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Personal data William Griggs 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Household of William Griggs

He is married to Hephzibah Barnett.

They got married on July 10, 1827 at St. Luke, Old Street, Shoreditch., he was 23 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Eliza Griggs  1831-1913 
  2. William Griggs  1833-1897 
  3. Ebenezer Griggs  1835-1913 
  4. Benjamin Griggs  1838-1931
  5. Hephzibah Griggs  1841-1891 
  6. Elisha Henry Griggs  1841-1917 
  7. Elizabeth Mary Griggs  1847-1921 
  8. Jessie Ruth Griggs  1851-1923

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Griggs

William Griggs
1804-1879

1827

Hephzibah Barnett
1803-1883

Eliza Griggs
1831-1913
William Griggs
1833-1897
Ebenezer Griggs
1835-1913
Benjamin Griggs
1838-1931
Hephzibah Griggs
1841-1891
Elisha Henry Griggs
1841-1917
Elizabeth Mary Griggs
1847-1921
Jessie Ruth Griggs
1851-1923

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Sources

  1. 1851 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: HO107; Piece: 1501; Folio: 365; Page: 56; GSU roll: 87835.
    Name: William Griggs Birth Date: abt 1805 Birth Place: Olney, Buckinghamshire, England Residence Date: 1851 Residence Place: Islington, Middlesex, England
  2. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. 1841 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: HO107; Civil Parish: St Mary Islington East; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 40; Page: 12; Line: 3; GSU roll: 438781.
    Name: William Griggs Birth Date: abt 1804 Birth Place: Residence Date: 1841 Residence Place: St Mary Islington East, Middlesex, England
    / Ancestry.co.uk
  4. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG9; Piece: 150; Folio: 30; Page: 21; GSU roll: 542582.
    Name: William Griggs Birth Date: abt 1805 Birth Place: Olney, Buckinghamshire, England Residence Date: 1861 Residence Place: Islington, Middlesex, England
    / Ancestry.co.uk
  6. 1841 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: HO107; Civil Parish: Olney; County: Buckinghamshire; Enumeration District: 11; Page: 2; Line: 1; GSU roll: 241218.
    Name: Barnett Griggs Birth: abt 1839 Buckinghamshire, England Residence: 1841 Olney, Buckinghamshire, England
  7. 1871 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG10; Piece: 298; Folio: 48; Page: 16; GSU roll: 824927.
    Name: Wm Griggs Birth Date: abt 1806 Birth Place: Olney, Buckinghamshire, England Residence Date: 1871 Residence Place: Islington, London, England
    / Ancestry.co.uk
  8. 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG9; Piece: 150; Folio: 30; Page: 21; GSU roll: 542582.
    Name: William Griggs Birth Date: abt 1805 Birth Place: Olney, Buckinghamshire, England Residence Date: 1861 Residence Place: Islington, Middlesex, England
  9. 1851 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: HO107; Piece: 1501; Folio: 365; Page: 56; GSU roll: 87835.
    Name: William Griggs Birth: abt 1805 Olney, Buckinghamshire, England Residence: 1851 Islington, Middlesex, England
  10. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941, Ancestry.com
    Death date: 9 Nov 1879 Death place: Berkshire, England
    / Ancestry.co.uk
  11. 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG9; Piece: 150; Folio: 30; Page: 21; GSU roll: 542582.
    Name: William Griggs Birth Date: abt 1805 Birth Place: Olney, Buckinghamshire, England Residence Date: 1861 Residence Place: Islington, Middlesex, England
  12. 1851 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: HO107; Piece: 1501; Folio: 365; Page: 56; GSU roll: 87835.
    Name: William Griggs Birth Date: abt 1805 Birth Place: Olney, Buckinghamshire, England Residence Date: 1851 Residence Place: Islington, Middlesex, England
    / Ancestry.co.uk

Historical events

Day of marriage July 10, 1827

  • The temperature on July 10, 1827 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: helder winderig. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1827: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 7 » Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
    • April 7 » John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
    • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
    • August 22 » José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
    • October 1 » Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
    • October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.

Day of death November 9, 1879

  • The temperature on November 9, 1879 was about 8.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
    • May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
    • July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
    • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
    • October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
    • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).


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