Joseph Wellington GRIFFIN

                   DEATH: Information comes from - Schedule of Deaths. Ontario,  Canada 1869-1934 p. 106

1. Listed as a child of Joseph and Harriet 1861 and 1871 census for Ontario, District 105 - name of district not on xeroxed copy
                  

                   Information re son Cecil and husband Ralph Brown came from Ralph Warden who lived in Ontario. Cecil lived in Toronto and was the Secretary of YMCA for all of Canada

Information:  Mrs. Thomas Brown of Medina raised Wilbur Ellis Cornwell.  She is an Aunt.

NAME:  Emma/Emily
                  

                   1. 1861 and 1871 census
George Griffin was an epileptic and was placed in the Mental Institution at Panoka, Alberta, Canada and died there. At some time in his life he must have lived with relatives in Alberta - probably his brother Francis Edward and with some of his children. He appears in my father and mother's wedding picture in November of 1914 and in other extant pictures.
                  

                      Wilbur Griffin moved to Minot, North Dakota with his family of wife and four children. He decided to move his family to town for the winter of 1892. He went back for a load of furniture. On the way back to town a terrible North Dakota blizzard came up. He couldn't see and drove his team of horses into Devil's Lake. He and his Uncle William were frozen to death.
                  

                   Francis Edward Griffin in his youth lived on a farm east of Otterville,Ontario, Canada. It was a lovely green area on the Niagra Peninsula. One can imagine him helping with the farming to raise those bounteous crops. His parents farm stood approximatley a mile from the Innis farm where lived Ann Jane Innis. A charming small commuity church now stands which replaced the one where they were married. Francis' moves from Ontario to North Dakota, to Penhold Alberta then back to Michigan and then back to Stavely must have been very challenging for the family. During the last twelve years of his life he was so ill with asthma that he couldn't work. He died in his chair.

(Research):     Francis Edward Griffin in  his youth lived on a farm outside of Otterville, Ontario, Canada. It was a lovely green area on the Niagara Peninsula. One can imagine him helping with the farming to raise those bounteous crops. His parents farm stood approximately a mile from the Innis farm where Ann Jane Innis lived. A lovely small community church  stands in the area where the couple were married. The family's moves from Ontario to North Dakota, to Penhold, then to Michigan and then back to Stavely, must have been very challenging to all the family members. Francis Edwards was so ill with asthma  the last 12 years of his life that he couldn't work. He died sitting up in his chair.
                  

                   According to the Archives of Ontario, Jennie died 14 June 1900 at the age of 29. This would indicate that she was born in 1871. Death Register RG 80 #020456, MS 935 Reel 98
                  

                   References
Griffin Family Records