Taken by Warren Weimer
Thios grave is in the Garden View section grave #110 H.

Photo of Elroy "Purl" Giffin, 1899 or 1900
Submitted by Giffin descendant, Patricia.

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http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/IRISH-AMERICAN/2004-01/1074404700

From: [email protected]
Subject: [Irish-American] Douglas Giffin (McGiffen)
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:45:00 EST


Here is a copy of an obituary that I wrote on my mother's older brother who died on the 15th of January 2004, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. His paternal side was Scot-Irish, with his grandfather being from Northern Ireland, what generation is still unknown to me.

My great-grandfather, William Elroy Giffin, born in 1878, Lincoln, Nebraska, married a Mabel Essa Duncan (Scottish), born in 1881, also Lincoln, Nebraska. After both of their children were born, they traveled on the last wagon train from Lincoln to California and settled in part in Santa Barbara where my grandfather, Elroy Purl Giffin who was born in 1899, Lincoln, NB, married Rosamond Margaret Breck who was born in 1875, Santa Barbara.

She was of Scottish, Irish, and English Ancestry, also of Spanish, Scottish, Tahitian (HMS Bounty fame - Midshipman George Stewart), and of the first families who helped settle Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts in the 1630s, and of the first Spanish families who helped settle Baja California in 1697. Alta California in 1869 ~1782. He was also of the House of Stewart of Scotland, with (St.) Margaret Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII, the House of Lancaster and others. Bob Smith of Los Angeles.

Obituary of Douglas Ralph Giffin

Douglas Ralph Giffin, Age at death: 76
Born: April 21, 1927, Santa Barbara, California
Died: January 15, 2004, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
Cremated: abt January 20, 2004, McNerney Mortuary, San Pedro, California

Douglas Ralph Giffin was born on April 21, 1927, in Santa Barbara, California, the last son born to Elroy Purl Giffin of Nebraska, and Rosamond
Margaret Breck, of Santa Barbara, California. Douglas Giffin was a 7th generation California, a 11th generation Bostonian and a direct descendant of several early Spanish California families dating back to 1769. Both his ancestry includes
being a descendant of the House of Stewart, the House of Tudor, the House of Lancaster of England and Scotland dating back to about 286 ad. His ancestry includes: Robert de Bruce, King of Scotland; James Stewart V, King of Scotland;
Princess Margaret Tudor, the sister to Henry VIII; Midshipman, George Stewart of the HMS Bounty and his daughter, Princess Margaret (Peggy), (A.K.A.: Maria Antonia de la Asencion Stewart of Tahiti) who married Jose Antonio Secundino de Olivera of Santa Barbara in 1817; Edward Breck of Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1635; Captain Jose Francisco de Ortega, the first commander of the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara in 1782 and his wife, Maria Antonia Victoria Carrillo of Loreto, Baja California; Luis Manuel Quintero and Maria Petra Rubio, who were one of the founder families of El Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1781;

Douglas Ralph Giffin served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, as an aircraft mechanic at the end of World War II, but he never got the chance to serve in
combat. Douglas entered the Army at Camp Beale, California, took his basic
training at Biloxi, Mississippi. He was processed for overseas service at Greensfield, Georgia, and was reassigned to Maxwell Air Force Base (Army Air Corps), and was discharged from Squadron A, 308th AAF Base, Tyndall (Pendel) Army Air Field, Florida on 7 November 1946..

Douglas Giffin graduated from Fresno Technical High School in 1945 in Fresno, California, and after the military, he worked with the Carpenters Union of Southern California, was a member of the Elks Lodge of Torrance, since about 1979.

Prepared by Robert E. Smith of Wilmington,California, January 15, 2004

Elroy Purl 'Purl' Giffin with mother, Essa Duncan and father, William Elroy 'Roy' Giffin.

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Elroy Purl Giffin and wife Margaret Rosamond Breck
Submitted to Ancestry by Robert Smith


Children of Elroy Giffin

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Bernard Elroy Giffin
1919 – 1981

Daniel George Giffin
1926 – 1952

Douglas Ralph Giffin
1927 – 2004

Rosamond Essa Giffin
1928 – 2008
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California, Death Index, 1940-1997 about Bernard Elroy Giffin
Name: Bernard Elroy Giffin
Social Security #: 551222170
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1919
Birth Place: California
Death Date: 24 Feb 1981
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Breck

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1940 United States Federal Census about Bernard Elroy Giffen
Name: Bernard Elroy Giffen
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1920
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: California
Marital Status: Single
Home in 1940: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
View Map
Inferred Residence in 1935:
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
Residence in 1935:
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Seaman
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year

WWII Draft Registration for Elroy Purl Giffin.

Essa Duncan Giffin, mother of Elroy Purl Giffin

William Leroy "Roy" Giffin, father of Leroy Purl "Purl" Giffin.

If you are a descendant of Elroy Giffin, please contact me about this photo. Thanks. Patricia

Taken by Warren Weimer
This photo is a view looking East from the grave site.

Taken by Warren Weimer
This photo is a view looking South from the grave site.

Taken by Warren Weimer
This photo is a view looking West from the grave site.

Taken by Warren Weimer
This photo is a view looking North from the grave site.

1940 Census
William Giffin

Name:
William Giffin
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Nebraska
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: So Leland Street
House Number: 2011
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 7A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 164
Occupation: Cook
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 30
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 1st year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 44
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 1200
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Giffin 62
Essa Giffin 59
Elroy Giffin 42
Robert Giffin 17
Sieran Giffin 15
Daniel Giffin 14
Doreylus Giffin 12
Rosamond Giffin 11