griffith griffith

Yesterday we went to the Griffith Quarry.

I have seen the sign every time I come to SF but never checked it out.

Seems that John Griffith lived in Wales, no suprise since that is where the name comes from, and he had a son he named David who died as an infant, so John and wife had another child they named David who also died in infantcy. Their next son (the museum volunteer suggested they were not taking any chances) they named Griffith Griffith.

There is another famous or infamous Griffith Griffith, who donated the land that became Griffith Park in Los Angeles, but he had a middle name of J and was somewhat of a scoundrel (google him).

This GG seems to have been just a hard worker, a stone cutter.

He came to the are during the gold rush, but when that did not work out, he found a run of good granite and set up a quarry. His crew would cut and shape the blocks of granite to very precise dimension needed for the building industry. This was not too long after the SanFrancisco fire and fireproof materials were in demand.

GG granite was hard and solid and found use in many buildings around the area.

WIth us were three of our grandsons. Our oldest who has my first name, the 6th who has my middle name and our youngest grandson who has my last name. WOW.

We are visiting our oldest grandson --David and his lovely wife Mandy -- at their "new" house in the Sacramento area.

I don't remember my grandparents driving over to visit with us when we were just married. We drove to see them fairly often though.

Still, it is good to spend time with those fabulous grandsons (and granddaughters in law!).