Campbell Ellis Griffin Bessell

William Griffin^{1a 2a 2b 2c 2 2d 2e 3 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12a 13a 14a}

Birth Name	Griffin, William 1b 2f 2g 2h 2 2i 2j 3 4b 5c 6c 6d 7b 8b 9b 10b 11b 12b 13b
Gender	male
Age at Death	81 years, 10 months, 10 days

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
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	Event Note http://stacey-campbell.com/rachel.html
Birth	1850-03-22	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland		1c 4c 7c 12c
	Event Note St Mary's. Mother is "Jane Griffin". Name and birth date and place was tattooed on right arm when he was in the merchant navy. Noted in 1877 trial.			1c 4c 7c 12c
Residence	1851	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland		1d
	Event Note Mother is "Jane". 14 y/o housekeeper is Mary Horn. William Griffin lists his mother as "Mary" on Rachel Louisa Cooper's marriage certificate.			1d
Residence	1855-03-20	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
	Event Note Mother dies.
Arrival	1857-03-01	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Event Note Likely arrived with paternal uncle James Griffin on Herald of the Morning. Needs to be verified.
Arrival	1862-02-12	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
	Event Note Likely with his father.
Residence	1867-11-00	New Zealand
	Event Note Is believed to have been with his brother James on the USS Nyack. The Nyack visited New Zealand in 1867. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18671128.2.3.5
Occupation	1877-08-02	London, England	Able Seaman. Discharged from the Olga.	12d
				12d
Departure	1877-08-11	London, England
	Event Note Able Seaman on the S.S. Chimborazo. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5939273
Departure	1877-08-13	Plymouth, Devon, England
	Event Note http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5939273
Occupation	1877-09-27		Able Seaman	7d
				7d
Arrival	1877-09-28	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		7e
	Event Note Arrived on the steamer Chimborazo. The Chimborazo departed London about 45 days earlier. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88207054			7e
Residence	1877-09-29	Coburg, Victoria, Australia		7f
	Event Note 8 weeks hard labor, Pentridge. Failure to obey a lawful order on board the Chimborazo. Trial was at Sandridge, now called Port Melbourne.			7f
Residence	1883-12-11	Prahran, Victoria, Australia
	Event Note 25 Cato Street on father's admission record at Yarra Bend.
Residence	1887-08-17	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Event Note "Griffin Brothers" painters; 150 Moray St. Needs to be verified. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190638504
Occupation	1890-06-00	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Painter

Residence	1890-06-00	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Event Note Living in Gordon House, accomodation for poor men, Gordon Place, off Spring St, Melbourne.
Residence	1891-11-04	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		6e
	Event Note Per father-in-law's death certificate.			6e
Residence	1892-03-22	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		6f
	Event Note Dow Street. Painter.			6f
Residence	1894	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		6g
	Event Note 27 Market St. Painter.			6g
Residence	1898	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		6h
	Event Note 141 Coventry St. Painter.			6h
Residence	1899	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		6i
	Event Note Painter			6i
Residence	1900	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		6j
	Event Note 124 Hannah St, painter.			6j
Residence	1903	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		2k
	Event Note Occupation is painter. 206 Hannah St.			2k
Residence	1905	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Event Note 75 Market St, living with Rachel Griffin. http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=1207&path=Victoria.1905.Southern+Melbourne.Melbourne+South.A-Z.27
Residence	1906	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		2
	Event Note 15 Purcell St, with Rachel.			2
Residence	1906	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		2
				2
Residence	1908	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		2
	Event Note 276 Queensberry St. Rachel at same address.			2
Residence	1909	Coburg, Victoria, Australia		2l
	Event Note 23 Sheffield St. Occupation is painter.			2l
Residence	1912	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia		2
	Event Note 112 Albion St. Rachel listed as same address.			2
Residence	1913	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia		2
	Event Note 112 Albion St. Rachel listed at same address.			2
Occupation	1914	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia	Painter, per electoral roll.

Residence	1914	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia		2m 2
	Event Note 112 Albion St. Occupation is painter.			2m 2
Residence	1915	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia		2
	Event Note 112 Albion St, painter. Rachel at same address. Listed on WHC Griffin's AIF 1st attempted enlistment paperwork.			2
Residence	1917-08-25	Chelsea, Victoria, Australia
	Event Note Listed on WHC Griffin's AIF enlistment paperwork
Residence	1919	Warburton, Victoria, Australia		2n
				2n
Residence	1919-06-07	Warburton, Victoria, Australia		14b
	Event Note Requested and received exemption from rates from Upper Yarra Shire Council. Cited status as old age pensioner and death of son WHC Griffin to support request.			14b
Residence	1921-06-29	Warburton, Victoria, Australia		13c
	Event Note "Hokitika Cottage". Writes letter asking that WHC Griffin's war medal and personal belongings be forwarded to Rachel Griffin in Clifton Hill.			13c
Residence	1922	Warburton, Victoria, Australia

Residence	1924	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		2o
	Event Note Occupation is painter. Gordon House is in Gordon Pl, in the Melbourne CBD. It provided inexpensive accommodation for otherwise homeless men. Also lived here in 1890.			2o
Residence	1925	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		2
	Event Note Gordon House, painter			2
Residence	1927	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.		2
	Event Note Gordon House			2
Residence	1928	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		2
	Event Note Gordon House, painter. Also in 1931 electoral roll at same address.			2
Death	1932-02-01	Warburton, Victoria, Australia		4d 8c
				4d 8c
Burial	1932-02-06	Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia
	Event Note Wesburn Cemetery, now known as Upper Yarra Public Cemetery. Complete search of cemetery in Dec 2018 failed to find a headstone.
Probate	1932-03-23			8d
				8d

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Peter Griffin	about 1826	1884-05-04
Mother	Jane Deverty	about 1825	1855-03-20
Brother	James Griffin	1845	1901-02-08
Brother	John Griffin	1847-02-07
	William Griffin	1850-03-22	1932-02-01

Father	Peter Griffin	about 1826	1884-05-04
Stepmother	Sarah Crosson	about 1838	1913-10-27

Families

Family of William Griffin and Rachel Louisa Cooper

Married

Wife

Rachel Louisa Cooper ( * 1873-09-22 + 1951-05-24 )

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Marriage	1890-07-26	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	5d 5e 10c
	Event Note 1890,06775,F,Cooper,Rachel,Griffin,William,Adelaide,; 1890,06775,M,Griffin,William,Cooper,Rachel,Glasgow,		5d 5e 10c
Separation	1909	Victoria, Australia
	Event Note Per accumulated data.

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Lillian May Griffin	1892	1933-11-28
Daisy Violet Victoria Griffin	1894-09-05	1965-07-00
Florence Ada Griffin	1896	1983-10-02
William Henry Charles Griffin	1898-09-26	1918-10-05
Evelina Griffin	1901-03-02	1982-10-20
James Morris Griffin	1903	1969-10-28
Valerie Amelia Griffin	1908	1969-01-28

Pedigree

Peter Griffin
1. Jane Deverty

Ancestors

William Griffin
*1850-03-22
+1932-02-01

Peter Griffin
*about 1826
+1884-05-04

Michael Griffin
*
+...

Catherine Dudley
*
+...

Jane Deverty
*about 1825
+1855-03-20

John Deverty
*before 1790
+before 1855

Source References

Ancestry.com: 1851 Scotland Census
1. - Source text:
    Birth date: abt 1850
    Birth place: Glasgow
    Residence date: 1851
    Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland
2. - Source text:
    Birth date: abt 1850
    Birth place: Glasgow
    Residence date: 1851
    Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland
3. - Source text:
    Birth date: abt 1850
    Birth place: Glasgow
    Residence date: 1851
    Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland
4. - Source text:
    Birth date: abt 1850
    Birth place: Glasgow
    Residence date: 1851
    Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Ancestry.com: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954
1. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1903
    Residence place: Melbourne South, Southern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1909
    Residence place: Coburg, Bourke, Victoria, Australia
3. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1914
    Residence place: Brunswick North, Bourke, Victoria, Australia
4. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1919
    Residence place: Warburton, Flinders, Victoria, Australia
5. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1924
    Residence place: Gipps, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
6. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1903
    Residence place: Melbourne South, Southern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
7. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1909
    Residence place: Coburg, Bourke, Victoria, Australia
8. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1914
    Residence place: Brunswick North, Bourke, Victoria, Australia
9. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1919
    Residence place: Warburton, Flinders, Victoria, Australia
10. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1924
    Residence place: Gipps, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
11. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1903
    Residence place: Melbourne South, Southern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
12. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1909
    Residence place: Coburg, Bourke, Victoria, Australia
13. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1914
    Residence place: Brunswick North, Bourke, Victoria, Australia
14. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1919
    Residence place: Warburton, Flinders, Victoria, Australia
15. - Source text:
    Residence date: 1924
    Residence place: Gipps, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ancestry.com: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
Ancestry.com: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
1. - Source text:
    Birth date: abt 1849
    Birth place:
    Death date: 1932
    Death place: Warton, Victoria
2. - Source text:
    Birth date: abt 1849
    Birth place:
    Death date: 1932
    Death place: Warton, Victoria
3. - Source text:
    Birth date: abt 1849
    Birth place:
    Death date: 1932
    Death place: Warton, Victoria
4. - Source text:
    Birth date: abt 1849
    Birth place:
    Death date: 1932
    Death place: Warton, Victoria
Ancestry.com: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950
1. - Source text:
    Marriage date: 1890
    Marriage place: Victoria
2. - Source text:
    Marriage date: 1890
    Marriage place: Victoria
3. - Source text:
    Marriage date: 1890
    Marriage place: Victoria
4. - Source text:
    Marriage date: 1890
    Marriage place: Victoria
5. - Source text:
    Marriage date: 1890
    Marriage place: Victoria
Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963
1. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2332/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of South Melbourne [copy of VPRS 8264] [1855-1901]
2. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2333/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of Port Melbourne [copy of VPRS 586] [1859-1901]
3. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2332/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of South Melbourne [copy of VPRS 8264] [1855-1901]
4. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2333/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of Port Melbourne [copy of VPRS 586] [1859-1901]
5. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2332/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of South Melbourne [copy of VPRS 8264] [1855-1901]
6. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2333/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of Port Melbourne [copy of VPRS 586] [1859-1901]
7. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2332/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of South Melbourne [copy of VPRS 8264] [1855-1901]
8. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2332/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of South Melbourne [copy of VPRS 8264] [1855-1901]
9. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2332/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of South Melbourne [copy of VPRS 8264] [1855-1901]
10. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2332/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of South Melbourne [copy of VPRS 8264] [1855-1901]
Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Deserter, Discharged, and Prisoner Crew Lists, 1852-1925
1. - Page: Series: 4320 Register of Seamen Prisoners [Microfilm Copy of VPRS 528] [1853-1856, 1869-1885]
2. - Page: Series: 4320 Register of Seamen Prisoners [Microfilm Copy of VPRS 528] [1853-1856, 1869-1885]
3. - Page: Series: 4320 Register of Seamen Prisoners [Microfilm Copy of VPRS 528] [1853-1856, 1869-1885]
4. - Page: Series: 4320 Register of Seamen Prisoners [Microfilm Copy of VPRS 528] [1853-1856, 1869-1885]
5. - Page: Series: 4320 Register of Seamen Prisoners [Microfilm Copy of VPRS 528] [1853-1856, 1869-1885]
6. - Page: Series: 4320 Register of Seamen Prisoners [Microfilm Copy of VPRS 528] [1853-1856, 1869-1885]
Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009
1. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591
2. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591
3. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591
4. - Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591
Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917
1. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records
2. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records
Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950
1. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Records
2. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Records
3. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Records
Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988
1. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records
2. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records
Ancestry.com: Ireland, Crew Lists and Shipping Agreements, 1863-1920
1. - Page: Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Agreements, Crew Lists and Muster Rolls of Merchant Vessels Registered at Irish Sea Ports 1850-1921
2. - Page: Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Agreements, Crew Lists and Muster Rolls of Merchant Vessels Registered at Irish Sea Ports 1850-1921
3. - Page: Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Agreements, Crew Lists and Muster Rolls of Merchant Vessels Registered at Irish Sea Ports 1850-1921
4. - Page: Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Agreements, Crew Lists and Muster Rolls of Merchant Vessels Registered at Irish Sea Ports 1850-1921
Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Petty Session Records, 1854-1922
1. - Page: Public Record Office of Victoria; Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Petty Sessions Records, Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia, 1854-1922
2. - Page: Public Record Office of Victoria; Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Petty Sessions Records, Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia, 1854-1922
3. - Page: Public Record Office of Victoria; Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Petty Sessions Records, Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia, 1854-1922
Healsville and Yarra Glen Guardian
1. - Date: 1919-01-07
  - Page: 1919 'UPPER YARRA SHIRE COUNCIL.', Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian (Vic. : 1900 - 1942), 7 June, p. 2
  - Source text:
    From William Griffin, asking to be exempted from payment of rates, as he was an old-age pensioner, and had no other means of existence. His son was killed in practically the last engagement in France.-Cr. Ewart moved, Cr. Ely seconded, that collection of rates be allowed to stand over. --Carried.
  - Citation:
    Mentions the death of William Henry Charles Griffin in France in WWI.
2. - Date: 1919-01-07
  - Page: 1919 'UPPER YARRA SHIRE COUNCIL.', Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian (Vic. : 1900 - 1942), 7 June, p. 2
  - Source text:
    From William Griffin, asking to be exempted from payment of rates, as he was an old-age pensioner, and had no other means of existence. His son was killed in practically the last engagement in France.-Cr. Ewart moved, Cr. Ely seconded, that collection of rates be allowed to stand over. --Carried.
  - Citation:
    Mentions the death of William Henry Charles Griffin in France in WWI.

Campbell Ellis Griffin Bessell

William Griffin 1a 2a 2b 2c 2 2d 2e 3 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12a 13a 14a

Events

Parents

Families

Family of William Griffin and Rachel Louisa Cooper

Pedigree

Ancestors

Source References

William Griffin^{1a 2a 2b 2c 2 2d 2e 3 4a 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12a 13a 14a}