I have a Charles Griffith from Butler county OH that marries first Martha Songer in Rush county IN and they died in Jasper county ILL. His second wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Chambers. Do not know her maiden name, may have been Gosnell. Charles was the son of John Griffith (c. 1787 PA ?) m. 1807 to Mary Ruby Willey of the Shaw lineage. Any chance your ILL Griffiths were related ? Emily Adams Matthews ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Leibold" <nleibold@cox.net> To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > Pat Jones: > Hi-my g grandfather did the same with the spelling of his surname. The > Griffiths came from Scotland and immigrated to Pa. A majority of the family > staid in Pa.using the same spelling but my g grandparents migrated into > Illinois where he dropped the 's' from the name. This was due to the death > threats received from the 'Mollie Maguires'. He feared for his life and > that of his wife and family and evidently thought this would make some kind > of difference with the change. So while I'm researching I have to use both > spellings. I believe my g grandfather had an uncle that moved to Ohio, I > think his name was Frank....however I only found this name mentioned just > once in a letter by my grandfather but have very little info on this so I'm > not even sure this was a Griffith. > > Norma E. Leibold: Southern California > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Jones" <riverrat111@earthlink.net> > To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:08 AM > Subject: Re: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > > > > You did fine. I will tell you my one problem with the name Griffith is > the > > spelling. My husband's family is Griffiths and I had a branch I knew was > in > > the Cin OH area. I even had letters from them. I never really noticed > the > > one man's signature on his letters to his brother. It seems that he > dropped > > his s as did several of the others when they went to Cin. Now knowing to > ck > > for not only the Griffiths but the Griffith name I found them listed in > > directories in Northern KY and the Cin area. > > Good luck with your William E. Griffith. I have one I finally found in > NKY > > and hope to get his d/c on my nxt trip down to our son's home in NKY > > Pat Jones > > riverrat111@earthlink.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <SmokeSignalz@aol.com> > > To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:22 AM > > Subject: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > > > > > > > Hello Fellow Listmembers, > > > I'm a beginning genealogist, so I hope I'm doing this post correctly. > > > I'm looking for the parents/ancestors of the following man: > > > > > > William (middle initial possibly E.) GRIFFITH, born 7-11-1851 in > > > Mineral Springs, AR. Died 3-22-1936 in ?Seminole? County, OK. > > > Buried in Hominy, OK. > > > > > > He was married 12-24-1879 (by James Musgrave, a relative) to > > > Sarah Frances "Fannie" WALDEN, born 1-17-1862 in Mineral Springs, AR. > > > > > > William is my gggrandfather, and has been a real brick wall for me. > I'll > > > truly > > > appreciated any help or suggestions. Thanks! Jeanette, Sacramento, > CA > > > > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > > > No Advertising on this list, no rude remarks, no chain letters, no virus > > warnings! > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > > Get more from your posts, include who, what, when where... > > > > Please remember to change the subject line, when the subject changes. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > Get more from your posts, include who, what, when where... > > Please remember to change the subject line, when the subject changes. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >
Emily: I have both a Charles Goering Griffith (my uncle) born in Illinois 1917, d:1985 Texas. Also have a John Griffiths born in Pa.b: 1882 Reilly Twnsp.Schuylkill Co.,Pa. m: Jane Crossman b:1884 Pa. John is the son of Alexander Griffiths and Sarah Miles. Alexander born in Mar 1835 Blantyre,Larnark, Scotland. Sarah Miles born someplace in Wales. So far in my research Alexander's descendants remained in Pa. they had 9 children. My own g.grandparents migrated 1878 into Ill. They had 7 living children but so far have discovered only one daughter remained in Pa. was married to Isaac Ball and lived in Mahanoy City, Pa. Alexander was still living with his son John in 1910, was an invalid (probably suffered from black lung decease as did my g.grandfather). I haven't found Alexander's death date. John and Jane had 7 children and so far have only found them in Schuylkill Co., Pa. >My g grandparents lived in Henry Co., Il. while my grandparents lived in Bureau Co., Il. as well and later LaSalle Co.,Il. I myself was born in Peru, Il. I am having a difficult time trying to keep all the descendants in order. However if I can be of any help....just let me know....I am knee deep in paper work as usual trying to get organized...with some difficulty I might add. Norma E. Leibold: Southern California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily Matthews" <auntyem@jorsm.com> To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:00 AM Subject: Re: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > I have a Charles Griffith from Butler county OH that marries first Martha > Songer in Rush county IN and they died in Jasper county ILL. His second wife > was Mrs. Elizabeth Chambers. Do not know her maiden name, may have been > Gosnell. > Charles was the son of John Griffith (c. 1787 PA ?) m. 1807 to Mary Ruby > Willey of the Shaw lineage. Any chance your ILL Griffiths were related ? > Emily Adams Matthews > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norma Leibold" <nleibold@cox.net> > To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:06 AM > Subject: Re: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > > > > Pat Jones: > > Hi-my g grandfather did the same with the spelling of his surname. The > > Griffiths came from Scotland and immigrated to Pa. A majority of the > family > > staid in Pa.using the same spelling but my g grandparents migrated into > > Illinois where he dropped the 's' from the name. This was due to the death > > threats received from the 'Mollie Maguires'. He feared for his life and > > that of his wife and family and evidently thought this would make some > kind > > of difference with the change. So while I'm researching I have to use both > > spellings. I believe my g grandfather had an uncle that moved to Ohio, I > > think his name was Frank....however I only found this name mentioned just > > once in a letter by my grandfather but have very little info on this so > I'm > > not even sure this was a Griffith. > > > > Norma E. Leibold: Southern California > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pat Jones" <riverrat111@earthlink.net> > > To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > > > > > > > You did fine. I will tell you my one problem with the name Griffith is > > the > > > spelling. My husband's family is Griffiths and I had a branch I knew > was > > in > > > the Cin OH area. I even had letters from them. I never really noticed > > the > > > one man's signature on his letters to his brother. It seems that he > > dropped > > > his s as did several of the others when they went to Cin. Now knowing > to > > ck > > > for not only the Griffiths but the Griffith name I found them listed in > > > directories in Northern KY and the Cin area. > > > Good luck with your William E. Griffith. I have one I finally found in > > NKY > > > and hope to get his d/c on my nxt trip down to our son's home in NKY > > > Pat Jones > > > riverrat111@earthlink.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <SmokeSignalz@aol.com> > > > To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:22 AM > > > Subject: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > > > > > > > > > > Hello Fellow Listmembers, > > > > I'm a beginning genealogist, so I hope I'm doing this post correctly. > > > > I'm looking for the parents/ancestors of the following man: > > > > > > > > William (middle initial possibly E.) GRIFFITH, born 7-11-1851 in > > > > Mineral Springs, AR. Died 3-22-1936 in ?Seminole? County, OK. > > > > Buried in Hominy, OK. > > > > > > > > He was married 12-24-1879 (by James Musgrave, a relative) to > > > > Sarah Frances "Fannie" WALDEN, born 1-17-1862 in Mineral Springs, AR. > > > > > > > > William is my gggrandfather, and has been a real brick wall for me. > > I'll > > > > truly > > > > appreciated any help or suggestions. Thanks! Jeanette, Sacramento, > > CA > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > > > > No Advertising on this list, no rude remarks, no chain letters, no > virus > > > warnings! > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > > > go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > > > Get more from your posts, include who, what, when where... > > > > > > Please remember to change the subject line, when the subject changes. > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > > Get more from your posts, include who, what, when where... > > > > Please remember to change the subject line, when the subject changes. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > NO Advertising on this list, NO rude remarks, NO chain letters, NO virus warnings! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >