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Eleanor SEARNS

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Albert George GRIFFIN (1830 - 1885)	Eleanor SEARNS + James GRIFFIN ( - 1852)

+. James GRIFFIN ( - 1852)

Near Relatives of Eleanor SEARNS
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	Eleanor SEARNS
Spouse/Partner	James GRIFFIN			1852	Axminster, Devon, England
Son	Albert George GRIFFIN	1830	Axmouth, Devon, England	1885	Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia	55
Daughter in Law	Isabella ANDREWS	1830	Finsbury, London, England	1906	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia	76
Granddaughter	Eleanor Isabella GRIFFIN	1851	New South Wales, Australia	04 Nov 1931	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	80
Granddaughter	Annie Louisa GRIFFIN	1852	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1934	St Peters, New South Wales, Australia	82
Grandson	James Dawson GRIFFIN	1854		1937	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Sarah Andrews GRIFFIN	1857	Woolshed, Victoria,, Australia	1868	Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia	11
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Mary GRIFFIN	1859		1946	Kew, Victoria, Australia	87
Granddaughter	Rosa Matilda GRIFFIN	1861		1946	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	85
Granddaughter	Fanny Martha GRIFFIN	1862		1950	Preston, Victoria, Australia	88
Grandson	Albert George GRIFFIN	1865		1893	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	28
Granddaughter	Emily Andrews GRIFFIN	1866		1943	Kew, Victoria, Australia	77
Granddaughter	Decima Alberta GRIFFIN	1868	Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia	1962	Prahan, Victoria, Australia	94
Granddaughter	Edith Bartlett GRIFFIN	1869	Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia	1956	Prahan, Victoria, Australia	87
Granddaughter	Rene Winwood GRIFFIN	1873	Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia	1901	Corowa, NSW, Australia	28

Events in Eleanor SEARNS's life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1830		Birth of son Albert George GRIFFIN	Axmouth, Devon, England	Note 1
1852		Death of husband James GRIFFIN	Axminster, Devon, England	Find a grave
1885		Death of son Albert George GRIFFIN (aged 55)	Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 60

Note 1: 19 Dec, Axmouth - Ancestry, Bonny and Bruce Brown Family Tree

Note 2: 4 Jan 1885, Barnawartha - Ancestry, Bonny and Bruce Brown Family Tree Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Albert Griffin Name: Albert Griffin Death Place: Barnawartha, Victoria Age: 55 Father's Name: Jas Mother's Name: Eleanor Registration Year: 1885 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 344 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830 POSSIBLE The Argus (Melbourne) 6 Jan 1885 CHILTERN, Monday. A farmer named Albert Griffin committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself in a barn, close to his house, on the Indigo Creek. He was a very old resident, and at one time a prominent man in public afliairs He was for many years the leader of a religious body which believed that the millenium was at hand. He left that connexion, and was afterwards an inmate of one of the Melbourne inebriate asylums. He had been been drinking heavily a few days before his death. A magisterial inquiry was held when a verdict of temporary insanity was returned. The deceased leaves a widow and grown up family.

Personal Notes:

from death reg of son Find A Grave entry Eleanor Searns Griffin Birth 26 Mar 1796 Axmouth, East Devon District, Devon, England Death 1892 (aged 95–96) Burial Unknown, Specifically: Cemetery unknown Eleanor is the daughter of John Searns and Ann (Nanny) Cossens. Her sister Mary was her twin. August 19, 1817 Eleanor married James Griffin. They had the following children: 1) Eleanor who married Charles Batstone 2) Mary who married John Batstone 3) Elizabeth who married Samuel Bartlett 4) George who married Matilda Love 5) Eleizer who married Sarah Stimpson 6) Albert who married Isabella Andrews 7) Charles Sampson who died shortly after birth 8) Anne who married David Richards and then William Williams 1841 Husband James was a Flax Dresser and they lived at Turnpike House in Musbury, Devon, England. 1850 James was a Toll Gate Keeper. 1851 Renter of Turnpike Gate in Chard, Somerset, England. 1852 James died when she was 56 years old. 1861 she was the Head of the house; daughter Ann Richards and her two young sons lived with her as well as a boarder, William Williams who later married Ann. 1871 she lived with Anne's family.

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