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Margaret Griffin 1842 – 1910 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1842

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 4 Sep 1910

Death Location: Riverton, Southland, New Zealand

Father: Daniel Griffin

Mother: Margaret Donohue

Spouse(s): Thomas Tressler

Children(s): Ethel Tressler

The story of Margaret Griffin began in 1842 in Ireland. Margaret Griffin married Thomas Tressler, and had children including Ethel Maud Tressler. Margaret Griffin passed away in 1910 in Riverton, Southland, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Griffin began in 1842 in Ireland.
  • Margaret Griffin married Thomas Tressler, and had children including Ethel Maud Tressler.
  • Margaret Griffin passed away in 1910 in Riverton, Southland, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Daniel Griffin
1800 – 1844
Birth Location: Limerick Ireland
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Margaret Donohue
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Tressler
1837 – 1924
Birth Location: Leicester, England
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Children(s)

Ethel Tressler
1877 – 1904
Birth Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Margaret Griffin's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Griffin
1842 – 1910
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
Daniel David Griffin
1800 – 1844
Limerick Ireland
Margaret Donohue
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Griffin's Descendants

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Margaret Griffin (abt 1842 – 4 Sep 1910) m. Thomas Tressler (3 Feb 1837 – 2 Aug 1924)
  1. 1. Ethel (Maud) Tressler (10 Oct 1877 – 31 May 1904) m. Ernest (Henry) Spencer (14 Nov 1875 – 29 Nov 1950)
    1. 1. Mary (Thomasina) Spencer (23 Oct 1898 – 21 June 1988) m. Joseph (Gustave) Lay (17 February 1880 – 24 June 1951)
      1. 1. Ethel (Mary) Lay (21/02/1921 – 01/02/2012) m. Thomas (Kitson) Coker (23 Aug 1915 – 4 Jun 1992)
      2. 2. Jessie (Ruth) Lay (15/09/1922 – 30 Jan 2015) m. Robert (George) Moore (25 August 1924 – 19 August 1982)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Mary) Moore (20/09/1952 – ) m. Ian (Robert) McGimpsey (15 Sept 1955 – ) m. K J
        2. 2. Nola
      3. 3. Gertrude (Amelia) Lay (04/08/1924 – 03/05/2008) m. Thomas (Andrew) Jamieson (3 Oct 1920 – 23 Sep 2010) m. Alexander (Marshall) Paterson (6 Oct 1920 – 24 Dec 2003)
      4. 4. Douglas (Henry Joseph) Lay (20/07/1926 – 25/05/2003) m. Hazel (Gladys) Horne (22 Jul 1922 – 29 Oct 2015)
      5. 5. Ernest (Mark) Lay (21/11/1928 – 19/11/2014) m. Rae Michie
      6. 6. Florence (Naomi) Lay (10 December 1931 – 14 April 2022) m. Raymond (Dudley) McCoy (1929 – 1992)
        1. 1. Wayne (Joseph) McCoy (26 Mar 1957 – 28 Mar 2020) m. Dianne (Lesley) Hirst (1961 – 1990)
      7. 7. Margaret (Elisabeth) Lay (16 Sep 1934 – 27 Aug 2023) m. George (Thomas Bruc) Lawson (29 Nov 1935 – 12 Oct 2018)
      8. 8. John Lay (21 Dec 1936 – 05 August 2020) m. Joyce (Henrietta) Matthews (3 Oct 1934 – 28 Dec 2004) m. Joyce (Henrietta) Matthews🧬 (3 October 1934 – 28 December 2004)
        1. 1. Joseph (Robert) Lay (26 Jun 1963 – 6 Jan 2025)
      9. 9. Jennifer Lay m. Bryan (William) Crengle (12 Nov 1936 – 10 Jun 2010)

Margaret Griffin's Timeline

2 Records

1842
abt 1842
Birth of Margaret Griffin in Ireland
Ireland
1910
4 Sep 1910
Age 68
Death of Margaret Griffin in Riverton, Southland, New Zealand
Riverton, Southland, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1842
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1910
    Event Place: Riverton, Southland, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Southland, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
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