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Mary Violia Fish (b. 05 Oct 1875, d. 29 Aug 1965)

Mary (Fish) Griggs

Mary Violia Fish (daughter of Hezekiah Fish and Maranda Gilmore)^{1146, 1147, 1148, 1149} was born 05 Oct 1875 in Sidney, Montcalm, Michigan, and died 29 Aug 1965 in Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan¹¹⁵⁰. She married Franklin Griggs on 28 Apr 1894 in Belding, Ionia, Michigan, son of George Griggs and Mary Harper.

Notes for Mary Violia Fish:
"WHAT I KNOW ABOUT"
MARY FISH
by Martin Baldwin (great grandson)
Jun 2007

I was fortunate enough to know Mary Fish. She is my great grandmother. She was born Oct. 5 1875 in Sidney, Michigan and died on Aug. 29 1965 in Sheridan, Michigan. Her father is Hezekiah Fish and her mother is Maranda Gilmore.
I remember that she always wore her hair so that it was pull straight back and put up in a bun. She always wore dresses that went almost all the way to the floor. They were the old fashion type of dresses. She was a very nice lady. She could cook up a storm. Everything she made was good. I used to go over for lunch often. I really enjoyed those lunches.
I remember also where she lived (Mary). I used to mow her lawn. It was a small house. Not that big of a yard. Her yard would slope down in the back and go to the property line where there was a row of hedges. I remember the back porch. It was a wooden porch built on stilts because of the slope.
I also remember the inside of the house. There was a small room just as you walked in the back door. It was to your left as you walk through the door. It was a room that seems to me to always be a little darker. To me it was her living room. She had a rocking chair. It was made out of wood only. Also in that room was an old wood stove with the stove pipe going up through the ceiling. Her kitchen as I remember, it was small. But a lot of good food came from that kitchen. Across from that dark room was the kitchen. It was small but a lot of good food came from that kitchen. Pies where her specialtys.

More About Mary Violia Fish:
Burial: 1965, Sheridan Cemetery, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan.¹¹⁵¹
Occupation: Housekeeper.
Residence 1: 1910, Fairplain, Montcalm, Michigan.¹¹⁵²
Residence 2: 1880, Sidney, Montcalm, Michigan.¹¹⁵³
Residence 3: 1900, Fairplain, Montcalm, Michigan.¹¹⁵⁴
Residence 4: 1920, Fairplain, Montcalm, Michigan.¹¹⁵⁵

More About Mary Violia Fish and Franklin Griggs:
Marriage: 28 Apr 1894, Belding, Ionia, Michigan.

Children of Mary Violia Fish and Franklin Griggs are:

+Zora Gladys Griggs, b. 02 Oct 1894, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan, d. 1982, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan.
+Ernest V. Griggs, b. 12 Jun 1896, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan¹¹⁵⁶, d. 24 Jul 1973, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan.
+Bentley A Griggs, b. 22 Sep 1897, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan^{1157, 1158, 1159}, d. 11 Jan 1979.
Glenn Lemon Griggs, b. 05 Oct 1899, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan, d. 1950, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan¹¹⁶⁰.
+George A Griggs, b. 1903, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan¹¹⁶¹, d. 1973.
+Howard G. Griggs, b. 15 Jan 1906, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan, d. Mar 1986, Michigan.
Leon Albert Griggs, b. 27 Mar 1909, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan¹¹⁶², d. 06 Aug 1994, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan¹¹⁶³.
+Marian Genevieve Griggs, b. 12 Aug 1913, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan¹¹⁶⁴, d. 29 Jan 1999, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan¹¹⁶⁴.
Velma Belle Griggs, b. 11 Nov 1916, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan, d. 06 Sep 1936, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan.