Mary Susan GRIFFITHS^{[1, 2]}

1845 - 1925  (79 years)

• Name	Mary Susan GRIFFITHS
  Birth	22 Aug 1845	New York   [1]
  	Mary consistently misstated her age on censuses after her marriage to Clerewood, apparently due to the fact that she was thirteen years older than he.
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Feb 1925	Norfolk City, VA   [1]
  	Mary died of recurrent breast cancer on 28 February 1925 in Norfolk, Virginia. The cancer had first been diagnosed in 1922/1923, and she had undergone a mastectomy in 1924. Mary was 79 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	2 Mar 1925	Portsmouth City, VA   [1, 3]
  	Her body was interred on 2 March 1925 in the Thomas C. Virnelson family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I1680	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John Willis GRIFFITHS,   b. 6 Oct 1809, New York City, New York Co, NY d. 30 Mar 1882, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Susanna Costin HERBERT,   b. 8 Mar 1811, Virginia d. 10 Dec 1881 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1833	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  	The couple was married in Portsmouth, Virginia by Rev. Gee M. Hain on 30 April 1833.
  Family ID	F2386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clerewood LeClere VIRNELSON,   b. 4 Jun 1858, Portsmouth City, VA d. 25 Mar 1938 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1884	Brooklyn, NY   [2]
  	Mary and Clerewood were 1st cousins once removed, with John Curle Herbert [d. 1815] and Mary Butler [1784-1848] as their common ancestors. The couple was married in Brooklyn, New York by Rev. Joseph Pullman on 15 May 1884.
  Children	1. Marian Herbert VIRNELSON,   b. 20 Dec 1885, Portsmouth City, VA d. 4 Jun 1938 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Virnelson, Clerewood Booke Street, Portsmouth, VA
  		1910 US Census / Virnelson, Clerewood L. 738 Emmett Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.
  		1920 US Census / Virnelson, Clerewood L. 326 Boush Street [apartment], Norfolk, Virginia.

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: 21 Sep 1850, New York, NY [S5133] Resided: 28 Jul 1860, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY [S5134] Resided: 6 Jun 1870, Boston, Suffolk, MA [S5135] Resided: 12 Jun 1880, Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ [S5336] Resided: 10 Jan 1920, Norfolk City, VA [S5347]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1041] Mary Griffiths Virnelson, Virginia death certificate no. 4153 (1925). [S1092] Clerewood L. Virnelson - Mary S. Griffiths, Brooklyn, NY marriage file no. 1647 (1884). . [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained August 2005. [S5115] Bernard J. Henley collection., John W. Griffiths - Susannah C. Herbert wedding announcement, American Beacon and Virginia & North-Carolina Gazette, (Norfolk VA) 4 May 1833., LVA film 188-A.