Oliver James Griffen ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Age: 79
Given Name: Oliver
Surname: Griffen
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1899
State: Michigan
Last Place of Residence: Garden City, Wayne, Michigan
Previous Residence Postal Code: 48135
Event Date: Sep 1978

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYV9-444 : 20 May 2014), Oliver Griffen, Sep 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Name: Oliver J Griffen
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1978
Event Place: Michigan
Residence Place: Garden City, Wayne, Michigan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 October 99
Certificate Number: 54616

Citing this Record
"Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZYT-273 : 4 December 2014), Oliver J Griffen, 1978; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Michigan, death certificate number 54616, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Dearborn, MI on 15 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 908, Family 154, Roll 1031
Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan
531 Bedford; Home owned, $3000
Oliver J. Griffin..Head..30..OH..Electrician, Office Building

(Living with wife, 2 daughters, and wife's maternal grandparents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Garden City, MI on 16 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 17A, District 82-59, Family 315, Roll 1828
Garden City, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
31212 Birchlawn; Home owned, $4250
Residence in 1935: Dearborn
Oliver J. Griffin..Head..41..OH..6th grade..Truck Driver, Oil Refinery Co.. earned $1500 in 1939

(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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Oliver married Elizabeth Fuller, daughter of Robert George Fuller and Mary Ann Renton, on 21 November 1921 in Detroit, MI.^{1 2 3} (Elizabeth Fuller was born in 1905 in Michigan ^{1 2 3 6 7} and died after 1 April 1940.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 21 November 1921, in Detroit, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Dearborn, MI on 15 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 908, Family 154, Roll 1031
Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan
531 Bedford; Home owned, $3000
Oliver J. Griffin..Head..30..OH..Electrician, Office Building
Elizabeth M. Griffin..Wife..25..MI
Clara L. Griffin..Daughter..5..MI
Ruth F. Griffin..Daughter..1-7/12..MI
Andrew W. Renton..Grand-Father..79..MI
Sarah E. Renton..Grand-Mother..73..MI
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Garden City, MI on 16 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 17A, District 82-59, Family 315, Roll 1828
Garden City, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
31212 Birchlawn; Home owned, $4250
Residence in 1935: Dearborn
Oliver J. Griffin..Head..41..OH..6th grade..Truck Driver, Oil Refinery Co.. earned $1500 in 1939
Elizabeth M. Griffin..Wife..35..MI..6th grade
Clara L. Griffin..Daughter..16..MI..10th grade
Ruth F. Griffin..Daughter..11..MI..4th grade
Shirley May Griffin..Daughter..9..MI..4th grade
Edgar J. Griffin..Son..4..MI
Tony Merske..Lodger..39..MI
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Oliver J. Griffen
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Nov 1921
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 22y
Birth Date: 1899
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Name: Clarence Griffen
Mother's Name: Minnie King
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Fuller
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1904
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: Robt
Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Renton

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQMT-ZP6 : 15 January 2019), Anna Renton in entry for Oliver J. Griffen and Elizabeth Fuller, 1921.
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