Raffan, Peter Hay

1889 - 1956  (66 years)

• Name	Raffan, Peter Hay
  Birth	6 Jun 1889	Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	RAFF.P001
  _FGRAVE	151390058
  Death	24 Mar 1956	Three Hills, Strathmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  Burial	Three Hills Cemetery, Three Hills, Strathmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  		Headstone, Raffan, Peter Hay and Victoria May
  Person ID	I53609	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family	Coggan, Victoria May,   b. 1898   d. 1971 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F19422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Jun 1889 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The Calgary Herald, April 3, 1956, page 15: Peter Hay Raffan died March 24 in the Three Hills hospital. He was born in 1889 at Crannabog, Forglen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Canada in 1913, where he worked as a baker in Nanton, Calgary, Moose Jaw and Prince Alberta before coming to Three Hills in 1923. He served with the 78th Battery in the First Great War. He is survived by his wife, Victoria may; four sons, James, Gordon, George and Douglas; four daughters, Christina, Mary, Dorothy and Della; eight grandchildren; one brother in Toronto, four brothers in Scotland, and two sisters in Scotland. Funeral services were held from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church March 27. Burial was made in the Three Hills cemetery. Masonic services were conducted at the graveside. ---- WWI Regimental #3207040 Next-of-kin: Mr. Gordon Raffan, Father, of Crannavog, Forgland, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15587] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Raffan, Peter Hay and Victoria May, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151390063/victoria-may-raffan), none. (Reliability: 2).