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Robert Douglas Griffin 1897–1981 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Nov 1897

Birth Location: Birregurra, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 29 Nov 1981

Death Location: Benalla, Victoria, Australia

Father: Thomas Griffin

Mother: Marion Gillespie

Spouse(s): Annie Wishart

Children(s): James Griffin, Geoffrey Griffin, Patricia Griffin

Robert Douglas Griffin was born in 1897 in Birregurra, Victoria, Australia, the child of Thomas Jolly Griffin And Marion Jane Gillespie. In 1922, Robert Douglas Griffin resided in Birregurra, Corangamite, Victoria, Australia. Robert Douglas Griffin married Annie Muriel Wishart, and had children including Geoffrey Thomas Griffin, James Douglas Griffin, John Robert Griffin, Patricia Anne Griffin. Robert Douglas Griffin passed away in 1981 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • Robert Douglas Griffin was born in 1897 in Birregurra, Victoria, Australia, the child of Thomas Jolly Griffin And Marion Jane Gillespie.
  • In 1922, Robert Douglas Griffin resided in Birregurra, Corangamite, Victoria, Australia.
  • Robert Douglas Griffin married Annie Muriel Wishart, and had children including Geoffrey Thomas Griffin, James Douglas Griffin, John Robert Griffin, Patricia Anne Griffin.
  • Robert Douglas Griffin passed away in 1981 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Griffin's Ancestors

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Robert Griffin
1897–1981
Birth Place: Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
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

Robert Griffin's Descendants

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Robert (Douglas) Griffin (23 Nov 1897–29 Nov 1981) m. Annie (Muriel) Wishart (1902–9 Dec 1992)
  1. 1. James (Douglas) Griffin 1929–1929
  2. 2. Geoffrey (Thomas) Griffin 1935–1959
  3. 3. Patricia (Anne) Griffin 1932–2003

Robert Griffin's Timeline

4 Records

1897
23 Nov 1897
Birth of Robert Douglas Griffin in Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
1922
1922
Age 25
Robert Douglas Griffin resided here in Birregurra, Corangamite, Victoria, Australia
Birregurra, Corangamite, Victoria, Australia
1981
29 Nov 1981
Age 84
Death of Robert Douglas Griffin in Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
1982
10 Jun 1982
Age 85
Robert Douglas Griffin - Probate
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1897
    Event Place: Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Birth Index
    [2] Australia Death Index
    [3] Australia, World War II Military Service Records, National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australia; Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947; Series: B884
    [4] 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: Residence
    Event Date: 1922
    Event Place: Birregurra, Corangamite, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Nov 1981
    Event Place: Benalla, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Death Index
    [2] Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009, Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 10 Jun 1982
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009, Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591

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