When George Griffin was born about December 1850, in Wilton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Griffin, was 31 and his mother, Amelia Stagg, was 24. He married Caroline Gilbert on 19 October 1876. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
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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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