Ervin T. Trefethen of Portsmouth, N.H. Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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   ERVIN T. TREFETHEN, who has always been engaged as a prac-
tical machinist, is junior member of the well known firm of Chadwick
and Trefethen. He has been a resident of Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, for seven years, and in that time has made many friends and
acquaintances.
   Mr. Trefethen was born in Eliot, Maine, October 30, 1852, and is
a son of Ephraim and Parmelia (Laugley) Trefethen, and a grandson
of Archelaus Trefethen. The last named and his brother, Daniel, were
proprietors of an old packet line between Boston and Dover, New
Hampshire. Ephraim Trefethen was a native of Dover, New Hamp-
shire, and his wife was born in Lee, New Hampshire. He was a sea-
faring man and lived at Merrimac Massachusetts, at the time of his
death as did his wife, both being buried at that place. Religiously they
were members of the Baptist Church. Their children, four in number,
were: Frank; George; Florence, wife of Mark Winkley; and Ervin T.

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   Ervin T. Trefethen pursued a course of study in the grade and high
schools, after which he took up the trade of machinist, which he always
has followed. He was superintendent of a machine shop in Boston for
several years prior to coming to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Here
he has been associated with Mr. Chadwick for seven years.
   Mr. Trefethen was married in 1888 to Miss Nellie E. Raad of Ports-
mouth, a daughter of Leondas F. and Elizabeth (Head) Raad. Her
father was also a machinist by trade. She is one of a family of six
children, the others being: Estella, Mary, Frances, Arthur, Elizabeth
and Katherine. In religious attachment Mr. and Mrs. Trefethen are
devout members of the Methodist Church, and he is president of the
church board of trustees in Boston.