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


Father
:
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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3040 ABBOTT, James1893IRL,    , Carlew May 1906 : Tunisian CAN Smyly Homes of Dublin  
3060 ABBOTT, Lilian1903ENG,     Jun 1912 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
3049 ABBOTT, Penelope1901ENG, KEN, Sidcup Jun 1912 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
3063 ABEL, Albert Edward G.1901ENG, ESS, West Ham Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
3065 ABEL, Florence1902ENG, ESS, West Ham Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
3067 ABEL, Frederick1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
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5599 ABERNETHY, Henry1897ENG, CUL, Whitehaven Aug 1914 : Tunisian CAN Sailing Alone  
3101 ABRAMS, Ada1894ENG, ESS, West Ham May 1912 : Tunisian CAN Unknown  
6354 ABREY, William Roger1901ENG,    , Croydon Aug 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3130 ACKERS, Frederick1893ENG,     Mar 1911 : Tunisian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
6859 ADAMS, George1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
8886 ADAMS, Henry1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
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15500 ADAMS, Reuben Stanley1893ENG,     May 1907 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
20734 ADAMS, William1893ENG,     Aug 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22562 ADAMS, William1895ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
23862 AGAR, Horace1888ENG,     Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
4319 AIKEN, William1891ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
22143 AIKIN, David1892IRL, ANT, Belfast Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
6550 AINGER, Florence1886ENG, WOR Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
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17056 AITKIN, David1892ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
17057 AITKIN, William1891ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
5391 AKERMAN, Martha Rosina1891ENG, MDX, St. Giles Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
9843 ALBON, Frank Baldwin1889ENG, MDX, Staines Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
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