Bridge Club, and the First Presbyterian Church of Akron, Colo, where she played piano and organ for 60 years. Hobbies she enjoyed were playing the organ and piano, caring for her rose garden, and playing bridge with her friends. Those preceding her in death were her husband, Merton Beth, her son, Herbert, and one brother, Al Kyffin; four brothers-in-law, and two sisters-in-law. Survivors inclued her daughter-in-law, Donna Cooley of Akron; one brother, Maurice Kyffin of Lakewood, Colo, Mildred Cooley of Riverside, Calif., and Eleanor Cooley of Mountain Home, Iowa [error, should be Boise, Idaho]; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. - Akron News-Reporter, v. 85 no. 11, Thursday May 11, 1995, Akron, Colo.
_________________*From the Denver Post, Monday, April 9. 1973 - COLORADO SPRINGS - Mrs. Viola K. Cooley of Akron, Colo., a teacher in schools for 41 years, was honored by the Colorado Education Association (CEA) at the 47th annual CEA Delegate Assembly at the Broadmoor Hotel. She is a native of Delta, Colo., and began her teaching career in Johnstown, Colo., after graduation from Colorado State Teachers College, now the University of Northern Colorado. For the past 12 years [since 1961] she has been a school librarian in Akron after serving as a classroom teacher and principal at Akron [Grade] School.

Viola married Merton Beth Cooley on 25 May 1929 in Golden, Jefferson Co, Colorado. Merton (son of Herbert Merton Cooley and Jane Elizabeth Holliday) was born on 7 Dec 1907 in Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska; died on 3 Nov 1992 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado; was buried on 6 Nov 1992 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Indes 1936-2007 has an incorrect birth place for Maurice. It is listed as Denver, but it was Delta, Delta County, Colorado. His father Seth Kyffin and mother Julia Oram were living in Delta at the time of Maurice's birth.

Social Security Death Index about James M. Kyffin
Name: James M. Kyffin
SSN: 522-44-0736Last Residence: 80215 Lakewood, Jefferson, Colorado, United States of America
Born: 8 Sep 1910
Died: 29 Jun 1996
State (Year) SSN issued: Colorado (1952)

U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 about James M Kyffin
Name: James M Kyffin
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1910Address: 10255 W 23rd Ave, Lakewood, CO, 80215-1409 (1988)

(Research):Kyffin Elementary was opened in 1972. The school is named after an educator that served Jefferson County Schools for 37 years. James Maurice Kyffin was a Principal of Lakewood and Wheat Ridge High Schools. He later held an administrative position in the JEFFCO R-1 School District. In the front entryway of Kyffin Elementary there is a picture of Mr. Kyffin and over 12 awards honoring his service, dedication and commitment to children.

James married Marguerite Besse on 6 Oct 1934 in Walsenburg, Huerfano Co, Colorado. Marguerite (daughter of Camille Besse and Antoinette Metroz) was born on 26 Sep 1910 in Gunnison, Gunnison Co, Colorado; died on 6 Apr 2002 in Gunnison, Gunnison Co, Colorado; was buried about Apr 2002 in Gunnison Cem, Gunnison Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herbert married Donna Lee Mountain in 1960. Donna was born on 16 Feb 1934 in Washington County, Colorado; died on 31 Jan 2016 in Longmont, Boulder Co, Colorado; was buried about Feb 2016 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Note: May birthdate from date on picture.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]