Hugh Budington Griffiths

Life and records

Gray's Hill: father of Desire (Hugh Budington Griffiths); family spelling Hugh Buddington Griffith. NYT 4 Apr 1964: the late Hugh B. Griffiths, son of Ellen and Rev. David Baines-Griffiths.

Cemetery: Hugh Budington Griffiths. Family spelling: Hugh Buddington Griffith (Buddington with two d's; Griffith no s). Identity as Desire's father is confirmed by the cemetery transcription. Parents identified as Rev. David Baines-Griffiths and Ellen Mary Budington (NYT 4 Apr 1964: the late Hugh B. Griffiths, memorial at Edgehill Church, Spuyten Duyvil). Own birth date not found; already deceased by 1 Apr 1964. Do not confuse with physicist Robert Budington Griffiths (b. 1937), son of Walter Denison Griffiths (Hugh's brother).

Family

Sources

1. GGG NYC Grooms exact Tildsley → 0; NYC Marriage Licenses 1950–95 exact GroomsSurname Tildsley → only Allan×Charlotte Gavaletz Richmond 1967 (not this John). No fetched marriage for John Lee Jr.

   Griffiths Hugh Aug 18 1917 22948 Manhattan (bride Jones, Elizabeth); Griffiths Hugh W Sep 2 1922 21747 Manhattan (bride Filler, Rose E); Griffiths Hugh W Apr 17 1937 5828 Kings (bride Rendall, Bessie)

2. Cemetery identifies Jane (Tildsley) Griffiths as mother of Desire.

   Reynolds, Desire “Dizzy” b: July 24, 1932 NYC - d: Sept 2, 2001 - w/o Hal Frank Reynolds - d/o Hugh Budington & Jane (Tildsley) Griffiths

3. Cemetery identifies Jane (Tildsley) Griffiths as mother of Desire.

   Reynolds, Desire “Dizzy” ... d/o Hugh Budington & Jane (Tildsley) Griffiths

4. NYC death index: Kathleen Tildsley, 28 years, 7 Jun 1933, Manhattan cert 13422. Age 28 in 1933 implies birth ~1905; death in 1933 matches 'deceased' in the 1934 Who's Who. Different person from niece Kathleen Tildsley Griffiths Anderson (Smith 1957).

   0 records found for query. Surname Griffiths GivenName Hugh

5. Named as surviving son of Ellen Baines-Griffiths in 1964 (with Ruth; Hugh already deceased).

   BAINES-GRIFFITHS— Ellen, on Tuesday, April 1, 1964, wife of the late Rev. David Baines-Griffiths, mother of Walter, Ruth and the late Hugh B. Griffiths, sister of Mrs. Henry M. Furnald; survived by seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorial service at the Edgehill Church, Spiyt Duyvil, Saturday, April 4 at 3 P.M.

6. Hugh's middle name Budington matches mother Ellen's maiden Budington (see Ellen's sister Ethel Helena Budington, Mrs. Henry M. Furnald).

   Ellen Mary (Budington) Griffiths 26 May 1870 Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States - 01 Apr 1964 Massachusetts, United States ... Ethel Helen (Budington) Natsch 19 Dec 1877 Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States - 02 Jul 1982 Riverdale, Bronx, New York, United States