Margaret Anderson GRIFFINAge: 105 years1885–1991
- Name
- Margaret Anderson GRIFFIN
- Given names
- Margaret Anderson
- Surname
- GRIFFIN
- Married name
- Margaret Anderson Redman
Birth | December 30, 1885 33 31 |
Education | |
Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas GRIFFIN July 29, 1887 (Age 18 months) |
Death of a paternal grandmother | Jane SAUNDERS after 1890 (Age 4 years) Note: Jane was listed with her daughter Margaret Phair's family in Forwich in 1891 census of Ontario.
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Death of a mother | Ellen MILNE May 25, 1891 (Age 5 years) |
Death of a maternal grandmother | Isabella Booth SCOTT May 6, 1896 (Age 10 years) |
Census | 1910 (Age 24 years) |
Death of a father | Thomas GRIFFIN January 13, 1924 (Age 38 years) |
Marriage | Frank McIntosh REDMAN — View this family July 24, 1929 (Age 43 years) |
Death of a sister | Mary Fleda Georgina “Fred” GRIFFIN January 1, 1964 (Age 78 years) |
Burial of a sister | Mary Fleda Georgina “Fred” GRIFFIN May 12, 1964 (Age 78 years) |
Death of a sister | Dolores Jane Isabel GRIFFIN September 27, 1965 (Age 79 years) |
Death of a husband | Frank McIntosh REDMAN July 10, 1972 (Age 86 years) |
Death of a sister | Charlotte Gardena “Lotta” GRIFFIN March 17, 1974 (Age 88 years) Note: Lottie moved from Montana to live with her sister Margaret in Portland Oregon a few years before her death. Margaret said that Lottie was in poor health and hardly ever moved from her chair in the living room after she came to live in Portland.
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Burial of a sister | Charlotte Gardena “Lotta” GRIFFIN March 1974 (Age 88 years) Cemetery: Portland Memorial Museum |
Death | July 28, 1991 (Age 105 years) |
Family with parents |
father |
Thomas GRIFFIN Birth: March 19, 1852 36 31 — Durham Co, Ontario, Canada Death: January 13, 1924 — Grand Forks, North Dakota |
mother |
Ellen MILNE Birth: August 15, 1854 41 41 — Ontario Canada Death: May 25, 1891 — Grand Forks Co, North Dakota |
Marriage: January 29, 1878 — Congregational Church, Howick, Huron Co, Ontario |
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3 years elder sister |
Dolores Jane Isabel GRIFFIN Birth: November 15, 1880 28 26 — Grand Forks Co, North Dakota Death: September 27, 1965 — San Benito, Cameron, Texas |
-22 months elder sister |
Charlotte Gardena “Lotta” GRIFFIN Birth: January 26, 1879 26 24 — Howick, Huron Ontario Death: March 17, 1974 — Portland Oregon |
5 years elder sister |
Mary Fleda Georgina “Fred” GRIFFIN Birth: January 26, 1884 31 29 — Grand Forks Co, North Dakota Death: January 1, 1964 — Yakima, Yakima, Washington State |
23 months herself |
Margaret Anderson GRIFFIN Birth: December 30, 1885 33 31 — Grand Forks Co, North Dakota Death: July 28, 1991 — Portland Oregon |
Family with Frank McIntosh REDMAN |
husband |
Frank McIntosh REDMAN Birth: November 18, 1883 36 25 — Mason City. Iowa Death: July 10, 1972 — Portland, OR |
herself |
Margaret Anderson GRIFFIN Birth: December 30, 1885 33 31 — Grand Forks Co, North Dakota Death: July 28, 1991 — Portland Oregon |
Marriage: July 24, 1929 — |
Frank McIntosh REDMAN + Alice BEST |
husband |
Frank McIntosh REDMAN Birth: November 18, 1883 36 25 — Mason City. Iowa Death: July 10, 1972 — Portland, OR |
husband’s wife |
Alice BEST Birth: April 1881 — Illinois Death: September 4, 1909 — Spokane, WA |
Marriage: September 25, 1907 — New York |
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11 months step-son |
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Census | Margaret worked in Larimore before she moved west to Oregon. 1910 Census Margrat Griffin, 24 Birthplace: North Dakota Larimore Ward 3, Grand Forks, North Dakota Relation to Head of House: Boarder Occupation: Stenographer |
Note | Named after her great grandmother, Margaret Anderson of Scotland and Ontario. |
Note | Margaret was a long time member of the mountaineering club Mazamas of Portland Oregon. She was the first woman to climb Rooster Rock in the Columbia River just east of Portland. Margaret climbed her last mountain at 70 years of age. She once said " I used to say that it would break my heart if I couldn't climb mountains but after turning 70 she thought climbing mountains would break her heart!!" |
Birth | Margaret Describes Her Birth Day in Rye, Dakota Territory Format: audio/mpeg File size: 748 KB Type: Other |
Education | Margaret Describes her school years. Format: audio/mpeg File size: 993 KB |
Media object | She Was a Daredevil!! Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 852 × 1,133 pixels File size: 517 KB |
Media object | Young Margaret Griffin Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 264 × 414 pixels File size: 86 KB Highlighted image: yes |
Media object | Portrait Photo of Margaret Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 705 × 1,005 pixels File size: 341 KB Highlighted image: no |
Media object | Margaret in Reflective Pose Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 781 × 1,000 pixels File size: 309 KB |