Living descendants Henry A. T. Griffin & Harriet - Shoreditch (UK) to NSW ca1882

[TNGeneWhiz]

Finally a breakthrough after 40 years of occasionally looking!  Now I wonder if I have living kinfolks somewhere...but don't know how to do Australia research effectively from the USA.

I started a tree -- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M3M8-7X6

Henry Alfred Thomas Griffin, son of Alfred and Maria Ruth, was born/christened in 1861 at St. Mary, Marylebone.  In 1882 at St. James, Shoreditch, he married Harriet Lavinia Barfield (my distant relative).  They appear to have emigrated soon after, as daughter Florence Louisa Griffin was born about 1883.

Located births of children indicate they lived in Burwood.  Later indications are Greenwich and generically "north suburbs."

Widowed Harriet died in Greenwich 9 August 1931 (obituary).  I don't know when Henry Griffin died. Any suggestions on where to look?

He may have been the inventor of a device that attached ties to collars -- no further details located.

Their identified children, all born in Australia:

• Florence Louisa Griffin (1883-1913), died in West Melbourne, Victoria, wife of Henry Mark Dunn.
  
• Daisy Griffin (b. ca. 1885, d. aft. 1931?)
• Winifred P. Griffin (b. 1890, Burwood, NSW), d. after 1931?)
• Helena Harriet "Lena" Griffin (b. ca. 1890), married Guy Beaufoy Merlin -- one identified daughter Joan Louisa Beaufoy-Merlin (b. 1919-1920) married Laurence John Davis in 1940 in Sydney Diocese.
• Ethel M. Griffin (1894-1895)
• Ethel A. Griffin (b. ca. 1895), married Thomas Swan (he d. Feb. 1934, bur. Greenwich, NSW)
• Ivy Elizabeth Griffin (b. 1896; d. 1985; bur. Kingsford, NSW), married 1916 at Paddington, NSW, to Russell A. Winters
• Dorothy Griffin (b. ?; d. before 1931)

All suggestions for places I can search on-line, or if anyone is connected to these folks, will be greatly appreciated.

[Neale1961]

Henry Alfred Thomas Griffin died 4 March 1921
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15938128?searchTerm=“Henry%20Alfre%20Thomas%20Griffin”

[Neale1961]

Births registered in NSW to parents Henry A. T. GRIFFIN and Harriet L. GRIFFIN

Gertrude H E GRIFFIN  - 26 June 1886 – Burwood  (Died 1887 Canterbury)

Helena Harriet GRIFFIN - 6 July 1888 – Burwood

Winifred Patience GRIFFIN  - 6 Nov 1889 - Burwood

Harriett Daisy GRIFFIN – 7 Nov 1892 – Burwood (died 1955 North Sydney)

Ethel M GRIFFIN –  11 Aug 1894 – Burwood (Died 1895 Burwood)

Ivy Elizabeth GRIFFIN – 28 March 1896 – Burwood

Ethel Alice GRIFFIN – 7 Oct 1899 - Sydney

[TNGeneWhiz]

Marvelous -- thank you!  I was unaware of the newspaper resource, so I will start digging for the others there!

Henry Alfred Thomas Griffin died 4 March 1921
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15938128?searchTerm=“Henry%20Alfre%20Thomas%20Griffin”

[TNGeneWhiz]

Births registered in NSW to parents Henry AT GRIFFIN and Harriet L

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Thank you so much!  I have not been able to find some of these births.  My access to (and knowledge of) Australian records is limited.

[Neale1961]

Florence Louisa Griffin
Married 17 June 1907 Victoria
Death Notice: DUNN- the 4th November, at her residence, No. 142 Dudley street, West Melbourne, Florence Louisa, the dearly beloved wife of Henry Mark Dunn, and loving daughter of Henry and Harriet Griffin, aged 30 years.

I did not see any births registered to this couple.

[Neale1961]

Helena H GRIFFIN married Guy MERLIN - 3 Jan 1918  - Newcastle

Children’s births registered to them:
•   Helen C MERLIN – 1918 – St Leonards
•   Joan L Beaujoy MERLIN – 1920 – Chatswood

Due to privacy rules in Australia you can only search for registered births up to 31 Dec 1922.
You might find mention of children's birth in the newspapers.

[Neale1961]

Ethel A GRIFFIN married Thomas SWAN on 27 Oct 1928 in North Sydney.

Ethel Alice SWAN died 6 Feb 1971 Sydney.

Thomas Swan (age 40) died 15 Feb 1934 at Greenwich

1930 electoral roll - Ethel Alice Swan and Thomas Swan (Electrician)  - 1 Carlotta St Greenwich
1935 electoral roll - Ethel Alice Swan – 29 King William St. Lane Cove
1943 electoral roll - Ethel Alice Swan – 17 Innis Rd Greenwich - Same address through to her death in 1971. No sign of adult children living with her at any stage.

[Neale1961]

Ivy E GRIFFIN married Russell A WINTERS - 2 Sept 1916 - Paddington

Births registered to Robert A WINTERS and Ivy E WINTERS
•   Ivy D WINTERS – 1917 - Paddington
•   John R WINTERS – 1918 – St Leonards
(Due to privacy rules in Australia you can only search for registered births up to 31 Dec 1922.)