Hobert M Griffin

Brief Life History of Hobert M

When Hobert M Griffin was born in 1923, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Hobart McKinley Griffin, was 27 and his mother, Cleo Pennington, was 24. He lived in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States in 1930. He died in 1978, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

Hobart McKinley Griffin
1896–1979
Cleo Pennington
1899–1972
George Samuel Griffin
1915–1993
Shirley Mason P. Griffin
1921–1932
Hobert M Griffin
1923–1978
Frances Audrey Griffin
1925–2000
Flora Jean Griffin
1928–2018
Eddie S Griffin
1931–2008

Sources (2)

  • Hobert Griffin in household of Hobert Griffin, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Hobart Griffin, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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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