Edward Hadden GRIFFIN

                   BRIEF_SUMMARY_OF_LIFE: Great Grandfather Joseph Griffin made a trip West. He was so impressed with the area that he said he would like to move. He didn't in his lifetime but two of his sons did - Francis Edward and Wilbur.  Francis Edward and his wife homesteaded in Prairie, North Dakota. Their home burned and the family moved into Crary. Later he moved his family to Lacombe, Alberta and lived in an old school house their first winter. In the spring of 1900 they moved to Penhold where he bought a store. In the fall of 1903 Francis Edward went hunting and fishing with a friend, Adam Marr, from North Dakota. He caught a cold which developed into asthma. This health problem greatly affected him for the rest of his life. He hoped to get relief by moving back to Michigan. When he didn't get better the family moved back to Stavely and homesteaded between Carmangay and Champion. They lived in a 10x16 tent furnished with beds and a stove throughout the summer. The winter was spent in a wood framed shack lined with tar paper sans a floor. In the fall of 1906 their home was sufficienty built to move in. The family lived there until his death.

During this time Ed's time was spent doing odd jobs - hauling water and hay, plowing, etc. He prospered and married Bessie Leona Nielson. They homesteaded north of Carmangay where their eight children were born. All the while he was increasing his holdings and serving in the community as a member of the Harmony Municipality Board and as its Reeve. Ed retired from the farm in probably 1947. In the spring of 1950 they moved to Lethbridge where he resided until his death.- see Edward Hadden's story

Reference
Griffin Family Records by Yvonne Griffin, Mesa, Arizona

(Research):      Edward Hadden Griffin
       Ed' father homesteaded at Prairie, North Dakota. His mother Ann Jane Innis went back to Otterville, Ontarion for his birth. Later their home in North Dakota burned and the family moved into the town of Prairie where his father estabished a store. The decision was made to move to Alberta. The farm was sold in order to buy livestock. Animals and household furnishings were loaded into two train cars. The move first took them to Winnipeg. After delay they arrived in Calgary then on to Lacombe where they wintered in an old abandoned school house. In the fall of 1903 his father went hunting and fishing with a friend. The cold caused an onset of asthma. On the doctors advice he searched for another place to live in Michgan. At age 12 Ed was helping to plow the land that had  been purchased there. His father did not improve and so the family moved to Stavely, Alberta in 1905. They lived in a 10x16 tent furnished with beds and a stove throughout the summer.The winter was spent in a wood framed shack lined with tar paper without a floor. In the fall of 1906 their home on their homestead was sufficiently built to move in.

       Ed's time was spent doing odd jobs - hauling hay and water, plowing, etc. He prospered and married Bessie Leona Nielson. They homesteaded north of Carmangay where their eight children were born. Five of them lived to maturity. All the while he was increasing his holdings and serving in the community as a member of the Harmony Municipality Board and as its Reeve. He retired from the farm in probably 1947. In the spring of 1959 they moved to Lethbridge where he resided until his death.

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