COMPLETE Edward Clement Griffin and Ellen Leaker
When Edward Clement Griffin was born on November 2, 1876, in Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England, his father, Samuel Bird Griffin (1834-1890) and his mother, Jane (nee Wallis) (1835-1909), were 41.. He had nine brothers and two sisters . At age 22, Edward married Ellen Leaker (who was 29) on April 4, 1899, at St. Andrew's Church in Banwell, Somerset, England. The marriage was witnessed by Ellen's mother and Edward's brother Wallace . Edward's occupation is "solicitor's clerk." Marriage Registration, St. Andrew's Banwell (image via Ancestry.com ) When Ellen Leaker was born on March 13, 1870, in Axbridge, Somerset, England, her father, Joseph Leaker (1835-1871), was 35, and her mother, Ellen (nee Harris ) (1836-1909), was 34. They had three children: Edward Roland Griffin (1900-1905) Ellen Lorna Griffin (1904-?) Austin Clement Griffin (1907-1983) married Rita Frances Jay (1910-1965) Edward Roland is the couple's firstb