James Griffin 1a 2 3 4a 5a

Birth Name Griffin, James 1b 2 3 4b 5b
Gender male
Age at Death 56 years, 1 month, 7 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1845 Renfrewshire, Scotland   1c 2
Event Note

abt 1844 by US Navy discharge. abt 1845 by 1851 census. 1845 by DC.

Residence 1851 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   1d
Departure 1867 New Zealand    
Event Note

Nyack is in New Zealand. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18671128.2.3.5&srpos=1&e=--1860---1881--100--1----0nyack--

Occupation 1869 South America Ship's painter, USS Nyack  
Occupation 1901-01-00 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Painters' Society Representative, Trades Hall Council. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197531656  
Death 1901-02-08 Carlton, Victoria, Australia   2 4c
Event Note

55 Bouverie St, Smith Ward, City of Melbourne, County of Bourke. Bright's Disease (kidney failure, perhaps associated with occupational exposure to lead paint?).

Burial 1901-02-12 Carlton, Victoria, Australia    
Event Note

Melbourne General Cemetery

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Peter Griffinabout 18261884-05-04
Mother Jane Devertyabout 18251855-03-20
         James Griffin 1845 1901-02-08
    Brother     John Griffin 1847-02-07
    Brother     William Griffin 1850-03-22 1932-02-01
 
Father Peter Griffinabout 18261884-05-04
Stepmother Sarah Crossonabout 18381913-10-27

Families

Family of James Griffin and Cassy Emily Hant Matthews
Married Wife Cassy Emily Hant Matthews ( * 1847 + 1877-12-02 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1876-03-13 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   3 5c
Event Note

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18760323.2.4

Source References

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

        Birth date: abt 1845
        Birth place: Renfrewshire
        Residence date: 1851
        Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1845
        Birth place: Renfrewshire
        Residence date: 1851
        Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1845
        Birth place: Renfrewshire
        Residence date: 1851
        Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1845
        Birth place: Renfrewshire
        Residence date: 1851
        Residence place: Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland

  2. Ancestry.com: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
  3. Ancestry.com: New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934
  4. Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988
      • 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
  5. Ancestry.com: New Zealand, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1840- 1901
      • Page: Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1840-1901
      • Page: Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1840-1901
      • Page: Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1840-1901