John Griffin1

#34513, (circa 1808 - 23 January 1892)
Father*____ Griffin1 (c 1780 - )
Mother*Julia _____1 (c 1781 - )
Birth*circa 1808He was born circa 1808 at IrelandG; (age 34 in 1851, but varies each census.)2,3 
May 1832He accompanied Julia _____ in May 1832 to New BrunswickG.4 
Baptism20 June 1846He became the godfather at John Hennessey's christening on 20 June 1846 at St-Anselme Church, Fox-Creek, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.5,6 
1851He appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Julia _____ at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 34; (neis. Patrick Kelly; Michael and Hannah Barr; Ellen Eddington; Patrick Kelly; Nancy Foley.)7 
1861He and Maurice Griffin appeared on the census of 1861 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. George Eddington; Francis and Mary Gallagher; John O'Donnell; James and Johanna O'Donnell; Patrick and Margaret Hennessey; Michael Fitzgerald; Peter and Mary Keenan.)8 
1871He appeared on the census of 1871 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (nei. Maurice Griffin.)2 
1881He appeared on the census of 1881 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (nei. Maurice Griffin; James O'Donnell; Dennis and Ellen Gallagher.)9 
1891He appeared on the census of 1891 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Thomas and Jane Hennessey; Ellen Lanigan.)3 
Death*23 January 1892He died on 23 January 1892 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (Cemetery record has d. 25 Jan 1892.)10,11 
Burial*January 1892He was buried in January 1892 at St. Lawrence O'Toole Church Cemetery, Irishtown, Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.11 

Citations

  1. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia).
  2. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. John (63), b. Ireland, Catholic, farmer.
  3. [S69] 1891 Canada Census. John (80).
  4. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). q.v.
  5. [S102] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Anselme de Fox-Creeks, Cte Westmorland, 1845-1898 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 27, B-20, img. 32/124. John Hennecy, son of Patrick Hennecy and Jane Finney, bapt. 20 Jun 1846 by Ferdinand Gauvreau; sponsors John Griffin and Helen Laracy.
  6. [S135] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Anselme de Fox-Creeks, Cte Westmorland, 1833-1870 (3 typed manuscripts) (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 18, img 19/99; "J. Hennecy", John, son of "Patrick Hennecy and Jane Phinney", sponsors John Griffin and Helen Laracy; by Ferdinand Gauvreau, Ptre Miss.; no birth date.
  7. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Julia Griffin (70), wid., farmer, b. Ireland, entered Colony May 1832.
  8. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. Maurice (45), b. Ireland; John (40), b. Ireland; both farmers (proprietors) and laborers.
  9. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. John (60), b. Ireland, farmer.
  10. [S108] Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Registration Division, Deaths (Sch. C.), Return of Clergymen, Occupier or Other Person, No. 2046. John Griffon [sic], b. Ireland, res. Irishtown, laborer, d. Irishtown 23 Jan 1892, age 79, paralysis; inf. D F Leger, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
  11. [S1746] Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of Westmorland County (Moncton, New Brunswick, 2007-2009), Moncton volume, p. 252, known to be buried in the cemetery without monument. John Griffin, d. 25 Jan 1892, age 79.