Brief Life History of William Walter
When William Walter Griffin was born in July 1878, in Coffeeville, Clarke, Alabama, United States, his father, James W Griffin, was 26 and his mother, Amanda Olivia Jones, was 19. He married Bertha Pitman on 23 December 1901, in Clarke, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 8 River Hill, Clarke, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 5 March 1949, in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, United States, at the age of 70.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Bertha Griffin, "United States Census, 1930"
- William Walter Griffin, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Walter W. Griffin in entry for Irma G. Whatley, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
Spouse and Children
1878–1949 Male
1883–1966 Female
Children (5)
1901–1940 Female
1905–1957 Male
1908–1994 Female
1911–1967 Female
1920–2003 Male
Parents and Siblings
1852–1915 Male
1859–1938 Female
Siblings (5)
1876–1948 Female
1878–1949 Male
1881–1906 Male
1884–1963 Female
1890–1969 Female
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 3
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 4
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 20
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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