When George Edward Giffin was born in 1878, in Escott, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, his father, Francis Giffin, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Slack, was 41. He married Mary Ellen Fenton on 12 June 1912, in Escott, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1878 and Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1881. He died in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, and was buried in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada.