Peter Griffin 1a 2 3 4a 5 6a 7 8 9a 10 11a 11b 12a

Birth Name Griffin, Peter 1b 2 3 4b 6b 7 8 9b 10 11c 11d 12b
Gender male
Age at Death about 58 years, 4 months, 3 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1826 Mayo, Ireland   1c 3 11e 11f
Event Note

Brother James was born in Mayo, Ireland to Michael Griffin and Catherine Dudly (sic) per his Victorian MC with Sarah Jane O'Connor. Assuming same for Peter.

Residence 1850 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland    
Event Note

First appears in Glasgow Post Office Directory.

Residence 1851 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   1d
Event Note

"Slater Employing 3 Men, 1 apprentice" 4 East Rose Street

Occupation 1853 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Griffin, Peter, slater, 499 Gallowgate, and 4 East Rose st., ho., 9a Abercromby st.  
Departure 1854-01-22 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland    
Event Note

"City of Sydney" http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4805696

Arrival 1854-04-10 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia    
Event Note

"City of Sydney". A slater named Peter Griffin starts advertising in the Melbourne Argus in April 1854. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4804170 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4805696

Residence 1855-03-20 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia    
Event Note

Wife dies in Glasgow.

Occupation 1855-04-09 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Slater, 11 Little Collins Street  
Residence 1856 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   2
Event Note

Occupation: slater. Bourke St.

Residence 1857 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia    
Event Note

Slater at the new Catholic Church http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88001563

Occupation 1857-04-22 Victoria, Australia Association of Slaters annual dinner. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154821025  
Occupation 1861 Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia Contractor per William Griffin's 1890 marriage certificate. Broke arm. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154847670  
Departure 1862-01-28 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia    
Event Note

"Eureka" for Port Chalmers, New Zealand http://prov.vic.gov.au/ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5709204

Arrival 1862-02-12 Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand    
Event Note

Otago Daily Times , Issue 77, 13 February 1862, Page 2

Residence 1862-06-26 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand    
Property 1863-07-07 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Selling property, plans to "leave for the diggings", presumably the West Coast gold rush. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18630707.2.3.3  
Occupation 1864-04-26 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Slater. Otago Daily Times , Issue 735, 26 April 1864, Page 2  
Property 1865-01-13 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Court ordered auction of property on Stuart Street? https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18650130.2.21.4  
Residence 1868 Hokitika, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand    
Event Note

Preponderance of evidence that Peter Griffin was living on the West Coast between 1865 and 1868, including a fairly bizarre letter to the editor in the West Coast Times in 1868. Would still be on Dunedin voter rolls because he owned property in Dunedin.

Residence 1873 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   4c
Event Note

Stuart Street. In all Dunedin Electoral Rolls at this address since 1864. No other Peter Griffin's in town. Gone from Dunedin after this?

Departure about 1874 New Zealand    
Event Note

Peter Griffin would appear to have relocated back to Melbourne with wife Sarah in this time-frame.

Occupation 1881 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Painter and Slater 11g
Residence 1881-01-11 Yarra Bend, Victoria, Australia   11h
Event Note

Admitted to Asylum by brother James. Released to care of son 2 May 1881. 3 weeks of "religious monomania" prior to admission. Age 55. Address 57 Raglan St, South Melbourne.

Residence 1882 Prahran, Victoria, Australia   9c
Event Note

25 Cato Street

Medical Information 1883-12-11 Yarra Bend, Victoria, Australia   11i
Event Note

Admitted by son, William.

Death 1884-05-04 Yarra Bend, Victoria, Australia   3 8 10 12c
Event Note

Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum per DC. "Disease of the brain and heart." Wife Sarah was called and visited him this day.

Burial 1884-05-07 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia   8 10
Event Note

St Kilda Cemetery. Roman Catholic, Compartment C, Grave 421 Waits Here The Morning Of The First Resurrection Be Ye Also Ready. The Dust Of Peter Griffin Who Slept In Jesus 4th May 1884 Aged 59 Years

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Michael Griffin
Mother Catherine Dudley
    Brother     James Griffin about 1822 1903-09-14
         Peter Griffin about 1826 1884-05-04

Families

Family of Peter Griffin and Jane Deverty
Married Wife Jane Deverty ( * about 1825 + 1855-03-20 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1844-01-08 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland   7
Event Note

St Mary's. Witnesses were James Griffin and Catherine Deverty. Rev John Kerr.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
James Griffin18451901-02-08
John Griffin1847-02-07
William Griffin1850-03-221932-02-01

Family of Peter Griffin and Sarah Crosson
Married Wife Sarah Crosson ( * about 1838 + 1913-10-27 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1865-12-18 Hokitika, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand   5

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: 1851 Scotland Census
      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1826
        Birth place: Ireland
        Residence date: 1851
        Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1826
        Birth place: Ireland
        Residence date: 1851
        Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1826
        Birth place: Ireland
        Residence date: 1851
        Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1826
        Birth place: Ireland
        Residence date: 1851
        Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland

  2. Ancestry.com: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954
  3. Ancestry.com: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
  4. Ancestry.com: New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
      • Page: 1870-1871
      • Page: 1870-1871
      • Page: 1870-1871
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  6. Ancestry.com: Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001
      • Page: Fairfax Media; Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
      • Page: Fairfax Media; Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
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      • Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2344/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of Prahran [1856-1901]
      • Page: Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2344/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of Prahran [1856-1901]
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      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 6; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000006
      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 4; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000004
      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 6; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000006
      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 4; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000004
      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 6; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000006
      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 4; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000004
      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 4; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000004
      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 4; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000004
      • Page: Asylum Records from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); Series Number: VA 2839; Volume Title: Case Books of Male Patients, 1872-1912 Vol 6; Doc Number: VPRS 7399; Reference Number: 07399-P0001-000006
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      • Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records
      • Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records
      • Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records