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Family life
John Griffith was a civil engineer born at Holyhead, Anglesey on October 5, 1848. Griffith was born the only son to his mother, Alicia Evans and his father, William Griffith. John also had an elder sister who died of scarlatina in 1854.

His father William Griffith was an ordained a minister at Holyhead in 1822, where he stayed for the rest of his time. He was one of the leaders of his domination in Wales. While there he met Alicia Evans, who would later become his wife and Griffith's mother. Alicia Evans was a member of a high ranking Welsh Moravian family. Their marriage was formalized in Bristol Moravian Chapel in 1843. William Griffith had created a strong bond with the Purser family in Dublin, he was particularly close with John Purser (mathematician) (1809-1893) who worked at Guinness as the head brewer and who also played a significant role in the Moravian community in Dublin. Griffith was given the second name Purser on account of the friendship between his father and John Tertius Purser although he did not appear to use the name frequently, until his marriage to Anna Benigna Fridlezius Purser, the daughter of John Tertius Purser. Griffith married Anna in 1871. Griffith and his wife continued on to have children. They had three children, two sons, John William, Fredrick and one daughter, Alice. During the 1901 census Griffith age 52, his wife Anna,63, their daughter Alice 24 and their son Fredrick, 23 lived together on Temple Road, Rathmines. Griffith's son Fredrick pursued an undergraduate career in Engineering. While Griffith was appointed chief engineer of the Ports and Docks Board in 1898, his son John William later took on this position but later resigned due to political differences.