Joseph Willard Griffiths

Brief Life History of Joseph Willard

When Joseph Willard Griffiths was born on 29 April 1850, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Joseph Griffiths, was 34 and his mother, Ann Roberts, was 31. He married Katherine Bathsheba "Katie" McGary on 25 June 1888, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1910 and Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 27 January 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Willard Griffiths
1850–1930
Katherine Bathsheba "Katie" McGary
1861–1898
Marriage: 25 June 1888
Charles McGary Griffiths
1881–1938
Willard Wallace Griffiths
1886–1967
Joseph Owen Griffiths
1889–1972
Vivian Griffiths
1891–1981
Hubert Griffiths
1898–1899
Hugo Griffiths
1898–1904

Sources (41)

  • Joseph Willard Griffiths, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Willard Griffiths - Individual or family possessions: birth: 29 April 1850; Winter Quarters, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
  • Joseph W. Griffiths, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1852

Historical Boundaries: 1852: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1871

Historical Boundaries: 1871: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

Welsh (Glamorgan and western England): Anglicized form of the patronymic (ap) Gruffudd, from Old Welsh Grippiud (see Griffith ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life Sketch of Margaret Bridget Allred Nielsen Griffiths

Margaret Bridget Allred was born in Circleville, Piute Co., Utah on the 20 April 1866, the daughter of James Tillman Sanford Allred and Eliza Bridget Mainwaring, (of whom there was never a picture tak …

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