Nora (Blakely) Griffin (1889 - 1976)

Born 23 Dec 1889 in Colorado, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Preston Gayhart — married 2 Oct 1909 (to 1 Dec 1913) in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States

Wife of Russell Smith Griffin — married 19 Aug 1918 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Died 11 Mar 1976 at age 86 in Yakima, Washington, United States

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Biography

Nora was born in Colorado in 1889, the daughter of James Blakely and Kathryn Benefiel.^[1] She married in Colorado Henry P. Gayhart in 1909^[2] and they divorced in 1913.^[3] She then married Russell S. Griffin in Utah in 1918.^[4][5][6] Nora passed away in Washington in 1976^[7][8] and is buried in Yakima, Washington.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMF-TPF : accessed 6 March 2021), Nora Blakley in household of James Blakley, Precincts 1-4 Ouray city Ward 1-4, Ouray, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 12A, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,127.
2. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQ7-SQB : 19 February 2021), J P Gayhart and Nora Blakely, 02 Oct 1909, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; citing no. 2310, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,079.
3. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTF-6R76 : 7 September 2019), Nora Gayhart, 1 Dec 1913; citing Divorce, La Plata, Colorado, United States, Colorado State Archives, Denver.
4. ↑ "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZXZ-CQQ : 19 October 2018), Russell S Griffin and Nora B Gayhart, 1918.
5. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSGB-T9D : 3 August 2017), Russell S. Griffin and Nora B. Gayhart, 1918.
6. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8G3-PJ8 : 30 July 2017), Russell S Griffin and Nora B Gayhart, 1918.
7. ↑ "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWS-G4PP : 13 July 2017), Nora Griffin, 11 Mar 1976, Yakima, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB9K-NXM : 11 January 2021), Nora Griffin, Mar 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 March 2021), memorial page for Nora B. Griffin (23 Dec 1889–11 Mar 1976), no grave photo included, Find A Grave: Memorial #177226349, citing Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Mayflower Pilgrim 332 (contributor 47081711) .

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4D-8PT : accessed 6 March 2021), Nora Gayhart in household of James P Blakely, Grand Junction Ward 1, Mesa, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 91, sheet 5A, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 122; FHL microfilm 1,374,135.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCKS-ZDF : 2 February 2021), Nora B Griffin in entry for Russell S Griffin, 1920.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database with images on-line with subscription; accessed 5 Mar 2021], Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1929 , Nora B. Griffin, spouse, Russell S. Griffin, 4-B Snow Apts.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6J-KKG : accessed 6 March 2021), Nora B Griffin in household of Ross S Griffin, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 21B, line 52, family 591, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2421; FHL microfilm 2,342,155.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database with images on-line with subscription; accessed 5 Mar 2021], Yakima, Washington, City Directory, 1935, Nora B Griffin, spouse Russell S. Griffin

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9S5-BTC : 6 January 2021), Nora B Griffin in household of Russell S Griffin, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-12, sheet 5B, line 64, family 133, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4371.