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Record #2730
Name :
: Elizabeth GRIFFIN (1888 - 1958)
  aka : Marjorie/Margery Griffin


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 23 Jun 1888

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 5 Sep 1958
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Middlesbrough

26 Morris Street, North Ormesby
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Michigan, Detroit
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1901
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Catholic Emigration Society
NotesElizabeth was the eldest daughter of Edward Griffin and Isabella Ward/King b in 1888 in Middlesbrough. When she was 5 and her brother 2, their mother died from a childbirth related illness. The baby that she had given birth to was named Ellen Isabella but sadly she too died at the age of 10 months, as the informant was her grandmother, I believe the children were being cared for by relatives. In 1898 their father remarried to Ellen Miles who had recently born a son who he is believed to have fathered. In January 1900 Edward Griffin died from pneumionia leaving a heavily pregnant widow and two children Elizabeth and her brother Dennis. Ellen kept the two children until March 23 when she placed them in the Workhouse Union Childrens Home. Elizabeth was briefly discharged on May 23 to her stepmother but returned to the home on May 30 by her grandmother. A note had been made by her discharge entry 'ran away'. On June 15 she was transferred along with several other Catholic girls to Nazareth House, a catholic orphanage for girls. She remained there until May 1st 1901 when she joined a party of catholic children on the SS Tunisian bound for Ottawa, Canada. She and her brother never saw each other again. He remained in the Union home until November 1900 when my great great gran (his aunt) took him from the orphanage, and brought him up along with his cousins as one of her own.

Elizabeth was placed with several families in Canada including the Halpin family and the Heffernan family of Arthur, Wellington. In 1908 she married Charles Russell Hetherington, she is believed to have had at least 3 children possibly by him. At some point they separated, their eldest daughter was brought up by her paternal grandparents. While Elizabeth appears to have had the two youngest with her in Toronto, her middle child died in Toronto in 1914 shortly after her death, the 3rd child, a son was born,

Her 1st husband remarried in 1915, according to his WW1 records Elizabeth was living in Toronto in 1915 but it is known she went to Detroit, Michigan with her son between 1915 and 1920 where she got married again to a Philip Scherer 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-11 19:21:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-04-19 08:45:48 /

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8270 BOWE, Robert1913ENG,    , Middlesbrough Apr 1928 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
8462 BRANNINGAN, William1913ENG,    , Middlesbrough Apr 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
7966 COWELL, George R1912ENG,    , Middlesbrough Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
5149 FARRELL, Leo1910ENG,    , Middlesbrough Oct 1928 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
5150 FARRELL, Ursus1912ENG, YKS, Middlesbrough Oct 1928 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
12798 FERRIS, William1915ENG,    , Middlesbrough May 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Crusade of Rescue  
2730 GRIFFIN, Elizabeth1888ENG, YKS, Middlesbrough May 1901 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society Soltown  
11388 LAWRENCE, Norman Reginald1901ENG,    , Middlesbrough Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
14537 MCELHONE, Michael1911ENG,    , Middlesbrough Oct 1927 : Montclare CAN Crusade of Rescue  
3934 MCKEAN, Alexander Alexander1893ENG, YKS, Middlesbrough Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3935 MCKEEN, David Terrace1895ENG, YKS, Middlesbrough Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
13997 MOORE, Joseph1892ENG,    , Middlesbrough Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
16411 NEWCOMB, James William1884ENG, YKS, Middlesbrough Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
6061 NIMMO, Albert1895ENG,    , Middlesbrough Apr 1911 : Corsican CAN Unknown  
13959 NOBLE, Walter William1887ENG,    , Middlesbrough Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
13998 NODDLE, Mark1894ENG,    , Middlesbrough Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
8810 PEEL, David Edward1899ENG,    , Middlesbrough Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
4335 SHAW, Mary Alice1879ENG, YKS, Middlesbrough Aug 1890 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
9534 SPILL, Albert George1904ENG,    , Middlesbrough Mar 1914 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
3739 USHER, Margaret1889ENG,    , Middlesbrough May 1901 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society