Complex sentence: The name "Griffintown" was derived from Mary Griffin, the wife of a soap-factory owner who commissioned land surveyor Louis Charland to subdivide the land and plan streets for the area in 1804.
Split into simpler sentences: The name "Griffintown" is derived from Mary Griffin, wife of a soap-factory owner. She was the one who commissioned land surveyor Louis Charland to subdivide the land and plan streets of the area in 1804.