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Samuel Bird Griffin and Jane Wallis

After swearing a marriage bond on December 30, 1858, Samuel Bird Griffin, a Yeoman and bachelor aged 21 years, married Jane Wallis, a spinster aged 21 years, on January 4, 1859.

James Robert Squires

When James Robert Squires was born on March 1, 1872, in Chester, Cheshire, England, his mother, Sarah (nee Webb) (1842-1915), was 30. I’m not sure what happened to him…

Alexander McPhail

Alexander McPhail, born in 1865 in Ontario, led a nomadic life as a laborer in Canada and Seattle. His life ended in a tragic accident in 1933.

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