Bromley Griffin married Elizabeth Emma Toop (Emma) on April 26, 1892, in at the Church of St. Quiricus and Julietta in Tickenham, Somerset, England.

Alfred Griffin married Laura Wallis on June 22, 1887, at All Saints Parish in Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England.

Sidney Bird Griffin married Amelia Gage Wallis (his cousin) on March 31, 1902, at All Saints Church in Kingston Seymour, England.

Charles Griffin married Ellen Gage on April 5, 1891, at All Saints Church in Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England. They had nine children.

When Wallace* Griffin was born on September 22, 1862, in Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England, his father, Samuel Bird Griffin (1834-1890), was 28 and his mother, Jane (née Wallis) (1835-1909), was 27. He had nine brothers and two sisters. *Wallace was baptized Wallis, his mother’s maiden name. He appears to have adopted

The Bristol and Avon Family History Society website describes Kingston Seymour and a 2013 article by Bob Ford suggests: “The families of Stuckey, Griffin and Wallis arrived [in Kingston Seymour] late in the 18th century and are still present.” James Griffin is my 4x great-grandfather and he and his family lived in Kingston Seymour.

Charles Griffin was 25 when he married Lucy Ann Goulstone, age 24, on April 22, 1862, in Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England.

When Samuel Bird Griffin was born on February 19, 1834, in Clevedon, Somerset, England, his father, James Griffin (1808-1847), was 26 and his mother, Mary (née Bird) (1810-1898), was 23. (The name “Bird” was carried through Samuel to his son Sidney Bird Griffin and to son John’s son Arthur Bird