Person in this family
Anna Griffis
26 July 1869 (inferred) – 23 April 1945
Anna Griffis was born in England about July 1869 and died at 73 West 13th Street, Bayonne, on 23 April 1945. The undertakers' book records her as aged 75 years, 8 months and 28 days, a resident of the United States for 72 years — so brought over as an infant of about three — and the widow of Joseph Walsh. She was buried at Mount Olivet, Elizabeth, in Block H, No. 512, the same lot as her daughter.
Family story - not yet proved
Anna Griffis appears only in our family tree as the wife of Joseph Walsh and mother of two children.
Born at England
Recorded as: Anna Griffith, Anna Griffiths, Wales
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
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Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
Life
Anna Griffis appears in our family tree as the wife of Joseph Walsh and the mother of Anastasia and Patrick Walsh. The same family information recorded here also gives her surname as Griffith or Griffiths.
No birth, marriage, residence, death, or original record is attached to this person. Nothing further can presently be stated about her with confidence.
How we know this: These details are recorded here, but no supporting document has yet been found. [1][2]
Family
Spouse
Children
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Places listed on this page
- England
- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Mount Olivet Cemetery, Bayonne Cemetery or burial place
- France
- United States
- Wales
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Timeline
Born in England
Not a birth record. 23 April 1945 minus 75 years, 8 months and 28 days gives 26 July 1869 — an arithmetic reconstruction from the age in the funeral book, and it should be read as a good estimate rather than a date. The same row says she had been 72 years in the United States, which would put her arrival about 1873, when she was three. [1]
From our family tree - no record found yet
Died at 73 West 13th Street, Bayonne
Buried at Mount Olivet, Elizabeth, Block H, No. 512. Her daughter Frances Theresa Coughlin lies in the same lot, and it is the shared lot rather than the name that makes the identification. [1]
Proved by a record
What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Dempsey funeral home register — Anna T. Walsh, 23 April 1945, Bayonne
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Anna T. | Walsh | W420 | 04/23/1945 | 73 W 13th St. | Joseph/US | Anna Griffith/Ire | Mt. Olivet, Elizabeth | Aged 75y,8m,28d, Born England, resident of US 72y, Widow of Joseph Walsh, Buried in Block H, No. 512, Letter A, B, C, D.
Record exhibit
Dempsey funeral home register — Frances Theresa Coughlin, daughter, same burial lot
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
John Walsh/US (NJ) | Anna Griffiths/Wales | DOB 7/14/1886 | Buried in Block H, No. 512.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
What we still don't know
- Her dates and places of birth and death
- Her parents
- Whether Griffis, Griffith, or Griffiths was the form she used
- Documentary proof of her marriage and children
- [THE BOOK ARGUES WITH ITSELF] Her own row makes her the widow of Joseph Walsh and gives her mother as "Anna Griffith/Ire"; her daughter's row in the same book names the father John Walsh and the mother "Anna Griffiths/Wales". England or Wales, Joseph or John — the funeral book cannot settle either, and no attempt has been made here to pick a side. A death certificate would.
- Her parents are unproven. The archive holds no birth, no arrival and no marriage for her.