Brief Life History of Elmira F
When Elmira F Griffin was born on 15 February 1905, in South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, Charles W. Griffin, was 38 and her mother, Carrie O. Thompson, was 32. She married Leon Melville Peters on 1 July 1920, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1920 and Portland Ward 4, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1920. She died on 1 May 1993, in Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Bay View Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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- Elmira F Knowles in household of Charles H Knowles, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elmira F. Peters, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Elmira F. Knowles, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1917 · World War I Contributions
The legislature of Maine dedicated approximately $1 million towards World War I at the time that US involvement began. By the time armistice would be declared in 1918, Maine contributed roughly 35,000 men and $116 million.
1928 · Camden Public Library is Opened
The citizens of Camden, Maine had voted (in 1896) to establish a free public library in the town. The land for the library to be built on was donated by Mary Louise Curtis Bok in 1916. After years of fundraising and construction, the cornerstone was finally laid on August 17, 1927. The library opened on June 11, 1928. The library remains open to this day, and is now considered a National Historic Landmark.
Name Meaning
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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