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Charles Barrows (Charlie) Griffiths (1864-1933) cutter and trade union official
Birth: 5 November 1864 at Buninyong, Ballarat, Victoria, son of Hugh Griffiths (1828-1910), a miner later mine manager, born at Barmouth, Merionethshire, North Wales, and native-born Anastasia, née Barrows-Greyling (1844-1882). Marriage: 1896 at Surry Hills, Sydney, to native-born Annie Theresa Byrne (1865-1955), activist in Clothing Trades unions and sister of Mary Agnes Garrett. They had one daughter and one son. Death: 1 September 1933 in hospital at Melbourne; usual residence at Wattle Glen, Victoria.
Sources
Braden Ellem, In women’s hands? A history of clothing trades unionism in Australia (Sydney, 1989); Labor Call (Melbourne), 14 September 1933; Australian Clothing Trades Journal, October 1940; Voice, Spring 1947; Merrifield papers, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.
'Griffiths, Charles Barrows (Charlie) (1864–1933)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/griffiths-charles-barrows-charlie-33944/text42536, accessed 16 March 2025.
5 November,
1864
Buninyong,
Victoria,
Australia
1 September,
1933
(aged 68)
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
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