![]() Edgar Ebenezer Griffin (1880 - 1951)
His first school was Tikorangi then the family moved to Waitara where Ada married Henry Rowe in 1890. Work for father Ebenezer ceased at the freezing works and the family returned to Tikorangi for a short time and on 18/10/1893 Ebenezer left for Wanganui where sister Eva lived with husband James Hodson and their three young family. Edgar was 23 when he married
(1) The couple's house where they lived at Okoia, burned to the the ground in March 1907 - it was one of the oldest homesteads in the district with seven rooms and Edgar and Lucy lost practically the whole all their furniture and only a couch and some chairs able to be rescued from the house. Edgar Ebenezer Griffin served in World War I, 1914-1918 Serial No.9/929 - Next of Kin: his wife Mrs Matilda Lucy Griffin living at Kaitoke, No. 1 Line, Wanganui, New Zealand which was where he enlisted - the Military District was Wellington. Body on Embarkation 17 April 1915 was with the 4th Reinforcements , Unit Otago Mounted Rifles from Wellington. Rank Trooper. (Transport HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 on Vessel Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo) for Suez, Egypt . Edgard was a carpenter at Kaitoke They divorced 11th Mar. 1919 and in 1936, Edgar remarried WINIFRED HEALEY. Winifred was the daughter of LAWRENCE and ANNIE HEALEYand was b; 1890. She mar: 1st to Edgar Alexander Swift Fairbrass in 1910 (he b. 1884 - d. 1948) Winifred died 1942 aged 52 years. EDGAR EBENEZER GRIFFIN d: 5 Aug 1951 at Wanganui aged 71 years. He was bur: Aramoho Cem. RSA Lawn B, Plot 45
Edgar and Lucy had 2 sons:
(1) WILLIAM (Bill) LEWIS
GRIFFIN, (b. 01 Aug 1903; d; 10 Feb
1977 age 73, bur: at Aramoho
Cem.) Bill was a farmer at Kaitoke and in 1953 he
mar: KATHLEEN LAVINIA HARVEY
(b: 19 Mar 1915; d: .17 October, 1977; Bur with husband Bill at Aramoho
Cem.; Wanganui.) Bill was a farmer, and adopted her son
Brian Harvey Griffin This was Kath's 2nd
marriage - her maiden name was Sproule and in 1945 she 1st married
Colin Wilson Harvey - their marriage ended in divorce in 1950 at Dunedin
(Colin Sproule (b: 3/3/1903 - d: 25/10/1976 Long Beach,
Otago) remarried to Gladys Helen Middleton (b: 1915; d: 17 May
1973 at Waikari
Hospital).. (2) EDGAR RONALD (GINGER)
GRIFFIN,( b. 25 Oct 1907; d. 09 Mar 1987, Mt Maunganui, Tauranga) when he
retired was a Rabbit Inspector. Edgar married HELEN HART in
1935. (b: 01 Jan 1918 d: Tauranga 10 Sep 1985)
They had 7
children: 1 Edgar Ronald (Ginger)
Griffin (b: 25 Oct 1907 d: 09 Mar 1987 in Mt Maunganui, Tauranga)
mar: 05 Sep 1936 to Helen (Nell) Hart (b: 01 Jan 1918 in Bulls; d: 10
Sep 1985 in Tauranga)
ii Paul Griffin mar: Rachael Watt - their
children are Alyca and Caleb Griffin iii David Griffin mar Geraldine
2 William Edgar Griffin (b: 05 Sep 1937 d: 09 Jan 1992 in
Mt Maunganui) Mar: Maureen Brister Their family: i Shane William Griffin
mar: Rhonda Atkinson Their family William Paul; Andre and Anna
Griffin ii Glenn Antony Griffin mar: Andrea Joan
Crawshaw. Children are Ella Charlotte and Kate Cherie Griffin
3 Rex John Griffin mar Linda Children are John and Deborah 4 Peter Griffin mar: Bridgitte Hodder Their family:
i Troy; ii Gina mar Richard with family Levi
Riachard and Posrche Richard; 5 Brian Harvey Griffin mar: Marian Kenning. Their
family are i Brett Michael Griffin
mar: Michelle Amos with dau Abbey Rose
Griffin ii Kurt Jason Griffin mar: Christine
McDonald Family are Jace Mitchell; Leah Marie and Kayla Jade
Griffin 6 Maree Ann Griffin mar: James Alan Collier Family
are: i Paul James Collier Born: 24 Feb
1966 in Te Puke Died: Dec 1999 ii Annmarie Cushla Collier mar:
Kevin Murray. Family are Mason; Hannah and Gutu Murray *2nd Husband of Annmarie Cushla
Collier: Brett Pye. Their children Mason and Hannah
Collier iii Elizabeth Jane Collier mar: Erin
Saunders - children are Jacob; Issac and Joel Saunders
7 Gary Griffin mar; Pamela Riley with family: Lee and
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