Griffiths, Samuel (1844-1920

Family

Samuel was born abt1844 at Murton, Glamorgan, to parents Thomas, a labourer, and Jane.

Before entering the ministry Samuel worked as labourer (1861).

He married Emma Smith (1850-1927) in the spring of 1870 at Bath, Somerset. Census returns identify five children.

• Percy (b1871)
• Ethel Mildred (abt1877-1960)
• Wilfred Bright (1880-1947) – a journalist (1911)
• Gerald Gilmore (abt1887-1963) – a farmer
• Gwladys Irene Kathleen (abt1890-1962)

Samuel, Emma, Ethel, Gerald and Gwladys travelled to Wellington, New Zealand, departing on 1 June 1905 from London on the Ionic.

Samuel died on 25 January 1920 at Waipu, Northland, New Zealand.

Circuits

• 1866 Aberdare
• 1868 Bath
• 1869 Hereford
• 1870 Pontypool
• 1871 Newport
• 1874 St Isabel
• 1876 Leominster
• 1877 Leeds III
• 1879 Bradford II
• 1881 Belfast
• 1883 Fleetwood
• 1885 Clifton Park, Belfast – Congregational minister
• 1889 Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
• 1896-1905 Lister Hills, Yorkshire

References

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Surman Index id: 11003

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers