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Samuel Leslie (Les) GRIFFITH (1893 - 1964)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Samuel Leslie (Les) GRIFFITH (1893 - 1964) + Ellen (Nellie) LAWLOR	Samuel Joseph GRIFFITH ( - 1929)
		Mary Jane LINDLEY (1857 - 1938)	Richard LINDLEY (1829 - 1879)	Charles LINDLEY
				Sarah (LINDLEY)
			Mary FLOOD (1840 - 1924)	John FLOOD
				Mary FARLEY

b. 1893 at Beechworth, Victoria, Australia

m. 1918 Ellen (Nellie) LAWLOR at Victoria, Australia

d. 1964 at Victoria, Australia aged 71

Near Relatives of Samuel Leslie (Les) GRIFFITH (1893 - 1964)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Richard LINDLEY	1829		1879	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	50
Grandmother	Mary FLOOD	1840		1924	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	84
Father	Samuel Joseph GRIFFITH			1929	Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Mother	Mary Jane LINDLEY	1857	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1938	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	81
Self	Samuel Leslie (Les) GRIFFITH	1893	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1964	Victoria, Australia	71
Wife	Ellen (Nellie) LAWLOR
Brother	Robert George (Reg) GRIFFITH	1890	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1942	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	52
Sister	Mary Gertrude GRIFFITH	1891	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1892	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1
Sister	Eileen GRIFFITH	1892	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1892	Victoria, Australia	0
Sister	Margaret GRIFFITH	1898	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1970	Victoria, Australia	72
Sister	Violet Josine GRIFFITH	1899	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1968	Victoria, Australia	69
Uncle	Richard Joseph LINDLEY	1859	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1860	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1
Uncle	John LINDLEY	1861	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1940	Northcote, Victoria, Australia	79
Uncle	Frederick Francis LINDLEY	1873	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1955	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	82
Aunt	Katherine May RILEY	1878	Ararat, Victoria, Australia	1945	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	67
Cousin	Kathleen Mary LINDLEY	1909	Clifton Hill, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	1977	Greensborough, Victoria, Australia	68
Nephew	Samuel Robert GRIFFITH	1923		1990	Victoria, Australia	67
Niece	Mary Theresa GRIFFITH	1926	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	1977	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	51
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Sister in Law	Margaret KIRBY			1947	Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Brother in Law	George Samuel INGRAM
Brother in Law	John Joseph HEDIGAN			1941	Victoria, Australia

Events in Samuel Leslie (Les) GRIFFITH (1893 - 1964)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1893		Samuel Leslie (Les) GRIFFITH was born	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1918	25	Married Ellen (Nellie) LAWLOR	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1929	36	Death of father Samuel Joseph GRIFFITH	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	60
1938	45	Death of mother Mary Jane LINDLEY (aged 81)	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1964	71	Samuel Leslie (Les) GRIFFITH died	Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52

Note 1: Samuel Leslie Griffith in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Samuel Leslie Griffith Birth Date: Abt 1893 Birth Place: Beeac, Victoria Registration Year: 1893 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Samuel Joseph Griffith Mother: Mary Jane Lindley Registration Number: 19351

Note 2: Saml Les Griffith in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Saml Les Griffith Gender: Male Marriage Registration Year: 1918 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Ellen Lawlor Reference Number: 5378

Note 3: Burial info The Age (Melbourne) 16 Dec 1929 _The funeral of the late Mr. Samuel Joseph Griffith was attended by about fifty waiters from Pentridge, with whom he bad worked for 35 years. Among the mourners was the present governor of Pentridge. . . The Age (Melbourne) 11 Dec 1929 GRIFFITH - On the 10th December, at 35 Kendall street, Coburg, Samuel Joseph dearly beloved husband of Mary, and much loved father of Violet (Mrs. J. Hedigan), Reg, Les, and Margaret. Late of Penal dept. and Beechworth. R.I. P..

Note 4: Burial info Mary Jane Griffith in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Mary Jane Griffith Death Age: 79 Birth Date: abt 1859 Death Date: Abt 1938 Death Place: East Melbourne, Victoria Registration Date: 1938 Registration Place: Australia Father: Richard Lindley Mother: Mary Flood Registration Number: 8296 Advocate (Melbourne) 15 Sept 1938 GRIFFITH.—On September 6, at Mena Private Hospital, East Melbourne, Mary, widow of the late Samuel Joseph Griffith, of 35 Kendall-street, Coburg, and devoted mother of Violet (Mrs. J. Hedigan), Reg., Les. and Margaret. R.I.P.

Note 5: Samuel Leslie Griffith  in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Samuel Leslie Griffith Death Registration Year: 1964 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Samuel Joseph Griffith Mother Maiden Name: Lindley Reference Number: 15728

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Samuel Leslie Griffith  in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Samuel Leslie Griffith Death Registration Year: 1964 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Samuel Joseph Griffith Mother Maiden Name: Lindley Reference Number: 15728

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Samuel Leslie Griffith in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Samuel Leslie Griffith Birth Date: Abt 1893 Birth Place: Beeac, Victoria Registration Year: 1893 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Samuel Joseph Griffith Mother: Mary Jane Lindley Registration Number: 19351

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Saml Les Griffith in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Saml Les Griffith Gender: Male Marriage Registration Year: 1918 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Ellen Lawlor Reference Number: 5378

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