I found Papa's death notice in the NY Times. He died on Christmas Day, 1970. The 9 grandchildren would have been. . .Lynn, Kevin, Eileen, Gail, Nancy, Brian, Kerry, and Eileen. I don't know which of his 6 brothers predeceased him. His brothers were James (d. 1987), Matthew , John, Gerard (d. 1997), Vincent (d. 1995), and Michael (d. 1978). (Death dates based on information from the Griffins, based on which I would have to conclude that it was either Matthew or John who predeceased Papa.) His two surviving sisters were his only two sisters, Mary Mulcahy Bohls and Margaret Mulcahy Hennessy.
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Hey! Quit censoring me! I am grandchild #9!
Hey! Quit calling me out on my inability to count!
The ninth grandchild, and only one to bear his grandfather's name, was Joseph Griffin, the youngest grandchild on 12/25/1970.
The brother to die before my dad was Mattthew. He died when I was in the first or second grade. His son Gerard had previously died leaving a son, Michael, who was subsequently adopted by Michael Gannon. Gerard's wife remarried Gannon.
Betty
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