Lewis Morgan Griffiths

Brief Life History of Lewis Morgan

When Lewis Morgan Griffiths was born on 16 April 1896, in Adamsville, Beaver, Utah, United States, his father, John Morgan Griffiths, was 30 and his mother, Nellie May Burk, was 25. He married Jueina Ruth Ogden on 5 September 1919, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 9 November 1988, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Morgan Griffiths
1896–1988
Jueina Ruth Ogden
1897–1981
Marriage: 5 September 1919
Lewis Morgan Griffith Jr.
1920–1921
Dr John Edward Griffiths
1922–1961
Elayne Ruth Griffiths
1925–2005
Lona June Griffiths
1928–1988
Delores Griffiths
1931–2019
James Griffith
1934–

Sources (34)

  • Lewis M Griffiths, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lewis Morgan Griffiths - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Lewis Morgan Griffiths
  • Lewis Morgan Griffiths, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1899 · Hague Peace Convention

The Hague Peace Convention was a series conferences that produced treaties and declarations. The convention took place in Hague, Netherlands. The conferences were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in secular international law.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

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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Mission Release

A letter dated 30 January 1919 from John A. Butterworth (president of the Netherlands Mission) to Heber J. Grant mentions the recent release of Elder Lewis Morgan Griffiths, due to “sickness, a hemorr …

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