Edward A Griffin

Maleabout 1875–about 1957

Brief Life History of Edward A

When Edward A Griffin was born about 1875, in United States, his father, Charles Truman Griffin, was 28 and his mother, Agnes Caroline Eiler, was 30. He lived in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. He died about 1957, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Charles Truman Griffin
1848–1884
Agnes Caroline Eiler
1846–1936
Ernest Griffin
1871–
Edward A Griffin
1875–1957
Charles E. Griffin
1875–
Grace Griffin
1877–1961

Sources (2)

  • Edward Griffin in household of Addie Griffin, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Edgar A Griffin in household of Charles T Griffin, "United States Census, 1880"

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Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 0

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

Age 2

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 23

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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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