Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith

1919 - 2002  (83 years)

• Name	Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith
  Birth	1 Feb 1919	Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 May 2002	Nevada, Vernon Co., MO; burial: Moore Cem., Nevada, Vernon Co., MO
  Person ID	I6952	forneyclark
  Last Modified	31 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Paul Griffith,   b. 10 Nov 1891, Nevada, Vernon Co., MO d. 30 Nov 1949, Calistoga, Napa Co., CA; Evergreen Cem., Kellogg, Sonoma Co., CA (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Agnes Morton,   b. 18 Mar 1898, Wallacetown, Ayr, Scotland d. Aug 1977, Nevada, Vernon Co., MO; burial: Moore Cem., south of Nevada, MO (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1918	Wallacetown, Ayr, Scotland
  Family ID	F2794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Willis Earl "Willie" Eador,   b. 5 Jun 1911, Nevada, Vernon Co., MO d. 25 Aug 1994, Nevada, Vernon Co., MO; burial: Moore Cem., Nevada, Vernon Co., MO (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. John M. Eador   2. William Kent "Butch" "Bill" Eador,   b. 28 Feb 1952, Nevada, Vernon Co., MO d. 20 Aug 2017, Nevada, Vernon Co., MO; bur: Moore Cem., Nevada, Vernon Co., MO (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F2771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Rudolph F. Hollenberg,   b. 26 Apr 1913, Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., KS d. 14 Nov 1988, Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., KS (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1933	Bates Co., MO
  Family ID	F3616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2024

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Griffith, Paul (1891-1949) & Agnes Morton (1898-1977) & Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith (1919-2002) & Bennie Byron Griffith Group photo was taken about 1923 and came from the Eador Collection by John M. Eador. Included (L-R, standing) are Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith Eador Hollenberg & Paul Griffith. Sitting (L-R) are Bennie Byron Griffith & Agnes Morton Griffith Crout.
  		Griffith, Mary Minerva "Merva" (1919-2002) Individual photo of Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith Eador Hollenberg was taken in Nevada, Vernon Co., MO, and came from the Eador Collection by John M. Eador.
  		Griffith, Mary Minerva "Merva" (1919-2002) Individual/ Automobile photo of Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith Eador Hollenberg was taken in 1946 and came from the Eador Collection by John M. Eador.
  		Griffith, Mary Minerva "Merva" (1919-2002) Individual photo of Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith Eador Hollenberg came from the Eador Collection by John M. Eador.
  		Morton, Agnes (1898-1977) & Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith (1919-2002) 2-Persons photo of (L-R) Agnes Morton Griffith Crout & Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith Eador Hollenberg was probably taken on the Noyes Ranch, Middletown, CA, in the 1950’s, and came from the Eador Collection by John M. Eador.
  		Eador, Willis Earl "Willie" (1911-1994) & Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith (1919-2002) 2-Persons photo of (L-R) Mary Minerva "Merva" Griffith Eador Hollenberg & Willis Earl "Willie" Eador was taken in Nevada, Vernon Co., MO, and came from the Eador Collection by John M. Eador.

  
  

  Headstones

  Griffith, Mary Minerva (1919-2002) Mary Minerva Griffith Eador Hollenberg (1919-2002); Moore Cemetery, Nevada, Vernon Co., MO, USA. Photo was taken by John M. Eador.

  
  

• Notes

  Source: John M. Eador: How Paul Griffith & Agnes Morton Met My Grandfather, Paul Griffith, born November 10,1891 in Nevada, Missouri, was a cook in the Army in World War 1 and was deployed with the 213 Aero Squadron on the S.S. TUSCANIA. The TUSCANIA was a Luxury Liner that was converted to a troop carrier. It had a British Registry and was owned by CUNARD Steamship Co. and was managed by the ANCHOR LINE. It was travelling in a Convoy from New York Harbor enroute to France. On the night of February 5th 1918, the Tuscania was Torpedoed by the German U-Boat, U 77(Submarine), sending her to the bottom of the North Channel Sea off the Northern coast of Ireland and only seven miles off the coast of Islay, Scotland. Two hundred sixty six American soldiers died that night and a large portion of those were killed on the coast of Islay when the Rocks tore their life boats apart and drowned them. My Grandfather was among the survivors of that tragic night. Several of the survivors were placed on Burial detail, and a photo of those men appears on the Tuscania web page. My Grandfather is the fourth one from the right on the back row. While in Scotland, my Grandfather had the opportunity to meet Agnes Morton, a young Scottish girl of eighteen years of age. On June 18, 1918 they were married in Wallacetown, Ayr, Scotland. It is believed Agnes came to the States in 1918 and made a trip back to Scotland, whereon February 1st 1919 my Mother, Mary Minerva Griffith, was born. On December 3rd 1921 my Grandfather brought my Mother to the States by way of Ellis Island in New York, and they came to Nevada, Missouri. In 1922 my Grandmother came to Ellis Island New York with their Son Bennie Byron Griffith. They went to Kansas City, Mo. and to Nevada later. Paul and Agnes lived on the Griffith Family farm South of Nevada. After living there for a number of years, they sold the farm and moved to California. They lived several places in California including Bakersfield and were living in Calistoga, where Grandfather died on November 30 1949. He was buried in Sonoma Valley. Grandma re-married Glen Philip Crout on November 29 1951 in San Jose where they then moved to Middletown, California. In later years they moved to Nevada, Missouri where they both passed away just months apart in February 1977. Both are buried in Moore Cemetery South of Nevada. Source: John M. Eador: Name & place