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Northern Lass wrote:Sparks this lot connects to you too

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =936901018

This might be worth starting another thread - GWK Griffiths was Alderman George Griffiths, and he was mayor of the Borough of Dudley 1964/65. There is a fabulous portrait of him in Dudley Town Hall. His wife was known as Maisie but I don't know much else about her, They lived by the Council Offices near Haden Hill Park. My mam thinks that they lived in the house next door to Georges parents.

What is his actual registered name

is it William George Kendall Griffiths

or

George Kendall?

I couldnt see a birth about 1910

he is W. George K Griffiths on dudley flickr site photo of him on there

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dudley-council/5032257843/

Flickr is run by BT Jan.

HTH Linell.

Northern Lass wrote:What is his actual registered name

is it William George Kendall Griffiths or George Kendall? I couldnt see a birth about 1910
he is W. George K Griffiths on dudley flickr site photo of him on there

William George Kendall Griffiths.
William George K Griffiths
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1909
Registration district: Dudley
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6c
Page: 15

He was always known as George and very often dropped the Kendall bit. When he was on Dudley Council he was known as Alderman George Griffiths and had a big hand in setting up the Charitable Trust for the Mary Stevens Hospice in Wordsley.

Here's his death - still no confirmation of a marriage though. His wife was known as Maisie, could she have been a Margaret?

Name: William George K Griffiths
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1909
Date of Registration: Mar 1990
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Dudley
Inferred County: Staffordshire, Worcestershire
Volume: 33
Page: 788

Do you know any of the names of their kids?
we can get the maiden name for "maisie"

do you know when she died?

blackcountrybiker wrote:

Northern Lass wrote:Sparks this lot connects to you too

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =936901018

This might be worth starting another thread - GWK Griffiths was Alderman George Griffiths, and he was mayor of the Borough of Dudley 1964/65. There is a fabulous portrait of him in Dudley Town Hall. His wife was known as Maisie but I don't know much else about her, They lived by the Council Offices near Haden Hill Park. My mam thinks that they lived in the house next door to Georges parents.

At last a distant rele that was 'famous'. I thought I was going
to live in the depths of the 'Chain Shops' for ever.

Sparks are these Kendalls connected to Dinah?

oscar wrote:Sparks are these Kendalls connected to Dinah?

Yes Oscar: she would have been a great aunt:
follow the line here: http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... ths-Family

Northern Lass wrote:Do you know any of the names of their kids?
we can get the maiden name for "maisie" do you know when she died?

I don't think there were any Kids, and I haven't found a death for Maisie yet either.

blackcountrybiker wrote:Here's his death - still no confirmation of a marriage though. His wife was known as Maisie, could she have been a Margaret?

Name: William George K Griffiths
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1909
Date of Registration: Mar 1990
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Dudley
Inferred County: Staffordshire, Worcestershire
Volume: 33
Page: 788

is there a marriage for this guy with anyone?

Not the right area but??

Name: William G K Griffiths
Spouse Surname: Sylvia M Pearson
Jul-Aug-Sep 1933
Westhampnett Sussex
Volume Number: 2b
Page Number: 1116

Area fits for a death.
Name: Sylvia Maisie Griffiths.
Birth Date: 17 Jun 1911.
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1983.
Age at Death: 72.
Registration district: Dudley.
Inferred County: West Midlands.
Volume: 33.
Page: 0490.

Name: Sylvia M Pearson.
Mother's Maiden Name: Cooper.
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1911.
Registration district: Wolverhampton.
Inferred County: Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands.
Volume: 6b.
Page: 1085.

That looks promising --- I'll ask my mam later, she spent a lot of time at George n Maisie's house in the 50s n 60s.