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Personal data Bryan Jennings Griffin 

  • He was born on July 1, 1897 in Birds, Lawrence Co., IL.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Teresa Jean Okuly, Douglas Alan Hunt, Robert Melvin Rowe, et al.
  • He died on January 17, 1981 in Blairsburg, Hamilton Co., IA, he was 83 years old.
  • He is buried after January 16, 1981 in Webster City, Hamilton Co., IA (Cass Ctr. Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on May 25, 2024.

Household of Bryan Jennings Griffin

He is married to Mary Anna Miller.

They got married on July 16, 1919 at Hamilton Co., IA, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ruth Alice Griffin  1920-2008 


Notes about Bryan Jennings Griffin

Bryan Jennings Griffin

Sources: Author: Teresa Jean OkulyTeresa Jean Okuly; HuntDouglasAlanHuntDouglasAlan; RoweRobertMelvinRoweRobertMelvin; et al.; Title: "Bryan Jennings Griffin," (Publication site: Salt Llk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: ii Dec MMXXIII)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7PQ-YYT

"...Bryan Jennings Griffin Reason: ... Find a Grave Last Changed: March 9, 2015 S. C. Jones Sex Male Last Changed: April 28, 2012 Douglas Alan Hunt

Birth 1 July 1897 Birds, Will, Illinois, ... Reason: Find A Grave ... 61960961 Last Changed: July 27, 2023 Amy Bryce

Death 17 January 1981 Blairsburg, Hamilton, Iowa, ... Reason: See Find A Grave Attached Last Changed: March 9, 2015 S. C. Jones

Burial 1981 Cass Center Cemetery, Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa, ... Reason: Find A Grave ... 61960961 Last Changed: December 2, 2023 Amy Bryce

Alternate Name Also Known As Brian Jennings Griffin

Residence 1900 Birds, Lawrence, Illinois, ...
Residence 1925 Hamilton Township, Hamilton, Iowa, ...
Residence 1930 Blairsburg, Hamilton, Iowa, ...
Residence 1935 Same House [from 1940 census]
Residence 1940 Blairsburg Township, Hamilton, Iowa, ...
Pension 1934-1946 Iowa, United States
Military Draft Registration 16 Feb 1942 Blairsburg, Hamilton, Iowa, ...
Residence Blairsburg

Spouses & Children

Bryan Jennings Griffin Male 1897-1981 L7PQ-YYT [<-Alfred Adams' f-i-l]
Mary Anna Miller Female 1900-1997 LVFB-BSZ [<-Alfred Adams' m-i-l]
Marriage 16 July 1919 Hamilton, Iowa, ...

Children (4)

[1] Ruth Alice Griffin Female 1920-2008 LR3Z-ZTP [<-oo Alfred Adams]
[2] Kathryn Amy Griffin Female 1925-1993
[3] Lee Edward Griffin Male 1929-2014
[4] Ray Verle Griffin Male 1932-2000

Parents & Siblings

Charles A Griffin Male 1874-1909
Amy A Mills Female 1876-1909
No Marriage Events

Children (7)

[1] Bryan Jennings Griffin Male 1897-1981 L7PQ-YYT [<-Alfred Adams' f-i-l]
[2] Eva Lorena Griffin Female 1898-1987
[3] Gilbert Ira Griffin Male 1900-1975
[4] Kenneth Charles Griffin Male 1902-1980
[5] Nancy Ellen Griffin Female 1904-1977
[6] Rachel Griffin Female 1906-1908
[7] Edna Griffin Female 1908-2002"

Birds Illinois is in Lawrence County Illinois, not Will

Author: NN (family name not given], Janet; Title: "Bryan Jennings Griffin," (Publication site: Webster City IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxi Nov MMX)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61960961/bryan-jennings-griffin

"Photo [stone shared with Mary A. Griffin] added by Janet

Picture of [man & woman] Added by soulhunter
Picture of [3 women & 3 men] Added by soulhunter

Bryan Jennings Griffin Birth 1 Jul 1897 Illinois, USA Death 17 Jan 1981 (aged 83) Blairsburg, Hamilton County, Iowa, USA Burial Cass Center Cemetery Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, USA Plot Lot 68, Plot 2 Memorial ID 61960961

He was (1) mustard gassed during World War I and (2) he was the last surviving member of the Last Man's Club of the Rainbow Division and could never open the bottle of Champagne like he was suppose to. When America entered World War I, the "Rainbow" Division was sent to the front. For the duration of the war, the regiment was never out of firing range of the enemy; he saw action in the A.E.F. battles of Champagne, the Second Battle of the Marne, St. Mihial, Argonnem, Lorraine and Nlurse Argourne. (Kendall Young Library, Webster City, Iowa has information on him in "Scrapbook - World War I, Pages 7, 8, 14, 18, 151, 69 and 171)

Parents
[photo-stone [photo is not legible] Charles A Griffin 1874-1909
[separate photos of a woman & a man] Amy A Mills Griffin 1876-1909

Spouse
[photo-man & woman] Mary Anna Miller Griffin 1900-1997 (m. 1919)

Siblings

[photo-Eva's temporary grave marker] Eva Lorena Griffin Boyle 1898-1987
[photo-Gilbert's stone] Gilbert Ira "Gib" Griffin 1900-1975
[photo-stone shared with Alice M. Griffin] Kenneth Charles Griffin 1902-1980
[photo-stone shared with Orie L. Jefords] Nancy E Griffin Jeffords 1904-1977
[photo-Rachel's stone] Rachel Griffin 1906-1908
[photo-candle] Edna Griffin Musgrave Leathers 1908-2002

Children

[photo-woman] Ruth Alice Griffin Adams 1920-2008
[photo-stone shared with Glen A. Gilbert] Kathryn Amy "Kathy" Griffin Gilbert 1925-1993
[photo-stone shared with Phyllis F. Griffin] Lee Edward Griffin 1929-2014
[photo-teen-aged boy] Ray Verle Griffin 1932-2000

Dear Great Grandpa, I never had the chance to know you and for that I am very sorry. May you always be remembered, Love your Great grandaugher, Shelly.

Left by Shelly Bednar on 2 Sep 2012

Love you Uncle Bryan Left by Janet on 23 Nov 2010

Maintained by: soulhunter Originally Created by: Janet Added: Nov 21, 2010 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 61960961"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Bryan Jennings Griffin

Bryan Jennings Griffin
1897-1981

1919

Mary Anna Miller
1900-1997

Ruth Alice Griffin
1920-2008

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Historical events

Birthday July 1, 1897

  • The temperature on July 1, 1897 was about 19.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
    • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
    • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
    • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

Day of marriage July 16, 1919

  • The temperature on July 16, 1919 was between 9.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
    • January 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
    • January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
    • March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
    • September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
    • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.

Day of death January 17, 1981

  • The temperature on January 17, 1981 was between 2.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
    • May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
    • May 12 » Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker, dies in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland.
    • July 30 » As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
    • August 7 » The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
    • November 30 » Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
    • December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.


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