Information: The first column shows data points from Griffin, Elizabeth Gordan, 1890-1968 in red. The third column shows data points from Griffin, Elizabeth A. in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gordan Griffin was born January 23, 1890, in Elizabeth City, N.C. An Episcopalian, she was appointed treasurer of the Missionary District (Diocese) of the Philippine Islands on February 10, 1931, and was working in Manila in 1942 when she was interned as an "enemy alien" by the invading Japanese army. Miss Griffin was one of approximately 7,000 non-combatant Allied citizens (mostly American and British) confined as "civilian internees" throughout World War II at Camps Santo Tomas and Los Banos in Manila. After both camps were liberated by U.S. forces at the end of the war, Griffin returned to the states briefly before resuming her work in the Philippines. Upon her retirement in 1955, she moved back to New Bern, where she died September 25, 1968.
Elizabeth Gordan Griffin Papers (#416), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Papers (1809-1968) of Pasquotank County, N.C. family, including papers of William Joseph Griffin, Elizabeth G. Griffin (missionary to the Philippines), family histories, and genealogical notes.
Griffin, Charles Emerson, 1836-1900. Autobiography [microform] (Typescript).
Title:
Autobiography [microform] (Typescript).
Born in Essex, Vermont, son of Albert Bailey and Abigail Varney. Childhood experiences near Kirtland, Ohio; his family's conversion to Mormonism, 1842; boyhood fights defending his religious affiliation; family's move to Nauvoo, Illinois, 1844; exodus west; arrival in Salt Lake Valley, 1848; settlement in Salt Lake City; marriage to Sarah Smith (daughter of Hyrum Smith); campaigns to protect the Mormons from Johnston's Army; move to Coalville, Utah; return to Salt Lake City; trip to the Missouri River to aid emigrants; move to Kanarra, Utah; removal to Coalville, work there as sheriff; mission to England; marriage to Elizabeth Jarvis; move to Escalante, Utah; marriage and later divorce from Lydia Stout.
ArchivalResource:
56 p. ; partial reel : microfilm ; 35 mm.
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