Isadore Lodena Griffith

22 January 1861–21 August 1962 (Age 101)
Saint Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, United States

The Life Summary of Isadore Lodena

When Isadore Lodena Griffith was born on 22 January 1861, in Saint Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, United States, her father, Daniel Griffeth, was 41 and her mother, Nancy Minerva BURGESS, was 30. She married Bert Hartwell Failing on 10 November 1881, in St. Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Alma, Gratiot, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Pine River Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 21 August 1962, in Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 101.

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Family Time Line

Bert Hartwell Failing
1858–1934
Isadore Lodena Griffith
1861–1962
Marriage: 10 November 1881
Enos Burr Failing
1884–1961
Bruce E. Failing
1891–1959
Archie Failing
1894–1986
Gladys Hula FAILING
1896–1940
Dewey Ulysses Failing
1898–1960
Duff Utridge FAILING
1903–1973

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 November 1881St. Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 2
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
    Age 8
    The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 29
    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh (Carmarthenshire and western England): from the Old Welsh personal name Gruffudd, Old Welsh Grip(p)iud, composed of the elements grip, of uncertain significance, + iud ‘chief, lord’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Griffieth
    Griff
    Kerfoot
    Griffes
    Griffeth
    Griffiths
    Griffth
    Griffitt

    Sources (42)

    • Dora L Failing in entry for Bert H Failing, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Isadore Griffith in household of Danl Griffith, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Dora Griffeth in entry for Dewey Farlong and Zora Elizabeth Converse, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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