Addie Jane Farquhar

Brief Life History of Addie Jane

Addie Jane Farquhar was born on 29 March 1858, in Bedford, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States as the daughter of Thomas James Farquhar and Nancy Ann Egbert. She married Albert E Griffin on 24 September 1872, in Bellevue, Bellevue Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Carmel Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 30 November 1940, in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert E Griffin
1847–1926
Addie Jane Farquhar
1858–1940
Marriage: 24 September 1872
Willard Allen Griffin
1873–1941
Leon Albert Griffin
1876–1945
Lyndon Elisha Griffin
1879–1962
Thomas Adelbert Griffin
1887–1965
Donald E. Griffin
1887–1956

Sources (46)

  • Adda J Griffin in household of Albert E Griffin, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Addie J. Farquhar - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1858; Ohio, United States
  • Addie J Farquhar, "Michigan, County Marriages Index, 1820-1937"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Aberdeenshire, Caithness, and Glasgow) and northern Irish (Armagh and Antrim): from an Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Fearchar, from fear ‘man’ + car ‘loving, beloved’, or a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhearchair.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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