Brief Life History of Max Wallace
When Max Wallace Griffin was born on 13 November 1876, in Pilot Grove, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, Enos Pray Griffin, was 28 and his mother, Ella Frances Phar, was 28. He married Ruth Elizabeth Thomas on 11 November 1909, in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Meridian, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States for about 50 years and Meridian Election Precinct, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He died on 3 August 1958, at the age of 81.
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- Max Griffin in household of E Griffin, "United States Census, 1880"
- Max Griffin in entry for Stuart Howard Griffin, "Nebraska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Max Griffin, "United States Census, 1940"
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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.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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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