Brief Life History of Joseph
Joseph Griffin was born in 1779, in Thringstone, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Jos. Griffin and Judith. He married Mary Williamson on 4 March 1805, in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- Joseph Griffin, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Joseph in entry for William Griffin, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- Joseph Griffin, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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