When Willie Griffin was born on 18 November 1882, in Berrien, Georgia, United States, his father, Bartow Beaugard Griffin, was 21 and his mother, Rachel McMillan, was 22. He married Elizabeth P Sutton in 1907. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Holt, Irwin, Georgia, United States in 1920 and Osierfield, Irwin, Georgia, United States in 1930. He died on 12 August 1966, in Ocilla, Irwin, Georgia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Brushy Creek Cemetery, Irwin, Georgia, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1885: Irwin, Georgia, United States
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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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