When Joseph Griffin was born in 1870, in Wilford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Griffin, was 41 and his mother, Mary A Gauntley Fenely, was 38. He married Annie Jane Halladay in 1890, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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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