When Milton Wright Griggs was born on 15 November 1888, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, his father, Chauncey Milton Griggs, was 25 and his mother, Mary Chaffey Wells, was 25. He married Arline Whittlesey Bayliss on 1 October 1910, in Belle Terre, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 17 December 1965, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States.
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English (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Grig, a pet form of Gregory (compare Gregg ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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