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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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"
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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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