Ancestry of Melanie Griffith

compiled by David Allen Lambert


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Melanie Griffith should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

This report is primarily by David Allen Lambert. Rob Martindale also contributed to this report. The primary contribution of the undersigned is HTML-izing Mr. Lambert's report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Melanie Griffith
1 Melanie Griffith, b. New York, N. Y., 9 Aug. 1957
PARENTS
2 Peter Atwill Griffith, b. Baltimore, Md., 23 Oct. 1933, d. Santa Fe, N. M., 14 May 2001, bur. San Domingo Cemetery, Normanna, Tex. [veteran of the US Army in the Korean War]
m.
3 Nathalie Kay ("Tippi") Hedren, b. New Ulm, Minn., 9 Jan. 1930
GRANDPARENTS
4 Ben E ... Griffith, b. ... , Md., ... [ca. 1900], d. ...
m. ... [ca. 1926]
5 Hilda Atwill, b. Baltimore, Md., ... [ca. 1905], d. Brandon, Fla., 8 Aug. 1994 [St Petersburg Times, 10 Aug 1994, p. 9B]
6 Bernard Carl ("Ben") Hedren, b. Lafayette, Minn., 13 June 1893, d. San Bernardino / Desert Hot Springs, Cal., 1 April 1979 [SSDI 470-14-3326], bur. Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Cal. [veteran of US Army in World War I]
m. ... , Minn., ... 1926
7 Dorothea Henrietta Eckhardt, b. ... , Minn., 14 July 1899, d. Desert Hot Springs, Cal., 30 Oct. 1994 [SSDI 476-26-6943]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10 Robert Clarence Atwill, b. ... , Va., ... [ca. 1866], d. ... [living 1930]
m.
11 Lucy J ... , b. ... , Md., ... [ca. 1870], d. ... [living 1930]
12 Mathias J ... Hedren, b. ... , Sweden, ... [ca. 1854], d. ... [living 1920]
m.
13 Wilhelmina Maria ("Winnie"/"Mima") Flygare, b. ... , Sweden, ... [ca. 1858], d. ... [living 1920]
14 Charley Eckhardt, b. ... , N. Y., ... [ca. 1873], d. ... [living 1920]
m.
15 Julia ... , b. ... , Minn., ... [ca. 1873], d. ... [living 1920]
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS





1930 Maryland, Baltimore City, ED 430, sheet 12A, line 8

Griffith Ben E    H    M W 30 M 26    MD MD MD     Salesman     Lumber
         Hilda    W    F W 24 M 20    MD VA MD     Teacher      Public School

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1930 Maryland, Baltimore City, ED 421, sheet 1A, line 11

Atwill Robert C      H     M W 64 M 37     VA VA VA       Carpenter    Lumber Mill
       Lucy J        W     F W 56 M 30     MD NY MD       Teacher      Public School
       Clarence L    S     M W 24 S        MD VA MD       Salesman     Automobiles
       Lucy M        D     F W 22 S        MD VA MD

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1930 Minnesota, Nicollet Co., Lafayette, ED 8, sheet 1B, line 68

Hedren Ben C        H     M W 36        M 32      MN S  S        Retail Merchant      General Merchant
       Dorothea     W     F W 30        M 26      MN NY MN
       Patricia     D     F W    4 0/12 S         MN MN MN
       Nathalie     D     F W      2/12 S         MN MN MN

S = Sweden

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1920 Maryland, Baltimore City, ED 38, sheet 1A, line 43

Atwill Clarence    H    M W 54 M      VA VA VA      Henchhand     Millwork
       Lucy        W    F W 46 M      MD NY MD      Teacher       Public School
       Hilda       D    F W 15 S      MD VA MD
       Lee         S    M W 14 S      MD VA MD
       Lucy        D    F W 11 S      MD VA MD

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1920 Minnesota, Nicollet Co., Lafayette, ED 101, sheet 2B, line 68

Hedren Mathias J    H    M W 66 M   1866 Na 1891    S  S  S
       Mima         W    F W 62 M   1869 Na 1874    S  S  S
       Mable H      D    F W 35 S                   MN S  S     Sales Lady    General Merchandise
       Ellen C      D    F W 28 S                   MN S  S     Operator      Telegraph Office
       Bernhard C   S    M W 26 S                   MN S  S     Salesman      General Mrch
       Edna C E     D    F W 22 S                   MN S  S     Nurse         Privat Family
       Florence E   D    F W 18 S                   MN S  S

S = Sweden

Yes, it's spelled "Privat" in the schedule

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1920 Minnesota, Lac Qui Parle Co., Ten Mile Lake, ED 87 shhet 5B, line 68

Eckhardt Charley      H    M W 47 M     NY G  G       Agent      Real Estate
         Julia        W    F W 47 M     MN N  N
         Dorthy H     D    F W 23 S     MN NY MN      Teacher    Rural School
         Leonard M    S    M W 18 S     MN NY MN
         Arnold E     S    M W 15 S     MN NY MN
         Carl L       S    M W 12 S     MN NY MN
         Clinton E    S    M W  8 S     MN NY MN

G = Germany, N = Norway

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1910 Maryland, Baltimore City, ED 45, sheet 25B, line 81

Atwill Robert C    H    M W 44       M1 6        VA VA VA
       Lucy J      W    F W 38       M1 6 3 3    MD NY MD      Teacher    School
       Hilda       D    F W  5       S           MD VA MD
       Lee C       S    M W  4       S           MD VA MD
       Lucy C      D    F W  1 10/12 S           MD VA MD

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William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com