Griffin/Saunders Family of Knocknaboley Wicklow

Isabella HOODAge: 92 years18611953

Name
Isabella HOOD
Birth 1861
Shared note: From the Sault Ste Marie Evening News, May 1 1906: "Mrs. Gideon Hood arrived Sunday fromLos Angeles, Cal., and will spend the summer with her daughters, Mrs O.R. Miller, Mrs Albert Griffin, Mrs Samuel Asmun of Michigan Soo and Mrs. Stibbs of the Canadian Soo."
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December 23, 1879 (Age 18 years)
MarriageAlbert James GRIFFINView this family
May 13, 1898 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Marjorie GRIFFIN
June 1899 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Beatrice GRIFFIN
March 9, 1902 (Age 41 years)
Shared note: Offical record states her parents were A.J. and Isabella Griffin, both from Canada.
Death of a daughterMarjorie GRIFFIN
March 29, 1919 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandAlbert James GRIFFIN
February 21, 1930 (Age 69 years)

Death 1953 (Age 92 years)

Burial 1953 (on the date of death)

Family with Albert James GRIFFIN - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 13, 1898Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, MI
14 months
daughter
Marjorie GRIFFIN
Birth: June 1899 33 38Sault Sainte Marie, MI
Death: March 29, 1919Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa Co, MI
3 years
daughter
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herself
Marriage: December 23, 1879Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada

Birth

From the Sault Ste Marie Evening News, May 1 1906: "Mrs. Gideon Hood arrived Sunday fromLos Angeles, Cal., and will spend the summer with her daughters, Mrs O.R. Miller, Mrs Albert Griffin, Mrs Samuel Asmun of Michigan Soo and Mrs. Stibbs of the Canadian Soo."

Marriage

Notice taken from the Sault Sainte Marie newspaper,

Saturday May 14th 1898 Page 8 A double wedding was solemized by the Rev. C. P. Bates, at the Presbyterian parsonage last evening. The principals were George Jones of this city, and Mrs. Caterine Kause, of Toronto: Albert Griffin and Miss Isabella Madill, both of the Soo

From the IGI, an obvious mistake on the name of Albert's mother, Jane SAUNDERS and the bride's married name Madill

Albert Griffin Birth: Huron Co, Ontario Parents: Father: Thomas Griffin Mother: John Samules(sic)

Marriages: Spouse: Isabella Hood Medill

13 MAY 1898 Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan

Shared note

The obituary of Isabella's sister gives her family hisory: (Website of Darrow Little / Rootsweb World Connect)

VERA HOOD ASHMUN - Funeral services for the late Mrs. Vera G. Ashmun were held Saturday afternoon at White-Emerson Funeral parlors, ...

Vera G. Hood was born at Palmerston, Ontario, Canada, June 25, 1863, and passed away in Whittier, California, April 14, 1926. She was the third child of Gideon and Catherine Hood, who were pioneers, coming from Scotland in 1853 and settling in what was then a dense Canadian forest. As a young woman Vera moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and was there united in marriage to Samuel H. Ashmun, November 28, 1883. To this union were born six children. Mrs. Ashmun lived in Sault Ste. Marie until the death of her husband, December 22, 1910... She is survived by her children, Elmer J. Ashmun of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Samuel H. Ashmun of Maracaibo, Venezuela, South America; Mrs. Wayne J. Davis of Downs, Illinois; Mrs. Lew Manning, Edgar C. Ashmun, Miss Myra Ashmun of Whittier; also four sisters and one brother, Mrs. Janet Miller of Sawyer, Minnesota; Mrs. Isabell Griffin of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Mrs. Christine Stibbs, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; Mrs. Gene Reichling, James G. Hood, Whittier.

Shared note

Albert Griffin's family lived at 910 Minneapolis in Sault Ste MI, according to the 1917 city directory.