Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Caroline Griffin

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Caroline Griffin 1828-1895

Caroline Keep was born on 31 July 1828 and was registered with the Lower Meeting House, Baptist, Newport Pagnell.  Her parents were William and Mary Keep.  She lived in Newport Pagnell until her marriage and worked as a lacemaker. On 29 August 1852, in the Old Church, St Pancras, she married James Griffin.  Her son Joseph Griffin was born in Aston, Birmingham in 1854.  In 1861 she was living in Northchurch and her husband who was working as a railway policeman.  By 1871 she had moved to the High Street, Berkhamsted where James, now worked as a fishmonger with their son Joseph.  In 1873 James was charged, along with 10 other Berkhamsted and Northchurch traders, of having a short weight.  He was fined 2s.6d with costs of 14s.  Caroline attended court where “she paid with a bag of pennies and halfpennies, which took a long time to count to the amusement of the court”.  Caroline died aged 66 on 12 May 1895. 

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