Brief Life History of George Albert
When George Albert Griswold was born on 2 February 1880, in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Oscar Eugene Griswold, was 32 and his mother, Lydia Jane Randall, was 22. He married Mabel Etta Wiswall on 1 May 1898, in Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States for about 10 years and Stratton, Windham, Vermont, United States in 1930. He died on 19 May 1963, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sadawga Cemetery, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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- George A., "United States Census, 1880"
- George Albert Griswald, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- George Albert Griswold, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire): habitational name from Griswolds Farm in Snitterfield, Warwickshire, which is named with Old English grēosn ‘gravel’ + weald ‘woodland’.
History: Edward Griswold (1607–91) and his family were Puritans who came to the American colonies from Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, on the Mary and John, arriving on 30 May 1630. They settled first in Dorchester, MA, and in 1639 moved to Windsor, VT. Their relative, Matthew Griswold, came to New England in 1639, settling eventually in Lyme, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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