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Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS 1870–1937 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Jul 1870

Birth Location: Green Bottom, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK

Death Date: 1 Sep 1937

Death Location: Castleford, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

Father: William Griffiths

Mother: Mary WORKMAN

Spouse(s): Maria Scott

Children(s): Gladys Griffiths, Hilda Griffiths, Maria Griffiths, Fred Griffiths, Owen Griffiths, Walter Griffiths, Maud Griffiths, Lily Griffiths, George Griffiths, Edith Griffiths, Ivy Griffiths, Henry Griffiths, Lavinia Griffiths, Mary Griffiths, Nellie Griffiths, Albert Griffiths

Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS was born in 1870 in Green Bottom, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, the child of William Thomas Often Known As Thomas Griffiths And Mary Sophia Workman. In 1911, Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS resided in Whitwood, Yorkshire-West Riding, England. Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS married Maria Agnes Scott, and had children including Albert Griffiths, Edith Griffiths, Fred Griffiths, George Griffiths, Gladys Griffiths, Henry Harry Griffiths, Hilda Griffiths, Ivy Griffiths, Lavinia Griffiths, Lily Griffiths, Maria Griffiths, Mary Elizabeth Griffiths, Maud Griffiths, Nellie Griffiths, Owen Silvanus Griffiths, Walter Griffiths. Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS passed away in 1937 in Castleford, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS was born in 1870 in Green Bottom, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, the child of William Thomas Often Known As Thomas Griffiths And Mary Sophia Workman.
  • In 1911, Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS resided in Whitwood, Yorkshire-West Riding, England.
  • Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS married Maria Agnes Scott, and had children including Albert Griffiths, Edith Griffiths, Fred Griffiths, George Griffiths, Gladys Griffiths, Henry Harry Griffiths, Hilda Griffiths, Ivy Griffiths, Lavinia Griffiths, Lily Griffiths, Maria Griffiths, Mary Elizabeth Griffiths, Maud Griffiths, Nellie Griffiths, Owen Silvanus Griffiths, Walter Griffiths.
  • Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS passed away in 1937 in Castleford, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Owen GRIFFITHS's Ancestors

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Owen GRIFFITHS
1870–1937
Birth Place: Green Bottom, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK
Parents
William Thomas (often known as Thomas) Griffiths
1843–1913
Green Bottom, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK
Mary (Sophia) WORKMAN
1848–1930
Coltham Field, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
Grandparents
Thomas (Swanton Workman) 🌳
1818–1898
Walcot, Bath, Somerset, UK
Elizabeth ((Betsey) Williams) 🌳
1822–1898
Lydney, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK
Great-Grandparents
William 🌳
1778–1868
Elizabeth 🌳
1788–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Llewellyn
1748–1820
Mary 🌳
1755–1792

Owen GRIFFITHS's Descendants

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Owen (Silvanus) GRIFFITHS (11 Jul 1870–1 Sep 1937) m. Maria (Agnes) Scott (5 March 1874–November 1954)
  1. 1. Gladys Griffiths 1916–1982 m. Cecil (Leslie) Birch 1905–1969
  2. 2. Hilda Griffiths 1904–1991 m. Harry Edgar 1904–1984
    1. 1. Lily Edgar 1925–1997
    2. 2. Harry Edgar 1927–1929
  3. 3. Maria Griffiths 1913–1996
  4. 4. Fred Griffiths 1911–1997
  5. 5. Owen (Silvanus) Griffiths 1905–1982
  6. 6. Walter Griffiths 1908–1991
  7. 7. Maud Griffiths 1915–1990
  8. 8. Lily Griffiths 1907–1980 m. Ernest Wadsworth 1897–1967
    1. 1. Albert (Geoffrey) Wadsworth 1930–2016
  9. 9. George Griffiths 1919–1938
  10. 10. Edith Griffiths 1901–1956 m. John (William) Banks 1895–1969
    1. 1. Leslie Banks 1920–1968
    2. 2. Gladys Banks 1927–2011
    3. 3. Renee Banks 1923–2005
    4. 4. Marlene Banks 1941–2018
  11. 11. Ivy Griffiths 1923–2014
  12. 12. Henry ((Harry)) Griffiths 1897–1919
  13. 13. Lavinia Griffiths 1896–1972
  14. 14. Mary (Elizabeth) Griffiths 1899–1900
  15. 15. Nellie Griffiths 1903–1903
  16. 16. Albert Griffiths 1910–1910

Owen GRIFFITHS's Timeline

3 Records

1870
11 Jul 1870
Birth of Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS in Green Bottom, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK
Green Bottom, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK
1911
1911
Age 41
Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS resided here in Whitwood, Yorkshire-West Riding, England
Whitwood, Yorkshire-West Riding, England
1937
1 Sep 1937
Age 67
Death of Owen Silvanus GRIFFITHS in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1870
    Event Place: Green Bottom, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1911
    Event Place: Whitwood, Yorkshire-West Riding, England
    Record Source: 1911 England Census, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Sep 1937
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Castleford, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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