All Lenfests in the United States are descended from a single immigrant, Pierre Lenfestey of Parish St Pierre du Bois, Isle of Guernsey, Channel Islands, a small island off the coast of France (with the exception of a few families that migrated here from Canada). I have compared DNA from Ethel Gertrude Lenfest's family against current Lenfest family members still living on Isle of Guernsey and we have a close autosomaal chromosome match.
Marion Lenfest's father was Charles Grant Lenfest (21 Dec 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 26 Jan 1927 Boston, Massachusetts) son of Solomon Lenfest, Jr (15 Aug 1822 Boston, Massachusetts - 28 Jan 1883 Cambridge, Massachusetts) and his wife Jane Turnbull (Oct 1824 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 10 Jan 1909 Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts).
Her mother was Maria Adela Sampson (3 Oct 1867 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - 14 Aug 1949 Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts) daughter of James Edward Sampson (14 Nov 1839 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts - 30 May 1913 Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts) and Henrietta E Bird (9 Jan 1841 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - 29 Nov 1915 Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts).
Marion Lenfest never married and had no children.
All Lenfests in the United States are descended from a single immigrant, Pierre Lenfestey of Parish St Pierre du Bois, Isle of Guernsey, Channel Islands, a small island off the coast of France (with the exception of a few families that migrated here from Canada). I have compared DNA from Ethel Gertrude Lenfest's family against current Lenfest family members still living on Isle of Guernsey and we have a close autosomaal chromosome match.
Marion Lenfest's father was Charles Grant Lenfest (21 Dec 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 26 Jan 1927 Boston, Massachusetts) son of Solomon Lenfest, Jr (15 Aug 1822 Boston, Massachusetts - 28 Jan 1883 Cambridge, Massachusetts) and his wife Jane Turnbull (Oct 1824 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 10 Jan 1909 Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts).
Her mother was Maria Adela Sampson (3 Oct 1867 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - 14 Aug 1949 Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts) daughter of James Edward Sampson (14 Nov 1839 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts - 30 May 1913 Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts) and Henrietta E Bird (9 Jan 1841 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - 29 Nov 1915 Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts).
Marion Lenfest never married and had no children.
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