Fred W. Griswold Jr.
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Title
Fred W. Griswold Jr.
Subject
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Musical instruments - Virginia - Woodstock
Griswold, Frederick "Fred" William Jr. (1907-1989)
Description
Photograph of Frederick "Fred" W. Griswold Jr., a Cadet Color Sergeant at Massanutten Academy with a banjo.
Fred was from Hartford, Connecticut, the only child of Frederick W. (1870-1935) and Grace L. (O’Flaherty) (1880-1956) Griswold.
He worked in the aeronautic industry all his life. Records noted his job titles as “Experimental Dept.” at Pratt & Whitney in the early 1940’s, and “Lab Technician” in an Aircraft Factory in 1950.
He married Helen Cyr (Barnard) (1908-1962) Griswold and had two children, a son, Harrison Randolph and a daughter, Mary Ellen.
A few years after his wife died, Fred married again. His second wife was Ruth Crocket from Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut.
He died in Riverside County, California, but was buried in Granby Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut, with his first wife, Helen.
Fred was from Hartford, Connecticut, the only child of Frederick W. (1870-1935) and Grace L. (O’Flaherty) (1880-1956) Griswold.
He worked in the aeronautic industry all his life. Records noted his job titles as “Experimental Dept.” at Pratt & Whitney in the early 1940’s, and “Lab Technician” in an Aircraft Factory in 1950.
He married Helen Cyr (Barnard) (1908-1962) Griswold and had two children, a son, Harrison Randolph and a daughter, Mary Ellen.
A few years after his wife died, Fred married again. His second wife was Ruth Crocket from Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut.
He died in Riverside County, California, but was buried in Granby Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut, with his first wife, Helen.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "July 1926" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by library staff in 2024 utilizing the 1925 publication "The Massanutten Academy : a School preparing for College, the Universities, and Vocations, with Military Training" held by the Truban Archives.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
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IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Fred W. Griswold Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003961 and 008585.
Identifier
008585
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Fred W. Griswold Jr. ,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 28, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/29731.
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