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John Clarence Griffin 1895–1970 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1895

Birth Location: Birregurra, Victoria

Death Date: 23 Jan 1970

Death Location: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Father: Thomas Griffin

Mother: Marion Gillespie

Spouse(s): Elvina Singer-washington

Children(s): Theresa Griffin

In 1895, John Clarence Griffin entered the world in Birregurra, Victoria, born to Thomas Jolly Griffin And Marion Jane Gillespie. John Clarence Griffin married Elvina Theresa Singer Washington, and had children including Jill Griffin, Theresa Marion Griffin. John Clarence Griffin passed away in 1970 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • In 1895, John Clarence Griffin entered the world in Birregurra, Victoria, born to Thomas Jolly Griffin And Marion Jane Gillespie.
  • John Clarence Griffin married Elvina Theresa Singer Washington, and had children including Jill Griffin, Theresa Marion Griffin.
  • John Clarence Griffin passed away in 1970 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Griffin's Ancestors

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John Griffin
1895–1970
Birth Place: Birregurra, Victoria
Parents
Thomas Jolly Griffin
1865–1956
Teesdale, Victoria, Australia
Marion (Jane) Gillespie
1861–1937
The Leigh, Victoria, Australia
Grandparents
John Griffin
1828–1872
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Marion ("Jane") Jolly
1835–1912
Cornwall, England
John (Alexander) Gillespie
1826–1908
Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Ross
1837–1900
Edinburgh, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Richard Jolly
1807–1852
* ROSKELLY
1809–1875
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Wm Jolly
1773–1846
Grace Williams
1771–1856
William Roskilly\Roskelly\Reskelly
1775–1841
Elizabeth Jolly
1781–1850

John Griffin's Descendants

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John (Clarence) Griffin (1895–23 Jan 1970) m. Elvina (Theresa) Singer-washington (October 1898–19 Nov 1973)
  1. 1. Theresa (Marion) Griffin 1925–1962

John Griffin's Timeline

3 Records

1895
1895
Birth of John Clarence Griffin in Birregurra, Victoria
Birregurra, Victoria
1967
1967
Age 72
John Clarence Griffin resided here in Heidelberg, Deakin, Victoria, Australia
Heidelberg, Deakin, Victoria, Australia
1970
23 Jan 1970
Age 75
Death of John Clarence Griffin in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1895
    Event Place: Birregurra, Victoria
    Record Source:
    [1] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 680
    [2] Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]
    [3] Australia Birth Index
    [4] Australia Death Index
    [5] Australia, WWI Service Records, National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
    [6] Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917, The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 10 Oct 1920
    Event Place: London, England
    Record Source: UK Incoming Passenger Lists, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 680

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 7 Sep 1922
    Event Place: Brisbane, Australia
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1967
    Event Place: Heidelberg, Deakin, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: London
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Sydney, Australia
    Record Source: UK Incoming Passenger Lists, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 680

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jan 1970
    Event Place: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Death Index
    [2] Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, Fairfax Media; Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
    [3] Victoria, Australia, Death Index, The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records

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