When Gustavus A. Griffin was born about 1811, in Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Wheeler Griffin, was 29 and his mother, Mary Klise, was 31. He had at least 5 sons with Maria Dorchester. He lived in Metamora, Metamora Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1860. He died on 10 January 1881, in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Welsh: from the personal name Gruffin, Griffin, a pet form of Middle Welsh Gruffudd. In the Welsh border counties this name was introduced directly from Welsh, and in the eastern counties of England by Bretons from France who came over with the Norman conquest.
Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Gríobhtha ‘descendant of Gríobhtha’, a personal name from gríobh ‘gryphon’.
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