Hello List, I am researching a William GRIFFIN, born 1 April 1832 in Ireland (location unknown) to a William and Ann (maiden name unknown) GRIFFIN. The family (father, mother and five children) emigrated from Ireland via Liverpool to NYC aboard the ship St. George, arriving on 1 June 1844. William married (time and place in USA unknown) a Honora GARVEY (also born in Ireland in 1832), and had six children: John, Michael, James, Maurice, Edward and Margaret). The family was known to live in or near Memphis, TN from about 1860 to 1874, San Francisco, CA from about 1875 to 1884 where William Griffin was enumerated erroneously as John Griffin in the 1880 US Census, and he sailed trading vessels between San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands in addition to working as a stone mason. Honora GRIFFIN died about 1885 (time and place unknown). Then William GRIFFIN lived as a rancher in Ponil Park, Colfax County, NM with his eldest son, John, and his daughter, Margaret from about 1885 to his death in 1902 in Raton, Colfax County, NM (he was enumerated correctly as W.R. GRIFFIN in the 1900 US Census). William GRIFFIN was survived by his sons, John J. GRIFFIN, Maurice S. GRIFFIN, Edward E. GRIFFIN and his daughter, Margaret H. Ashbaugh. Any information regarding William GRIFFIN in Ireland and/or the USA would be most welcome. Thank you all for your time, interest and help. John Griffin _GriffInn1@aol.com_ (mailto:GriffInn1@aol.com)