Brief Life History of Sally T.
When Sally T. Griffin was born in 1826, in Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Timothy Griffin, was 41 and her mother, Sarah True, was 41. She died on 2 March 1857, in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Sally T Griffin in household of Timothy Griffin, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sally T. Griffin - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Salley T. Griffin
- Sally T. Griffin, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (4)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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