Leon Herbert GRIFFITHS^[1]

1884 - 1958  (73 years)

• Name	Leon Herbert GRIFFITHS
  Birth	30 Jul 1884	Sayville, Suffolk Co, NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1940	New York City, NY   [3]
  	Leon was employed as a restaurant manager in New York City during April 1940.
  Death	14 Jan 1958	Old Lyme, New London Co, CT   [4]
  	He died in Old Lyme, Connecticut on 14 January 1958. He was 73 years old.
  Person ID	I59253	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Butler A. GRIFFITHS,   b. c.1847, New York City, New York Co, NY d. 19 Mar 1933, Franklin Square, Nassau Co, NY
  Mother	Georgianna C. MCNEILL,   b. c. 1855, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY d. 30 Jun 1897, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1879	Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY   [5]
  	The couple was married in Brooklyn, New York by Rev. Daniel O. Ferris on 31 December 1879. Louise Ferris stood as witness to the ceremony.
  Family ID	F5773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nell G. (UNKNOWN),   b. c.1885, New York d. 29 Mar 1952, New London, New London Co, CT
  Marriage	Between May 1933 - Apr 1940  [3, 6, 7]
  	The couple married after 12 May 1933, when Leon was noted as "unmarried" in an affidavit made by his brother Butler, Jr, but before the April enumeration of the 1940 census in which they were named as husband and wife.
  Notes	Nellie had a prior marriage with, at least, two children by that marriage.
  Family ID	F7772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: April 1910, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY Resided: January 1920, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY [2709] Resided: April 1940, New York City, Kings Co, NY[S4758]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5338] 1900 US Census / Griffiths, Butler. [S4186] Leon Herbert Griffiths. WWII draft registration card, 1942. [S4758] 1940 US Census / Griffiths, Leon H. [S3116] Connecticut Death Index, 1949 - 2001. Leon H. Griffiths entry, file #01466. [S1076] Butler Griffiths - Georgianna C. McNeill, New York marriage return & certificate no. 3217 for Brooklyn (1880). [S2708] Butler Griffiths, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY title of ownership, lot 25626, section 146 (1933). [S3116] Connecticut Death Index, 1949 - 2001. Nelli G. Griffiths entry, file #04573 and Leon H. Griffiths entry, file #01466.