When Henry Giffin was born on 28 May 1807, in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Giffin, was 26 and his mother, Charlotte Steward, was 23. He married Mary Lucretia Whitfield on 14 January 1827, in St Martin in the Fields, City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 22 February 1857, in St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 49, and was buried in Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom.
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