Born in Cantebury, Vermont
Ancestors 
Daughter of Almon Daniel Griffin
and Mary Polly (Chase) Griffin
[uncertain]
Sister of
Catherine Griffin and Philinda Minerva Griffin
Wife of
William Emery Durand
— married
7 Sep 1859 in Spring Valley, Minnesota, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Hattie Josephine (Durand) Casey
Died
at age 85
in Hoisington, Barton, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Apr 2015
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Biography
Mary Elizabeth is the child of Almon Griffin and Mary Chase.
Mary was born in 1841. Mary Griffin. She passed away in 1927. Buried in Hoisington Cemetery, Kansas, USA. Known in the family as "Grandma Kansas."
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Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2C-5QD : 12 April 2016), Mary Griffin in household of Almon Griffin, Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United States; citing family 451, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Minnesota Territorial Census, 1857," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3859-Y3Z : 9 August 2017), Mary Griffin in household of Almon Griffin, ; citing line 4, NARA microfilm publication T1175 (Washington D.C.: Central Plains Region, National Archives, n.d.); FHL microfilm 944,284.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDH9-TGX : 6 June 2019), Mary Durand in entry for William Durand, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNWG-118 : accessed 21 February 2020), Mary Durand in household of William Durand, Hoisington, Barton, Kansas, United States; citing ED 23, sheet 15B, line 63, family 320, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 524; FHL microfilm 1,820,524.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #83933435
- This information comes from family records passed down from Hattie Durand Casey
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
-
~1.56%
Gwendy (Thompson) Darling
:
23andMe, GEDmatch GH6719072 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Andrea (Thompson) Rapoza :
23andMe, GEDmatch TF1612264 [compare]
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth Griffin (1839-1928)
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