Second Immigrant Generation
Descendents of Andrew Grey (ca 1785-94 – after 1861)
and 1. Mary Watson (unknown– aboard D'arcy summer, 1836)
and 2. Sarah Burgess ( ca 1810 – 11 Nov 1896)
First immigrant Generation
Third immigranT Generation
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Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
FIRST Immigrant Generation
1. William Grieve & Eleanor turnball
Born 5 Feb 1799 in Wooler, Northumberland, Eng. Christen in Earsdon, By North Shields, Northumberland, Eng. Died Approx 1875 in Harvey. Occupation Farmer.
William Grieve, a shepherd, his wife Eleanor, and children, John, 15; Patrick, 13; William, 11; George, 9; Alice, 8; Henry, 6; and Margaret, 3 came to New Brunswick on the brig Cornelius of Sunderland in 1837 with the pioneer settlers of Harvey Settlement. A daughter, Eleanor was born on the voyage and died in Fredericton in infancy.
A very complete history of the Grieve family, "THE GRIEVE SAGA, The Family of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull and their Descendants (1794-2004) from Harvey, NB and the Comox Valley, BC" has been compiled by William McEwen, 2004, (ISBN 0-9735932-0-2) and provides detailed information on this family, therefore just a brief sketch of two generations of the family is included here.
William arrived with only 7s 6d in his pocket , and chose to to begin work immediately on his lot at Harvey.
William hired himself out to Colonel Shore at Fredericton at £30 per year for a number of years before settling on his land in Harvey Settlement. He paid his neighbours to clear his land for him, bringing some much needed cash into the settlement. After seven years his family took up residence, building a frame house immediately, "without the previous erection of a log-house". By 1850 he owned 700 acres and had clearings of 20 acres on each of three or four lots, "intended for his several sons".
A passage from James F.W. Johnston's 1851 Notes on North America: Agricultural, Economical, and Social (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1851), Vol. II, 168-78; CIHM no. 35750, provides a candid window on William Grieve's experience as a settler:
"I conversed with two of the settlers as to their own history and progress.
"Mr. Grieves was a shepherd at Whittingham, on the Border. He landed at Fredericton, in 1837, with a family often, and with only 7s. 6d. in his pocket. He did not come out immediately to Harvey along with the other settlers, but having received his grant of land, he hired himself as a farm-servant to Colonel Shore at Fredericton, at £30 a-year; and such of his children as could do anything he hired out also. Supporting the rest of his family out of his earnings, he saved what he could; and whenever he had a pound or two to spare, he got an acre or two of his land cleared. In this way he did good to the other settlers, by bringing some money among them and giving a little employment. At last, four years ago-that was, after seven years' service-he came out, and settled on his land himself: building a good house for his family right away-that is, without the previous erection of a log-house, as is usually the case; and a very good house he appeared to have. He now owns seven hundred acres of land in different lots, and has clearings of twenty acres on each of three or four of these farm-lots, intended for his several sons, who appear to be as industrious as himself
"When I asked him how it was that he appeared to have got on better than the rest of those around him, he said, "he and his family had saved it off their backs and their belly." But he added -and it really moved mc to find here lingering some heart and gratefulness still for kindness conferred, among so many who are filled only with grumbling and discontent-"Few have had so good a chance as I had, sir, or have met with so kind a master." I afterwards had the pleasure of meeting that master at Fredericton, and found him as grateful for the warm attachment and zealous service of so good a hind. I can well fancy a canny Northumbrian shepherd, with his thriftily brought up, obedient, and respectful children, gaining friends in New Brunswick, and thriving as Grieves has done. "Had I my life to begin again, "he said, "I would come out here; for though I might not have more comfort myself, there is the satisfaction of providing well for my family."
Harvey Settlement Cemetery Section A, Plot #205 (Bottom part of stone broken, repaired with wood frame, 1998.
In memory of Eleanor, wife of Wm Grieve, Died 18th Oct 1860 Aged 66 years; Alice Bell, wife of Isaac Burrell, Died 26th Sept 1860 Aged 31 years; Joseph, Died 21st Nov 1860 Aged 21 years; Patrick T., died 25th Nov 1860 Aged 36 years; William Died 9th Dec 1860 Aged 35 years; (Facing Hwy) John Grieve, Died at St. Louis 14th Dec 1859 Aged 38 years (Footstones: EG, JG, PG, WG). Source: JSW 26 Jul 2006.
William Grieve wo died late late 1874 or early 1875 is probably buried here as well.
From Headquarters, 9 Jan 1861:
Died St. Louis, 14th Dec 1859, John Grieve, age 38; 26th Sept., Harvey, York Co., Alice Bell Grieve, age 31; 18th Oct. Elenor Grieve, age 66; 23rd Nov., Joseph Grieve, age 21; 25th same month, Patrick Turnbull Grieve, age 36; 9th Dec., William Grieve, age 35. The above are the wife and children of William Grieve of Harvey.
It is believed that William is buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery, however his name is not on the gravestone.
He married Eleanor Turnbull, daughter of Patrick Turnbull & Alice, 9 Jun 1821 in Ingram, Northumberland, England. Born 18 Sep 1794 in Northumberland, England. Christen 21 Sep 1794 in Harbottle, Northumberland, Eng. Died 18 Oct 1860 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
Married 9 Jun 1821, Parish of Ingram, County of Northumberland in the presence of John Grieve, George Gibson, Margaret Taylor and Mary Taylor.
They had the following children:
2 i. John Grieve
3 ii. Patrick Turnbull Grieve
4 iii. William Grieve
5 iv. George Grieve
6 v. Alice Bell Grieve
7 vi. Henry "Harry" Grieve
8 vii. Joseph Grieve
9 viii. Margaret Grieve
10 ix. Eleanor Grieve
11 x. Joseph Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
2. John Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 16 May 1822 in Peels, Northumberland, England. Died 14 Dec 1859 in St. Louis, MO. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
Before John was married he acquired, in 1844, a 100 acre lot on the edge of what is now the Village of Harvey fronting on Harvey Lake. Most of this lot has remained in Grieve hands over the years.
From Carleton Sentinel, 12 Aug 1851: "Married Monday 4th inst., by Rev. John Allison, at residence of R. A. Hay, John Grieve, Saint Louis, U.S. and Miss Margaret J. Cunliffe, Woodstock, Carleton Co."
From Carleton Sentinel, 21 Jan 1860: "Died St. Louis, Mo., 14 Dec 1859, of consumption, John eldest son of Wm Grieve, Esq., of Harvey Settlement, York Co., age 38, formerly a resident of Woodstock, Carleton Co."
John lived in Woodstock, NB, prior to going to St. Louis, where he died. While the Carleton Sentinel gives the cause of death being consumption, folklore tells us he died of typhus.
He married Margaret Jane Cunliffe, daughter of Nicholas Cunliffe & Margaret Gates, 4 Aug 1851 in Woodstock, NB. Born 1826 in Woodstock, NB. Christen 23 Jul 1826 in Anglican Church, Woodstock, NB. Died 19 Nov 1867. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
Margaret was from Woodstock. She was the daughter of Nicholas Cunliffe and Margaret Gates, farmers in the Woodstock area.
Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Not known where she died.
Harvey Settlement Cemetery Section A, Plot #194 (stone broken, two pieces repaired with wood frame, 1998.
Inscription reads:
God is Love
In Memory of Margaret Jane, wife of John Grieve, died Nov 19, 1867 aged 42 years. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
3. Patrick Turnbull Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 15 Feb 1824 in Peels, Northumberland, England. Died 25 Nov 1860 in Harvey Settlement. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.
Marriages 1851-55, #F15552, p. 37: Patrick Turnbull Grieve to Mary Piercy on July 1, 1851, by John M. Brooke, witnesses William Grieve Jr., and Alice Bell Grieve.
Patrick was a farmer. He held title to Lot E, in Block 30, containing 100 acres on the eastern bank of the Magaguadavic River with Pratt Brook running through the lot. This lot was granted by the Crown to Patrick in 1853. Indenture No. 14361, dated 17 Jan 1859 shows that Patrick sold this lot to his father. In his father's Will, his father bequeaths this lot to Patrick's wife Mary. Indenture No. 32756, dated 23 Nov 1882 shows Mary sold this lot that she had inherited from her father-in-law to George Grieve, who was then a railway employee. It is believed that this was her son George A. S. Grieve.
He married Mary Piercy, daughter of George Piercy & Ann Winter, 1 Jul 1851 in St. Paul's Church, Fredericton, By Rev. Dr. John M. Brooke. Born 8 May 1831 in Wark Common, Northumberland, England. Died 12 Aug 1916 in Harvey Station, NB. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Religion Presbyterian.
Patrick and Mary's youngest child was born three months after Patrick died, leaving Mary to raise seven young children on her own.
Harvey Settlement Cemetery Section A, Plot #194 (stone broken, two pieces repaired with wood frame, 1998.
Inscription reads:
God is Love
In Memory of Margaret Jane, wife of John Grieve, died Nov 19, 1867 aged 42 years. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
They had the following children:
13 i. William Grieve
14 ii. George Alexander Smith Grieve
15 iii. John Henry "Jack" Grieve
16 iv. Thomas Patrick Grieve
17 v. Robert Piercy "Bob" Grieve
18 vi. Joseph Wesley "Joe" Grieve
19 vii. Eleanor Turnbull Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
4. William Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 21 Oct 1825 in Selbycove, England. Died 9 Dec 1860 in Kingsclear, NB. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer.
From New Brunswick Courier, 8 Jan 1853: "Married 30th ult., by Rev. John M. Brooke, William Grieve and Miss Rachel Lawrence, both of Kingsclear, York Co."
PANB, #F15552, p. 141: William Grieve Jr. to Rachael Lawrence both of Kingsclear on Dec 30, 1852, by John M. Brooke, witnesses George Grieve and Jane W. Haining.
From land registry records, we learn that in 1844 William was living in Fredericton and bought Lot #10 containing 100 acres in the Parish of Kingsclear from George Shore of Fredericton (Indenture #12965). This lot was granted to George Shore by the Crown and is located about half way between the Acton and Hanwell settlements. (The lot is shown on Map 136, NB Dept. of Natural Resources Land Grant Map.) His widow Rachel sold this Lot #10 in 1862 while living in the Parish of Kingsclear (Indenture #15789).
Looking over William's possessions at the time of his death (pages 25 and 26, "The Grieve Saga" compiled by William (Bill) McEwen, assisted by Jocelean Swan Hall, printed 2004, ISBN 0-9735932-0-2) it is astonishing to learn how humble the family was and that they could eke out a living farming with as few farm implements as are listed in a Probate Court submission.
He married Rachel Lawrence, daughter of Isaac Lawrence & Hannah Burtt, 30 Dec 1852 in St. Paul's Church, Fredericton By Rev. Dr. John M. Brooke. Born 26 Aug 1832 in Kingsclear Parish, NB. Died After 1879.
When William died, Rachel was left with three young sons, the older two died within a short time of their father, and youngest son John was 11 years old in the 1871 Census for the Parish of Kingsclear.
In 1863 Rachel bought Lot #17 containing 10 acres on Sugar Island from her parents (Indenture #16065) and sold it in 1878 while still a resident of the Parish of Kingsclear (Indenture #29443). In the same year she bought property in the Parish of Bright (formerly Douglas) (Indenture #29510). In 1879 while a resident of the Parish of Bright, she sold her property in this Parish (Indentures 30223 & 3044431).
The 1861 Census for the Parish of Kingsclear shows Rachel with her sons David (5 yrs.) and Joseph J. (18 mo.) living on a farm containing 50 acres of improved land and 150 acres of unimproved land. She was enumerated as building #34 while her parents were #33 and her brother Isaac Jr., a teacher, as #35. This 200 acres may have belonged to her father or another family member as no record was found of Rachel buying or selling this land.
No further information was found on Rachel, she may have moved to USA.
They had the following children:
20 i. William Isaac Grieve
21 ii. David Lawrence Grieve
22 iii. John Joseph Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
5. George Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 9 Apr 1827 in Selbyscove, England. Died 8 May 1909 in Courtenay Area, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Farmer.
From St. Stephen Banner, 24 Mar 1854: "Married Harvey Settlement, 6th inst., by Rev. Millen, George Grieve and Jane, fourth daughter of John Nesbit."
PANB #F15552, p. 141: George Grieve to Jane Nesbit both of Kingsclear on 6 Mar 1854 by William Millan, Presbyterian minister. Witnesses William Grieve and Matthew Chambers.
George came to New Brunswick from England with his parents and six siblings in 1837 when he was 10 years old. The 1861 Census for Manners Sutton gives the occupation of George and his wife Jane as farmers and weavers.
George and his wife Jane and their children moved to Vancouver Island in 1875 and settled in the Comox Valley area, and they were successful farmers, and builders. He disappeared one day in May 1909 while looking for something in the woods. George's name is on a gravestone in cemetery in Courtenay, but his body was never found.
He married Jane Nesbitt, daughter of John Nesbitt & Ann, 6 Mar 1854 in York Co., NB By William Millen . Born 9 Jun 1828 in Newcastle, England. Died 5 Feb 1918 in Sandwick, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
From undated newspaper obituary (1918):
Highly Respected Pioneer Passes
In the passing of Jane, relict of the late George Grieve, of Sandwick, the community has lost one of its oldest and best residents. She was born near Newcastle, England, the daughter of John and Annie Nesbitt, June 9th in the year 1828 and when nine years of age, with her parents, left the Old Land for Canada in a sailing vessel and after a long voyage landed at Fredericton, New Brunswick. Shortly after their arrival the family settled in what is known as the Harvey Settlement, in York County, New Brunswick, where a home was hewn out of the virgin forest. Many hardships were endured and for a time all provisions had to be carried on the people's backs a distance of twenty-five miles. When twenty-six years of age she married George Grieve, the wedding taking place on March 6th, 1854, and together they started to make their home in the forest of their adopted Province. The work was hard and often exacting but determination and enthusiasm won the day. In the course of time three boys and four girls were born in this happy family, six of whom survive, William, John, Berkley, Mrs Alex Grant of Vancouver, Mrs Garnett of Nanaimo and Mrs Harry Piercy, while Mrs David Jones passed away a few years ago.
In the year 1875 Mr George Grieve came to British Columbia and was followed six months later by Mrs Grieve and family. The only railroads connecting the West with the East were through the United States. They came first to San Francisco, then by vessel to Victoria, from where the old steamer "Maude" was taken to Comox, the accommodation on the old boat being so poor that the passengers had to make themselves comfortable on the freight in the hold of the vessel. The first farm the family settled on is the one now owned by Mr Harry Piercy. It was then a dense forest, but the dogged persistence and energy of this family soon made a great change. Eventually, land was purchased on the Upper Road and this became their permanent home.
Some eight years ago Mr Grieve was taken away, which was the first great sorrow in the family. Mrs Grieve bore the affliction with great Christina fortitude, ever maintaining that fine spirit that has had such a good influence in the community. For years she has been an invalid but has been most cheerful, and uncomplaining--a veritable "Mother in Isreal." On Tuesday morning she passed away surrounded by her family.
The funeral service was held at the family residence by Rev. Thomas Menzies and interment took place today in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Sandwick. The following gentlemen, all pioneers of the District acted as pallbearers: Messrs Alex Salmond Sr., Alex Urquhart, L. R. Cliffe, Wm Duncan, Hugh Clarke and Eric Duncan.
They had the following children:
23 i. William Henry Grieve
24 ii. Ann Nesbitt "Annie" Grieve
25 iii. John Grieve
26 iv. Ellenor Alice "Ellen" Grieve
27 v. Margaret "Maggie" Grieve
28 vi. Joseph Patrick Grieve
29 vii. George Thomas "Berkeley" Grieve
30 viii. Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
6. Alice Bell Grieve
Daughter of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 1 Jan 1829 in Elilaw, Northumberland, England. Died 26 Sep 1860 in Harvey Settlement. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
From Headquarters, 9 Jan 1861:
Died St. Louis, 14th Dec 1859, John Grieve, age 38; 26th Sept., Harvey, York Co., Alice Bell Grieve, age 31; 18th Oct. Elenor Grieve, age 66; 23rd Nov., Joseph Grieve, age 21; 25th same month, Patrick Turnbull Grieve, age 36; 9th Dec., William Grieve, age 35. The above are the wife and children of William Grieve of Harvey.
Alice and her husband Isaac had three children.
She married Isaac Burrell, son of Isaac Burrell & Jane, Approx 1854. Born 24 Mar 1829 in Northumberland, England. Died 2 May 1913 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer.
Isaac Burrell was married first to Alice Grieve, who died 26 Sep 1860, and they had three children: Joselean, Jane and William. Isaac married secondly Elizabeth Nesbitt Berkeley, and they had two children: Annie and Thomas.
In York Co NB Marriage Register C 1850-1866 (PANB), Isaac's surname is written as "Bunnell", and Elizabeth's surname is written as "Birkley".
In 1861 Census for Manners Sutton, York Co., NB, Isaac Burrell was 32 years old, English, Farmer, Presbyterian; wife Elizabeth was 36 years old, English, Presbyterian; Joselen, 6, Jane, 4, William Isaac, 1, all born in NB; and Elizabeth Berkeley, 12, English and John Berkeley, 8, English (children of Elizabeth).
In the 1861 Census, the Isaac Burrell family owned or occupied 45 acres improved and 65 acres unimproved land. Cash value of farm, 150 pounds, value of implements and machinery, 8 pounds. They had 2 horses, 4 milch cows, 5 other neat cattle, 8 sheep, 2 swine, and slaughtered 250 lb. pork. Produced 100 lb. butter; 25 lb. wool; 9 tons hay; 150 bu. oats; 40 bu. buckwheat; 5 bu. peas, 25 bu. timothy, 100 bu. turnips, and 100 bu. potatoes.
From Obituary - (d. 2 May 1913, 85 yr 2 mo.):
Death at Tweedside
The death of Isaac Burrell occurred at Tweedside, York County, on Friday evening after a short illness. He was in the 86th year of his age and had been in fairly good health until about a week ago. The deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs Alex Swan, of Tweedside, one step-daughter, Mrs William Atchinson, of Houlton, and one son, Thomas Burrell of Tweedside. The funeral took place yesterday and was largely attended. Rev. M. J. Macpherson conducted the services and interment was made at Tweedside. (sic. Harvey Settlement Cemetery/jsh)
They had the following children:
31 i. Joselean "Celia" Burrell
32 ii. Jane "Jennie" Burrell
33 iii. William Isaac Burrell
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
FIRST Immigrant Generation
7. Henry "Harry" Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 30 Oct 1830 in Elilaw, Northumberland, England. Died 20 Aug 1889 in Grantham, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.
From Headquarters, 13 Feb 1861: "Married Manse of St. Paul's, 6th inst., by Rev. Dr. Brooke, Henry Grieve and Margaret, daughter of Thomas Speedy, all of Harvey, Manners Sutton parish, York Co."
PANB, #F15552, p. 419: Henry Grieve to Margaret Speedy both of Manners Sutton on Feb 6, 1861 by John M. Brooke. Witnesses: M. I. Little and Isabella Brooke.
Henry went to BC with his family and with the family of his brother George in 1875, and settled on Vancouver Island. Henry and his wife Margaret had twelve children, with the first seven born in Harvey, NB. The following is what Mildred Heas wrote about Henry's family: "At first they (the family) took up residence on the Back Road (Glacier View) but soon moved to Grantham where they homesteaded. This was around the Tsolum school area and the property was later owned by the Janes family. One fine day (in August of 1889) when Margaret was away to Comox to meet the fortnightly boat, her husband fell from a load of hay and was killed."
SW side, gravestone in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A: "Henry Grieve, October 30, 1830 - August 20, 1889. Thy trials ended, thy rest is won."
SE side, same stone: Walter Allen and Mary Alice Grieve, our loved ones."
He married Margaret Speedy, daughter of Thomas Speedy & Isabella Patterson, 6 Feb 1861 in St. Pauls Church, Fredericton By Rev. Dr. John M. Brooke. Born 17 Oct 1840 in England. Died 7 Mar 1923 in Nanaimo, BC.
2882. Undated tintype image of "Aunt Maggie" Margaret (Speedy) Grieve/Birkett (1840-1923). See 2883 below for image of photograph removed from sleeve. Source: Darrell Messer, Harvey, Rephotographed by Tim Patterson. 26 Jul 2007.
2883. Undated tintype image of "Aunt Maggie" Margaret (Speedy) Grieve/Birkett (1840-1923). See 2883 above for image of photograph within sleeve. Source: Darrell Messer, Harvey, Rephotographed by Tim Patterson. 26 Jul 2007.
Margaret was the postmistress for Grantham, BC at one time.
After the death of Henry Grieve, Margaret married 1 Jun 1898, William Smith Birkett, who was born 3 Nov 1846 and immigrated to Canada from England in 1872. W. S. Birkett died 14 Jan 1915, age 68, at Nanaimo, BC.
Death date from BC Archives, Microfilm B13123 (GSU# 1927300), Reg # 1923-09-323767: Margaret died 7 Mar 1923, age 82 years, Nanaimo, BC.
They had the following children:
34 i. Isabella "Belle" Grieve
35 ii. Joseph Turnbull Grieve
36 iii. Ellen Jane Grieve
37 iv. William Thomas Grieve
38 v. George John Grieve
39 vi. Samuel McCulloch Grieve
40 vii. Henry "Isaac" Grieve
41 viii. Kenneth Alexander Grieve
42 ix. Walter Allan Grieve
43 x. Margaret Ann "Annie" Grieve
44 xi. Mary Alice Grieve
45 xii. James "Edward" Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
8. Joseph Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 7 Jan 1833 in Elilaw, Northumberland, England. Died 23 Nov 1833 in Elilaw, Northumberland, England. Buried in England.
Joseph died as an infant in England before the family moved to New Brunswick.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
9. Margaret Grieve
Daughter of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 19 Nov 1834 in Collingwood House, England. Christen 26 Nov 1834 in Branton, Northumberland, England.
There does not appear to be a marriage record for the marriage of Margaret Grieve and John Cessford. They may have been married in the Free Presbyterian Church in Harvey and no records survived.
No death date for Margaret, but she probably died in Sandwick, BC after 1907. In an article in the Comox District Free Press dated 27 March 1968, there is a picture of Margaret Cessford with her brother George and his wife Jane. When she went to British Columbia is not know. Perhaps it was after the death of her husband in 1907. If this were so, she would have been 73 or older when she ventured from Harvey to Sandwick. Her brother George died in 1909. This suggests that the photo was taken within a year or two of his death. Three of Margaret's sons lived in BC.
She married John "Jack" Cessford, son of David Cessford & Margaret "Peggy" Piercy. Born 27 Sep 1834 in Wooler, England. Christen 5 Oct 1834 in United Presbyterian, Cheviot St., Wooler. Died 25 Nov 1907 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.
Jack came to NB as a very young child with his parents and two older siblings in 1837 with the pioneer settlers of Harvey Settlement.
Jack and Margaret were farmers in Harvey. Jack is buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery, but Margaret's name is not on the gravestone. She may have moved to British Columbia after Jack died.
In the 1861 Census they owned or occupied 25 acres improved land and 55 acres unimproved land, cash value of farm was 100 pounds, value of implements and machinery, 2 pounds. They had 2 horses, 2 milch cows, 1 other neat cattle, 4 sheep, 2 swine; produced 150 lb. butter, 12 lb. wool, 5 tons hay, 250 bu. oats, 20 bu. buckwheat and 80 bu. potatoes.
Jack and Margaret had five children.
They had the following children:
46 i. Robert "Bob" Cessford
47 ii. William David Cessford
48 iii. John "Albert" Cessford
49 iv. Eleanor Jane "Ellen" Cessford
50 v. Thomas "Tommy" Cessford
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
10. Eleanor Grieve
Daughter of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 24 Jun 1837 in At Sea On "Cornelius" Off Coast Of Newfoundland. Christen 15 Jul 1837 in Cathedral, Fredericton. Died Jul 1837 in Fredericton, NB.
Eleanor Grieve aged 2 weeks baptized July 15, 1837, daughter of William and Eleanor Grieve, residence - Fredericton, by T. M. Stirling. (PANB F1114 - Cathedral, Fredericton)
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
second Immigrant Generation
11. Joseph Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Eleanor Turnbull. Born 17 Oct 1839 in Shore's Island, York Co., NB. Died 21 Nov 1860 in Harvey Settlement. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
From Headquarters, 9 Jan 1861:
Died St. Louis, 14th Dec 1859, John Grieve, age 38; 26th Sept., Harvey, York Co., Alice Bell Grieve, age 31; 18th Oct. Elenor Grieve, age 66; 23rd Nov., Joseph Grieve, age 21; 25th same month, Patrick Turnbull Grieve, age 36; 9th Dec., William Grieve, age 35. The above are the wife and children of William Grieve of Harvey.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
12. Ella Jane Grieve
Daughter of John Grieve & Margaret Jane Cunliffe. Born Approx 1855.
From Land Registry Office records, Ella Jane will living in Aroostook County, ME in 25 Oct 1876 when she sold property located on the south-eastern shore of Harvey Lake to John Henry Grieve. She was living in Harvey at the time of the 1881 census, and had a son, James Levi Grieve (born 10 Jul 1878) christened in Harvey on 28 Dec 1880. No further information since 1881 census.
Ella would have been 4 years old when her father died and 12 when her mother died.
Children:
51 i. James Levi Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
13. William Grieve
Son of Patrick Turnbull Grieve & Mary Piercy. Born 4 Oct 1852 in Parish Of Manners Sutton, NB. Died 21 Apr 1903 in McAdam, NB. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer.
William was a farmer. He inherited Lot 7E, 1st tier, from his grandfather, William Grieve Sr. At the time of William's death he had been working in McAdam as a carpenter. William and Annie lived in Harvey.
Copied from newspaper obituary, 1903:
DIED SUDDENLY
Well Known Resident of Harvey Passed Away at McAdam
Our Harvey Station correspondent writing Wednesday, says:
The residents of this place were much shocked yesterday morning when they learned that William Grieve had died suddenly at McAdam the night before. He had been working there as a carpenter most of the winter and had almost finished up for the season. He had not been feeling well for some days. On Monday morning he was seized with internal cramps and suffered very severely and seemed to be better in the afternoon, but in the evening he became much worse and his wife was sent for and he died shortly after she reached his bedside.
The remains were brought home at noon yesterday, and the funeral will take place this afternoon. He was about 50 years of age and leaves a widow (the daughter of Mr William Pass of Acton), three sons and two daughters; t wo sons and one daughter are nearly grown up. He also leaves an aged mother, five brothers and one sister. His brothers are John H., Thomas P. and Robert, who reside here, and George and Joseph who reside in British Columbia, Mrs Thomas Wilson of the Rear Settlement is his sister.
Mr Grieve was one of the leading farmers here, and only a short time ago purchased the Pass farm which lies along side his own. He took an active interest in public affairs, and was for some time a school trustee and secretary treasurer to the board of trustees. He was highly respected and had many warm friends, and his sudden and untimely death has cast a deep gloom over the community and many expressions of sorrow and sympathy are heard for the bereaved family.
He married Anne "Annie" Pass, daughter of William Pass & Charlotte Cockburn (Coburn), 15 Nov 1882 in St. Paul's Church, Fredericton By Rev. A. J. Mowatt. Born 13 May 1861 in Harvey (Acton). Christen 9 Sep 1861 in St. Paul's Church Records (Fredericton). Died 12 Aug 1942 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
Witnesses to marriage were Patrick Grieve and Ellen Coburn.
Annie's sister, Hattie, married her husband's brother, George.
Obituary from newspaper, 1942:
MRS. A. GRIEVE DEAD
Well known Harvey Station Woman, Was Daughter of One of Pioneer.
Harvey Station, Aug 28 -- Friends of Mrs Ann Grieve, widow of William Grieve, learned with regret of her death on Aug 12th at the home of her son, Cecil Grieve.
Mrs Grieve was born April 13, 1861, at Acton, NB, a daughter of William and Charlotte (Coburn) Pass. Her father was a native of Shropshire, England, and came to Canada in 1839 with his parents, settling in Acton, NB, which they named after their home in Acton, England. Mrs Grieve's mother was also a pioneer, having come to New Brunswick from Northumberland, England in the year 1837. Mrs Grieve's death removes the last member of the family.
Mrs Grieve was a member of St. Andrew's United Church, the Ladies Sewing Circle and the W.M.S. and while her health permitted, was always ready to do her share of the work of these organizations.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs George Speedy, Sudbury, Ont., and Mrs Fred Lilley, Oakfield, Me., three sons, Melvin, Wilmot and Cecil Grieve all of Harvey; twelve grandsons and six granddaughters, three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
They had the following children:
52 i. Charles "Melvin" Grieve
53 ii. Charlotte "Lovisa" Grieve
54 iii. Wilmot Lorne Grieve
55 iv. Elizabeth Florence "Flossie" Grieve
56 v. William "Cecil" Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
14. George Alexander Smith Grieve
Son of Patrick Turnbull Grieve & Mary Piercy. Born 26 May 1854 in Harvey. Died 20 Jul 1933 in Vancouver, BC. Buried in Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, BC.
From The Gleaner, Fredericton, 7 May 1890: "Harvey Station (York Co.) May 5 - Geo Grieve and family left here by the C.P.R. last Monday for Nanaimo, BC."
In 1891 George was a carpenter and worked at a sawmill in Nanaimo, BC. George and Hattie were in Union (Cumberland), BC in 1894. In 1907 and 1908, George was a conductor for the CPR and lived at 1215 West 7th Ave. in the Oakridge area of Vancouver. In the early 1900s, this area was known as Langara Golf Course area of Langara. In 1909 he was a yard foreman. In 1911, his daughter Laura was living at the same address. In 1916 he was in Penticton and in 1920 and 1921, he was a rancher in Penticton, BC. >From 1922 to 1929 inclusive, his address was 481 West 51st, Vancouver. In 1931, George was retired and lived at 295 West 49th. He died in Vancouver in 1933.
Obituary from Vancouver Sun, 22 Jul 1933:
GRIEVE -- PASSED AWAY JULY 20th, 1933, George Alexander Smith Grieve, late of 295 W. 49th Ave., in his 79th year. He leaves to mourn his loss besides his wife, four sons and three daughters, Sterling, City; Percy and Albert, Detriot; Mrs C. Taylor, Tecumseh; Mrs George McCaig, Seattle; Mrs H. Kirkpatrick, Penticton; also one sister and two brothers. Funeral will be held Tuesday July 25th, at 3:30 p.m. from the parlors of the Independent Undertaking Co., 705 West Broadway, Rev. A. D. Archibald officating. Interment Ocean View Burial Park.
He married Harriett "Hattie" Pass, daughter of William Pass & Charlotte Cockburn (Coburn), 24 Sep 1879 in Harvey, York Co., NB By Rev. Edward Roberts . Born 15 Jul 1859 in Harvey (Acton). Christen 19 Oct 1859 in St. Paul's Church Records (Fredericton). Died 7 Jun 1935 in Vancouver, BC. Buried in Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, BC.
Witnesses to wedding were James Coffey and William Pass.
Hattie was found dead in a bathtub in her home. It was believed she died of natural causes. She had been suffering from heart disease for some time.
Obituary from Vancouver Sun, 12 Jun 1935:
GRIEVE -- PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT her home, June 7th, Harriet, widow of the late J. (sic) A. Grieve of 295 W. 49th Ave., in her 76th year. She leaves to mourn her passing four sons and three daughters, Sterling of this city, Percy and G. Albert of Detroit and William of Portland; Mrs C. Taylor of Tecumseh, Michigan; Mrs G. McCaig of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs H. C. Kirkpartrick of Penticton. The funeral will be held on Friday, June 14th, at 2 o'clock from the parlors of the Independent Funeral Service, 705 W. Broadway, Rev. H. E. Horton officiating. Interment in family plot, Ocean View Burial Park.
They had the following children:
57 i. Sterling Wilfred Grieve
58 ii. Alexander "Sandy" Grieve
59 iii. Charlotte Lavilla "Villa" Grieve
60 iv. Hattie "Mabel" Grieve
61 v. Percival Roy "Percy" Grieve
62 vi. William Lewis "Willie" Grieve
63 vii. Laura Elizabeth Grieve
64 viii. Lila May Grieve
65 ix. George "Albert" Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
15. John Henry "Jack" Grieve
Son of Patrick Turnbull Grieve & Mary Piercy. Born 4 Jun 1855 in Parish Of Manners Sutton, NB. Died 8 Aug 1925 in Victoria Public Hospital, Fredericton. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer And Lumber. Religion Presbyterian.
Jack was born on Lot E ( with Pratt Brook running through it) on the Magaguadvic River about half-way between Thomaston Corner and Brockway. He was a farmer and was involved in lumbering. He was also a financier as he held a number of mortgages at various times.
Jack was driving a team of horses when he touched one with a stick to increase speed. The horse kicked and drove the stick against Jack's abdomen causing internal injuries. His injuries resulted in death after several days.
From newspaper obituary - 1925:
INJURIES FATAL
John H. Grieve, Who Was Injured at Harvey a Few Days Ago, Died as Result
John H. Grieve, of Harvey Station, passed away Satuarday night in the Victoria Hospital in this city at the age of 70 years. Death was the result of injuries received several days ago. Mr Grieve was driving a team of horses when he touched one with a stick which he was carrying to increase the speed. The horse kicked and drove the stick against the driver's abdomen causing internal injuries.
Mr Grieve is survived by his widow and two sons, Frederick and Oswald, both of Harvey; also by two daughters, Mrs Walter Hood and Mrs Roy McMullen, of Prince William Station. Other surviving relatives are three brothers, Thomas Grieve, of Harvey, and George and Joseph Grieve of British Columbia. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs Thomas Wilson. There are fifteen grandchildren. The body was taken to Harvey today.
He married Charlotte Isabella "Belle" Coburn, daughter of Andrew Wood Cockburn (Coburn) & Elizabeth Messer, 3 Dec 1879 in Harvey, York Co., By Edward Roberts . Born 12 Oct 1857 in Harvey. Died 19 Dec 1945 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Religion Presbyterian.
Witnesses to marriage were James Whittle and Alice S. Coburn.
Belle suffered a broken hip four years before her death and although operated on she was never able to walk again.
From newspaper clipping (undated):
Harvey Station, NB, Oct 18 -- Mrs John Grieve, who has been an invalid for the past four years when she fell and broke her hip, celebrated her 87th birthday on October 12th at her home. She received a number of cards and presents, including a box of fruit from the W.M.S.
From Newspaper obituary - 1945:
MRS. J. H. GRIEVE DEAD
Well Known Woman of Harvey Station Died in Her Eighty-eighth Year
Harvey Station, Dec 26 -- The death occurred Wednesday evening, Dec 19, at her home, of Mrs John H. Grieve, widow of the late John H. Grieve, Harvey Station, at the age of eighty-eight years, after being an invalid for five years.
Mrs Grieve suffered a broken hip and although operated on was never able to walk again. She was the daughter of the late Elizabeth and Andrew Coburn. She lived her entire life at Harvey Station, and her many friends will learn with regret of her death. She was a member of the United Church, also the Woman's Missionary Society. She is survived by four children, two daughters, Mrs Walter Hood and Mrs Roy McMullin, both of Upper Magaguadavic, NB, and two sons, Frederick and Oswald, of Harvey Station. A sister, Mrs Mary Burpee, of Nashwaaksis, also twenty-two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
They had the following children:
66 i. Frederick Andrew Grieve
67 ii. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grieve
68 iii. Alice Bertha "Bertie" Grieve
69 iv. John "Oswald" Coburn Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
16. Thomas Patrick Grieve
Son of Patrick Turnbull Grieve & Mary Piercy. Born 25 Nov 1856 in Parish Of Manners Sutton, NB. Died 1 Feb 1948 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer.
Tom and his wife Ellen were farmers in Harvey
From newspaper obituary - 1948:
Died At 91
Thomas P. Grieve, One of Oldest Residents of Harvey, Died At His Home.
Harvey, NB, Feb 6 -- Harvey has lost one of the oldest residents in the passing of Thomas P. Grieve, at the age of 91 years.
Mr Grieve had been in his usual good health until a week before he died. He was stricken with a heavy cold and complications developed, in spite of medical care and tender nursing he passed away on Sunday, February 1st.
Mr Grieve had spent all of his life in Harvey, with the exception of a few years of his early life in California and British Columbia. He retained all his faculties until the end and had a keen memory, could tell many interesting tales of the "old days" and could remember when there was only a footpath through Harvey Station, which is now a very prosperous village.
In June 1890, he was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Wightman, who survives him, and of their union four children were born, all of whom are living, Mrs Estelle Seavey, of Auburn, Maine; Lewis Grieve, of St. Croix; Mrs Emery Lister, of McAdam; and Charles Grieve, with whom he lived, and five grandchildren, Mrs Paul Crandlemire, Lowell, Mass.; Miss Glennis Seavey, Salem, Mass.; Miss Pauline Lister, McAdam, and Ellsworth and Marina, at home; and one sister, Mrs Eleanor Wilson, of Fredericton.
The funeral was held Tuesday at two o'clock with prayers at the home and services from the United Church of which Mr Grieve was a lifelong member. Service was conducted by Rev. W. E. Aitken. Rock of Ages and Abide With Me were sung by a mixed choir and Beautiful Garden of Prayer, solo by Charles Watson.
Pallbearers were Cecil, Wilmot, Fred and Oswald Grieve and Willard Wilson, nephews of the deceased, and Emery Lister of McAdam. Interment was made in Harvey Cemetery.
He married Eleanor "Ellen" Wightman, daughter of John Wightman & Ann Isabel "Annie" Messer, 5 Jun 1890. Born 20 Dec 1871 in Tweedside. Christen 10 May 1876 in Presbyterian Church, Harvey. Died 26 Jul 1949 in McAdam. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
From newspaper obituary - 1949:
Died At McAdam
Mrs Ellen Grieve, Well Known Resident of Harvey Had Been Ill Short Time.
The death of Mrs Ellen Grieve occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs Emery Lister, of McAdam, following a brief illness. Mrs Grieve was the widow of Thomas Grieve of Harvey.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs Estelle Seavey, Auburn, Maine; Mrs Emery Lister, McAdam; two sons, Lewis, St. Croix; and Charles of Harvey; two sisters, Mrs Mary Moffitt, McAdam; and Mrs Fred Grieve of Harvey. Five grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive.
Prayer service was conducted by Rev. E. P. Wickens, pastor of the Pentecostal Church, at the home of Mrs Lister and the remains was taken to the United Church in Harvey where the deceased had been a life long member. Service was conducted by Rev. A. H. Sproule, pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church. The pallbearers were Oswald, Cecil and Wilmot Grieve, Russell and Fred Moffitt, and Willard Wilson, nephews of the deceased. Many floral tributes were received including those from the St. Andrews Sewing Circle and the Women's Missionary Society.
Interment was made in the Harvey Cemetery.
They had the following children:
70 i. Annie Estella "Stella" Grieve
71 ii. Lewis Roy Grieve
72 iii. Charles Russell Grieve
73 iv. Jennie Elizabeth Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
17. Robert Piercy "Bob" Grieve
Son of Patrick Turnbull Grieve & Mary Piercy. Born 24 Dec 1857 in Parish Of Manners Sutton, NB. Died 28 Sep 1907 in Stockton Springs, ME. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Railway Section Foreman.
Robert and Isabelle lived in Harvey until 1905 when they bought the Cape Jellison House, a hotel at Stockton Springs, Maine. In Harvey, Robert and son Oscar worked for the CPR, while Allan, the eldest son was a dispatcher for the Boston & Maine Railroad in Bangor, Maine. Son Everett was very musical, he was a pupil of Annie Smith, a well known teacher in Harvey, and later became quite famous as a musician and composer in Maine.
Robert suffered a serious injury from which he did not recover. Sons Allan died after an illness of three days, and Wallace, age 17 years, died of tuberculosis of the lungs--three deaths in the family within a short period of time.
He married Isabelle "Belle" Robison, daughter of Marshall Robison & Mary Herbert, 23 Nov 1881 in Fredericton, York Co., NB By James Scott Mullin . Born 1 May 1860 in Harvey. Died 17 Sep 1932 in Camden, ME. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
Witnesses to marriage were Thomas R. Rutherford and Jane Robinson.
After Bob died, Belle married Rupert (Jack) M. Dorr on 9 June, 1910 at Searsport, ME.
From newspaper obituary - 1932:
DIED IN CAMDEN
Mrs Isabell Dorr, Formerly of Harvey, Passes Away--Buried at Harvey.
Harvey Station, Sept 19 --Many friends learned with much regret of the passing of Mrs Isabell Dorr, aged 72 years, of Camden, Maine, a former resident of Harvey Station, on Saturday morning, Sept 17th, after a lingering illness of 3 years.
In the arrival of the body on Sunday accompanied by Mr and Mrs Everett Grieve, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Richards and Mrs Robt Little, was taken to St. James United Church, where they rested until Monday, 2 p.m., when the funeral service was held. Rev. A. MacKay conducted the service, music was furnished by Prof. J. Peterson, assisted by the choir, when hymns by request were sung. Home of the Lord, Face to Face, Wait and Murmur Not, were sung by Misses Elda Robison and Dora Hunter.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful showing the high esteem of the late Mrs Dorr.
The pall bearers were six nephews, Messrs. Cecil Grieve, Oswald Grieve, Charles Grieve, Clarence Little, Howard Robison, Marshall Robison, and interment in the Harvey Cemetery.
Those who survive are two sons, Oscar Grieve, of Calgary, Alberta; Everett Grieve, of Camden; Mrs Lawrence Richards, of Camden; six grandchildren, one sister, Mrs Robt Little, York Mills; four brothers, Andrew Robison of Harvey Station; Robert Robison, Alexander Robison and Kenneth Robison, of Vancouver, BC. Also a host of nephews, nieces and other relatives and friends.
Mrs Dorr was formerly Miss Isabel Robison of Harvey Station, and was twice married, her first husband being R. P. Grieve of Harvey Station. They lived in Harvey until about 26 years ago when they moved toa Cape Jelllison, Maine.
While in Harvey Mrs Dorr was a willing worker and always ready to help those who were in trouble. She was a charter member of the first Ladies Sewing Circle organized 46 years ago, and worked hard to raise the money that helped to build St. James Church. She was a very active church member and worked in all the branches of the church.
After Mr Grieve died 25 years ago, Mrs Dorr moved to Camden, Maine where she had lived every since. While in good health, she was happiest ministering to those around her who were in need.
Mrs Dorr predeceased her sons years ago and she has lived with her daughter until a few years ago.
They had the following children:
74 i. Allan Lewis Grieve
75 ii. Oscar Marshall Grieve
76 iii. Wallace McGregor Grieve
77 iv. Gilbert Grieve
78 v. Robert "Everett" Grieve
79 vi. Frank Grieve
80 vii. Kenneth Joseph Alexander Grieve
81 viii. Margaret Luella Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
18. Joseph Wesley "Joe" Grieve
Son of Patrick Turnbull Grieve & Mary Piercy. Born 29 Aug 1859 in Harvey. Died 10 Jan 1937 in New Westminister, BC. Buried in Fort Langley Cemetery, BC. Occupation Farmer.
Joe was known as "Black Joe" because of his black hair and to distinguish him from others called Joe. He moved to BC sometime after 1881, and settled on Vancouver Island in the Comox area. He went twice to the Klondike prospecting for gold.
His farm was 60 acres located in the Comox area. Joe cleared the land and made it into a dairy farm. He also became foreman of the Courtenay Milk Condensory.
In 1919, Joe and his family sold everything and moved to a farm located on the banks of the Fraser River in Glen Valley (East Langley). The family arrived at the farm in March 1920. The farm was eventually taken over by his son Bill until his retirement when it was sold.
Joe's obituary refers to him by his middle name "Wesley", but his gravestone has Joseph W.
Copied from obituary - 1937:
GRIEVE -- Passed away after a short illness on January 10th, 1937, Wesley Grieve, aged 77 years, of Glen Valley, BC. He leaves to mourn his passing besides his widow, two sons, William I. of Pitt Meadows and John W. at home, also five daughters, Mrs C. Welse(sic) of Alberta, Mrs I. Armstrong of Cheam View, BC, Mrs A. McClelland(sic) and Mrs D. McClelland(sic) both of Glen Valley, BC, and Miss Phyllis at home.
The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Fort Langley United church, Rev. J. H. Hobbins officiating. Interment in the Fort Langley cemetery. Columbia Funeral Service in charge.
He married Adaline "Blanche" Davis, daughter of William "Isaac" Davis & Jane Bryden, 12 Feb 1902 in Courtenay, BC. Born 28 Apr 1875 in Parish Of Richmond, Carleton Co., NB. Died 19 Jun 1949 in New Westminster, BC. Buried in Fort Langley Cemetery, BC.
Blanche was born in the Parish of Richmond, Carleton County, NB, the oldest of three daughters and one son of William "Isaac" Davis and Jane Bryden. The Davis farmily moved to BC when their children were young. Blanche was also known as "Addie", short for Adaline.
Copied from The Columbian (New Westminister), Mon., 20 Jun 1949:
ADDIE BLANCHE GRIEVE
Addie Blanche Grieve, 225 Sixth street, New Westminister, passed away in the Royal Columbia hospital on Sunday.
Born in New Brunswick, 74 years ago, she lived in Courtenay for 40 years and in Glen Valley for 26 years. Three years ago she moved to the Royal City.
She is survived by two sons, William, East Langley; John, Winnipeg; five daughters, Mrs C. Wiltse, Stettler, Alta.; Mrs A. McLellan, East Langley; Mrs I. Armstrong, Chilliwack; Mrs D. McLellan, Glen Valley; Miss Phyllis Grieve, New Westminister; one sister, Mrs L. Mounce, North Vancouver; 22 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral service will be at St. Andrew's United church, Fort Langley, Tuesday, at 3:30 pm with Rev. G. R. Tench, officiating. Interment will be in the Fort Langley cemetery.
They had the following children:
82 i. Myrtle Irene Grieve
83 ii. Alma May Grieve
84 iii. William Isaac "Bill" Grieve
85 iv. Etta Roberta Grieve
86 v. Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Grieve
87 vi. John Wesley "Jack" Grieve
88 vii. Phyllis Lorraine Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
19. Eleanor Turnbull Grieve
Daughter of Patrick Turnbull Grieve & Mary Piercy. Born 23 Feb 1861 in Harvey, NB. Died 12 Sep 1952 in McAdam, NB. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Religion Presbyterian.
Undated portrait photograph of Eleanor Turnbull Grieve (b. 23 Feb 1861, Harvey; d. 12 Sep 1952, McAdam).
Source: Jocelean Swan Hall, 25 Jul 2006.
The youngest of seven children and the only girl, Eleanor was born 23 February 1861, three months after her father, Patrick Turnbull Grieve had died.
Copied from newspaper obituary - 1952:
The death of Mrs Eleanor Turnbull Wilson, age 91, occurred Sept. 12, 1952 at the home of her daughter, Mrs Amos Moffitt, McAdam, after an illness of several months.
She was born in Harvey Sta., York Co,, where she lived the greater part of her life. During the last four years she had made her home with her daughters and had been with Mrs Moffitt since March. She was a member of the United Baptist Church.
She is survived by one son, Willard, McAdam, and 7 daughters: Mrs Judson Gregg, Toronto; Mrs Herbert Kimball, Springfield, Mass.; Miss Mabel Wilson, Portland, Maine; Mrs Alexander Wood and Mrs Clarence Swan both of Harvey, and Mrs Amos Moffitt, McAdam.
The funeral service was held at the home of Mrs Moffitt, conducted by Rev. B. R. Hamilton, pastor of the United Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. D. C. Johnstone of St. Paul's United Church. Pallbearers were 6 grandsons, Herbert and Arleigh Wilson, Eugene Moffitt, George Wood, Richard Dykeman and Charles Kimball.
Interment was made in the Harvey Cemetery.
She married Thomas Wilson, son of Thomas Wilson & Janet Little, 28 Mar 1881 in St. Pauls Church, Fredericton, N.B. By Rev. A. J. Mowatt . Born 8 Dec 1853 in Harvey, NB. Died 28 Jan 1927 in Harvey Sta., NB. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.
Witnesses to marriage were William Grieve and Annie Pass.
Tom was an only son, he was a farmer and the family lived on the farm first settled by his father. Tom's first wife was Levina Little, daughter of Matthew Little and Isabella Hay. Levina died giving birth to a son who also died. His second marriage was to Eleanor Grieve, in 1881.
From newspaper obituary - 1 Feb 1927:
Thos Wilson Dies At Harvey Station
Harvey Station, Feb 1 -- The death occurred at his home here on Friday morning of Thomas Wilson, one of Harvey's most respected residents, at the age of 73 years. Mr Wilson had been a lifelong resident of this locality, having been engaged in farming for many years. Although in failing health for several years he remained active and interested in the life of the community until death came suddenly at the last.
He is survived by his wife, who was Eleanor T. Grieve; three sons, Hugh A., of Harvey; Willard N. of McAdam, and Thomas E. of New York; and seven daughters, Mrs J. A. Wood of Tweedside, Mrs Amos Moffitt of McAdam, Mrs Gordon Dykeman of Hoquiam, Wash., the Misses Mabel and Helen, of Portland, Me., and the Misses Zella and Dora, at home.
The funeral took place from his late residence on Sunday afternoon and was very largely attended. Rev. G. E. Knight, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Harvey, conducted a very impressive funeral service and sang a lovely solo, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." Other hymns sung were "Asleep In Jesus" and "Peace, Perfect Peace."
Interment was made in the Manners Sutton Cemetery.
They had the following children:
89 i. Mary "Alma" Wilson
90 ii. Jennie Myrtle Wilson
91 iii. Hugh Alvin Wilson
92 iv. Nellie Wilson
93 v. (Infant) Wilson
94 vi. Willard Newton Wilson
95 vii. Ellen "Selena" Wilson
96 viii. Thomas Earl Wilson
97 ix. Reta Lillian Wilson
98 x. Mabel Lela Wilson
99 xi. Zella May Wilson
100 xii. Dora Lucille Wilson
101 xiii. Gladys Elizabeth Wilson
102 xiv. Helen Muriel Wilson
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
20. William Isaac Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Rachel Lawrence. Born Dec 1853. Died 26 Feb 1861. Buried in Kingsclear Cemetery.
Probably born on the family farm (Lot 10), Parish of Kingsclear, and died at age 7 years 3 months in Parish of Kingclear. Gravestone in Kingsclear cemetery.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
21. David Lawrence Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Rachel Lawrence. Born Approx 1856. Died 2 Jun 1862. Buried in Kingsclear Cemetery.
Probably born on the family farm (Lot 10) in Parish of Kingsclear, and died age 6 year in the Parish of Kingsclear. Gravestone in Kingsclear Cemetery.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
22. John Joseph Grieve
Son of William Grieve & Rachel Lawrence. Born 3 Feb 1860 in N.B.
Born probably in Parish of Kingsclearn, York Co.
The 1871 Census for York Co., Parish of Kingsclear has John 11 years old.
No further information on John.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
23. William Henry Grieve
Son of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 4 Dec 1854 in Harvey. Died 2 May 1933 in Sandwick, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Farmer.
From BC Vital Stats: Died 2 May 1933, age 78, Sandwick, BC.
William was a farmer, he farmed part of his father's land. He was the first president of Comox Creamery Co-operative Association which held its first meeting on the 12th of March 1901.
He married Agnes Piercy, daughter of Matthew Piercy & Agnes Moffitt, 20 Feb 1909 in Sandwick, BC. Born 21 Jul 1863 in Harvey, NB. Died 9 Jan 1936 in Courtenay, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery.
Agnes was first married to John Reverly Berkeley, who died in 1903, leaving Agnes with eight children, the youngest only six months old.
Notes from "Piercy - A Family Tree 1814-1979":
Agnes and John Berkeley had four sons and four daughters. They had a farm on the Lake Trail, bounded on the railway track and what is known as Johnston Street now. He also owned the property on the corner of 5th Street and Cliffe Avenue where the old Bank of Commerce was built.
After John's death, Agnes married William Grieve in 1909.
(BC Archives has Agnes' death date 13 Jan 1934, age 70.)
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
24. Ann Nesbitt "Annie" Grieve
Daughter of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 19 Sep 1856 in Harvey. Died 13 Feb 1945 in Vancouver, BC.
Annie and her husband Alex Grant had thirteen children. Early in the 1900's they moved to Vancouver.
Ann is described by her granddaughter, Margaret Anne Foster, as a very petite lady, quiet, not very demonstrative but very definite in her ideas--such as the length a skirt should be. She had broken her hip in later life so she was not especially active yet she had a strong faith.
Their children: Hugh, May, Sadie, Peg, Gertrude, Dod, Ella, Hiram, Bill, Frank, Ida, Al and Edward.
She married Alexander William Grant, 27 Nov 1876 in Vicarage Of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Victoria, BC B. Born 11 Aug 1852 in Pictou, NS. Died 26 Feb 1924 in Vancouver, BC.
Alex's parents were Hugh and Annie K. Grant, who settled in Truro, NS. Alex had come to Cumberland from Pictou, NS a few years before he met and married Annie. Folklore tells us that Annie and Alex's first child, Hugh, was the first while child born in the Cumberland Valley. Alex was a builder and it is said that he built the old church in Cumberland and also built Queen Mary School in Vancouver. In August 1892, Alex ordered a Black & Decker upright piano from New York for his family. It came by sailing vessel around Cape Horn and was delivered to the Grand household in August 1894. The piano is still owned by a Grant descendant. The Alex Grant family moved to Nanaimo some time before 1881.
They had the following children:
103 i. James "Hugh" Allan Grant
104 ii. Roletta "May" Grant
105 iii. Sarah Ann "Sadie" Grant
106 iv. Margaret Jane "Peg" Grant
107 v. Gertrude Agnes Grant
108 vi. George Robert "Dod" Grant
109 vii. Jessie Ellen "Ella" Grant
110 viii. Kenneth Henry "Hiram" Grant
111 ix. William Alexander "Bill" Grant
112 x. Frank Jeffs Grant
113 xi. Ida Logan Grant
114 xii. John Allison Pawson "Al" Grant
115 xiii. Edward Grant
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
25. John Grieve
Son of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 6 Oct 1858 in Harvey. Died 5 Aug 1927 in Sandwick, BC. Buried in Sndwick Church Cemetery. Occupation Farmer.
John came with his family to the Comox Valley when he was 16 years old.
John and Annie bought a farm from the W. C. Muster family. The house was the first frame house in the Comox Valley. They moved to Texada Island so John could earn enough money to pay for the farm. When they returned to their farm in the Comox Valley, they built a new house which had the first basement in the Valley. It also had hot and cold running water, a bathtub and an indoor toilet which was most unusual. (Recently the house was restored.)
John and his wife Annie were farmers in the Comox Valley, BC, and had four children: Bert, Lila, Arnold and Audrey.
He married Ann Elizabeth "Annie" Parkin, daughter of William Parkin & Eliza Malpass, 28 Oct 1891 in Sandwick Presbyterian Church, BC. Born 11 Jul 1871 in Nanaimo, BC. Died 5 Jan 1949 in Sandwick, BC. Buried in Sandwick Church Cemetery.
Copied from newspaper obituary - 1949:
Comox Pioneer Passes
(Special to The Daily Province)
Courtenay -- One of the pioneers of the Comox Valley, Mrs Annie Grieve, died Wednesday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs Victor Shopland, Campbell River Road. She was 78.
Daughter of one of the original Nanaimo settlers who came to Vancouver Island on the Princes Royal in 1854, Mrs Grieve was born in Nanaimo. She came to Comox in 1885 and has lived here ever since.
Always interested in church work Mrs Grieve had been a member of Sandwick United Church since it was built. She was organist for church services for 20 years, and was still a member of the Ladies' Aid at her death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Shopland and Mrs Thomas Menzies of Grantham; and one son, Arnold, of Courtenay. Her husband and another son, Herbert, predeceased her.
There are five brothers, Robert of Dove Creek; Will in California; Ike at Courtenay; Edward in Vancouver, and Matthew at Campbell River.
Funeral will be held from Pierceys Funeral Chapel early Sunday afternoon and interment will be in Sandwick United Cemetery.
They had the following children:
116 i. William George Herbert "Bert" Grieve
117 ii. Eliza Jeanette "Lila" Grieve
118 iii. Arnold Roy Grieve
119 iv. Audrey Lillian Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
26. Ellenor Alice "Ellen" Grieve
Daughter of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 19 Oct 1860 in Harvey. Died 1943 in Sandwick, BC. Buried in Sandwick Church Cemetery.
Ellen was also called "Nell". She and Ned had three children: Frank, Sophia and Gertrude.
She married Edward Thomas "Ned" Garnett, 4 Mar 1880 in By Rev. S. McGregor, Minister Of Saint Andrew's Church, Vict. Born 1856/1857 in Ontario. Died 7 Oct 1892 in Victoria, BC. Buried in Ross Bay Cemetery.
Ned was the son of Jane and Rothwell Garnett of Delaware, Ontario. He came to British Columbia from Ontario with his father. In 1882 he was a Hack Owner on Cormorant Street in Victoria, BC. In 1887, he was a Cab Proprietor on Ford Street, Victoria. In 1891 and 1892 he had Hack Stables on 4 Broad and 34 Humboldt Streets.
Ned died at age 35 years.
They had the following children:
120 i. Frank Lewis Garnett
121 ii. Sophia Jane Garnett
122 iii. Gertrude Alice "Gertta" Garnett
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
27. Margaret "Maggie" Grieve
Daughter of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 16 Aug 1863 in Harvey. Died 13 Mar 1930 in Sandwick, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
Maggie and Harry had seven children.
From newspaper obituary (1930):
Another Pioneer Passes Beyond
Many Will Miss Mrs Piercy From Amongst Them
Keen regret will be felt by many at news of the death of Mrs Margaret Piercy, aged 66, one of the pioneers of the Comox Valley, who passed away suddenly last Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs H. Watkinson.
Mrs Piercy, who was born at Harvey, New Brunswick, on August 16, 1863, came here as a child fifty-four years ago with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs George Grieve from New Brunswick. They stayed for some time on the old Rees farm, afterwards settling on the Piercy farm on the Condensery road, where Mrs Piercy continued to live after her marriage to H. Piercy. Lately she had not enjoyed the best of health and had been living with her daughter for the winter but nothing of a serious nature was anticipated. She had arisen quite cheerful and bright on the morning of her fatal seizure and at the time of being stricken was dressing one of Mrs Watkinson's small children. Mr Piercy had left a short while previously to do some necessary work around the old home in preparation to taking his wife home for the summer.
Mrs Piercy was much esteemed in the district and will be missed by a large circle of friends. She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, H. Piercy, two brothers, Berkeley and William Grieve; two sisters, Mrs E. Garnett of Nanaimo and Mrs Grant of Vancouver; three daughters, Mrs H. Watkinson of Sandwick, Mrs W. J. Furnell of Alberni and Mrs Carey of Ketchikan, Alaska; ;two sons, George Piercy of Colwood and Ward Piercy at home, and eleven grandchildren.
The funeral took place on Saturday at Sandwick United church, Rev. W. A. Alexander conducted the service. The following favorite hymns were sung: "Lead Kindly Light", "Rock of Ages" and "O Love that will not let me go". The pall bearers, all old friends, were L. R. Cliffe, J. W. McKenzie Sr., W. Duncan, Frank Childs, T. Beckensell and W. Swan. Mrs Annand presided at the organ.
Floral tributaes were many and beautiful.
She married Henry "Harry" Piercy, son of Walter Piercy & Sarah Swan, 8 Dec 1885 in By Rev. James Christie, Comox, BC. Born 10 Jan 1857 in Harvey. Died 4 Apr 1950 in Courtenay, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Farmer, Blacksmith.
Harry went to Comox Valley of British Columbia in 1878. He and Bob Cessford worked with a CPR survey crew in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. When winter snows stopped the work, they hiked to Vancouver and carried on to Comox by steamer to visit Harry's cousin Sam Piercy.
Harry worked at Dove Creek in a logging show and while there broke his leg and had to be taken to Nanaimo by canoe, which took three days. They arrived just in time to save amputation of the leg.
He married Maggie on 8 Dec 1885, and lived on the Piercy homestead on Condensory Road until they moved to Texada Island with their family of five. Harry worked there as a blacksmith for a mining company. They returned to the farm after ten years, where they spent the rest of their days.
From newspaper obituary - 1950:
Henry (Harry) Piercy died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Comox, B.C. on April 4, 1950. Mr Piercy was born at Manners Sutton Jan 10, 1857, one of twelve children of Walter and Sarah (Swan) Piercy. He was one of the members of the survey party that mapped out the route for the Transcontinental railway in the 1870's and when winter halted their work he and his fellow workers went back to Calgary and then crossed the mountains through the United States to British Columbia on foot. He stayed in British Columbia for a time, later returned to New Brunswick but could not settle down. He went back to the Comox Valley and a few years later, in 1885, married Miss Margaret Grieve, also a native of Harvey.
For a time he worked as a logger and later went to Texada Island at the height of the logging boom, where he worked as a blacksmith, having learned the trade in New Brunswick as an employee of the late Patrick (Paddy) McGinn of Fredericton.
From Texada he returned to Comox Valley and took up farming on the Condensory Road, Courtenay. He retired from active farming work 25 years ago. For the past few years he made his home with his son George at Victoria, and with his daughters in Courtenay. Mrs Piercy passed away 20 years ago.
Mr Piercy made several visits to New Brunswick in recent years, his last trip having been in 1936.
They had the following children:
123 i. Walter Wallace Piercy
124 ii. George Martin "Dodd" Piercy
125 iii. Lillian Jane Piercy
126 iv. Edith Sarah Piercy
127 v. Bessie Lavina Piercy
128 vi. Alfred Warden "Ward" Piercy
129 vii. Minnie Irene Piercy
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
28. Joseph Patrick Grieve
Son of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 18 Sep 1864 in Harvey. Died Jan 1867 in Harvey.
Joseph was born and died in Harvey Settlement, NB, before his parents moved to BC. Probably buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
29. George Thomas "Berkeley" Grieve
Son of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 11 Jan 1866 in Harvey. Died 29 Aug 1946 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Comox, B.C. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Farmer.
BC Archives has death date 13 Aug 1946.
Berkeley came to Comox Valley with his parents at the age of nine years. A short time was spent at the family's first farm (what is known as the Harry Piercy Homestead) where he attended the only school north of Nanaimo. The school was situated on Mission Hill and Samuel Fulton Crawford was his teacher.
As a youngster, Berkeley assisted in the construction of the Valley's first treadmill threshing machine. Constructed in pieces in the living room of the family home, patterns for casting were carved out of wood and sent to Nanaimo Foundry to be cast in iron and returned. Later, a horse drawn steam engine was imported and drawn around the valley by one of Berkeley's fine teams, for threshing and grinding. In the winter, it was used to power a sawmill that was constructed in the timberland of the farm. About 1896, a steam tractor was imported from the United States with a threshing machine and a blower. For years at harvest time, the Grieve boys' outfit (engine, tank, team and thresher) was the outstanding diversion of all the boys in the Valley as it traversed the highroads and by-roads from Black Creek to Cape Lazo on its annual mission of threshing and silo filling.
In order to operate this engine at harvest time and for the sawmill in the winter, Berkeley wrote his steam papers and obtained a second class certificate and was therefore one of the oldest second-class engineers in Western Canada.
Berkeley was known affectionately as 'Uncle B' in his later years. A few weeks before his death he declared: "I have pitched hay in this valley every year for the last 70 years.
(Much of the above information was obtained from a write-up prepared in 1946 at the time of Berkeley's 80th birthday--author unknown.)
Berkeley and his wife Mary had two children.
From newspaper obituary (1946):
Comox Pioneer Dies
Courtenay, Sept 9 -- Geo Thomas Berkley Grieve, l80, a pioneer of the Comox district died last week. A few weeks ago he declared: "I have pitched hay in this valley every year for the last 70 years." He came from New Brunswick as a boy of nine.
He married Mary Anne Robertson, 7 Feb 1917 in Sandwick, BC. Born 16 May 1875 in Charlottetown (North River), PEI. Died 26 Oct 1951 in Qualicum, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery. Occupation School Teacher.
Mary was born in Prince Edward Island, the daughter of John Robertson and Ann Murchison. She went to Sandwick, BC to teach school, and was issued teaching certificate No. 512 in 1904. Mary arrived in British Columbia via San Francisco where an uncle and his family resided. Apparently an aunt had taught at Sandwick before her.
Mary died at the home of her daughter, Ruth LeGrand in Qualicum, BC. She had lived the later part of her life in a small house on the Grieve farm in Countenay while George and Florence Grieve and their family lived in the old family home.
They had the following children:
130 i. Ruth Grieve
131 ii. George Berkeley Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
30. Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Grieve
Daughter of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 8 Sep 1870 in Harvey. Died 5 Dec 1905 in Van Anda, Texada Island, BC.
Lizzie was the youngest daughter (eighth child) of George and Jane (Nesbitt) Grieve.
Lizzie died at age 36 shortly after giving birth to their ninth child. The youngest child was given up for adoption.
Lizzie and David had nine children: Sophie, Bessie, Fred, Lottie, Gib, Hazel, Henry, Bernice and a baby girl.
She married David Jones, 30 Dec 1891 in Comox, BC. Born 26 Dec 1868 in Pennsylvania. Died 11 Jul 1947 in Royal Columbia Hospital, New Westminister, BC. Buried in Fort Langley Cemetery.
David was born of Welsh parents in Pennsylvania on route to Vancouver Island. He arrived at Comox when he was one year old by way of a sailing ship via the Panama Canal. His early years were spent around Comox and Courtenay, BC before he started a building contract business on Vancouver Island. Later he worked in a coal mine as a stationary engineer. David's siblings were Jennie, John, Lucy and Sarah.
After a fifth child was born to Lizzie and David, the family moved to Texada Island. Lizzie died in 1906 at age 36 soon after giving birth to their ninth child, who was given up for adoption. While living on the Island, David was a school trustee and justice of the peace for several years. He was also a carpenter.
In 1917 David started farming on Bowen Island (one of the Gulf Islands) raising chickens. He moved to Milner (part of Langley) in 1920. Here he took an active part in municipal affairs, his church and the Orange Lodge. He served as councilor for Ward I on the Langley Municipal Council for six years from 1925 to 1931.
David raised the Rockwell children after his oldest daughter, Sophia Rockwell died in 1922 leaving six young children.
They had the following children:
132 i. Lucy "Sophia" Jane Jones
133 ii. Mary Elizabeth Mabel "Bessie" Jones
134 iii. Frederick William Alexander Jones
135 iv. Lottie Irene Mae Jones
136 v. Gilbert Lyle "Gib" Jones
137 vi. Hazel Alice Marguerite Jones
138 vii. Henry Jones
139 viii. Bernice Agnes Jones
140 ix. (Infant Girl) Jones
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
31. Joselean "Celia" Burrell
Daughter of Isaac Burrell & Alice Bell Grieve. Born 14 Nov 1855 in Harvey. Died 12 Aug 1893 in Tweedside, NB. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
From Christian Visitor, Saint John, 4 Dec 1878: "Married Fredericton, 30th Oct., by Rev. A. J. Stevens, Henry Swan and Joselean Burrill, both of Manners Sutton, York Co." (Also in NB Reporter 20 Nov 1878.)
Witnesses to marriage were Stephen Swan and Mrs A. J. Stevens.
Joselean and Harry had seven children, and she died shortly after the birth of their youngest daughter Carrie.
She married Henry "Harry" Swan, son of Alexander Swan & Mary Taylor, 4 Oct 1878 in Fredericton By Rev. A. J. Stevens, Baptist. Born 18 Jun 1845 in Northumberland, England. Died 1 Feb 1923 in Harvey Station. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.
(Ref: Jocelean Swan Hall and Margaret Swan Crozier, "The Swan Family", 1980.)
Harry immigrated to NB in 1851 with his parents and two brothers. He was the oldest son of four children of Alexander Swan and Mary Taylor. Harry was a farmer in Tweedside.
From newspaper obituary, Feb 1923:
The messenger of death visited this place Feb 1st and claimed as its victim Henry Swan, one of our oldest and most respected residents. Deceased was born in Northumberland, England, in 1845, and came to this country with his parents 73 years ago. He married the daughter of the late I. Burrell, who predeceased him 29 years ago. He leaves to mourn their loss two daughters, Mrs Alex Michalak of Medford, Mass., Miss Lillian of Auburn, Me., and four sons, Wm A., of New Bedford, Mass., Isaac E. of Ipswich, Mass., Thomas H., Clinton, Iowa and James R., of Tweedside. The funeral was largely attended, services being conducted by Rev. H. McLean.
They had the following children:
141 i. William Alexander Swan
142 ii. Mary Alice Winnifred Swan
143 iii. Isaac "Ernest" Swan
144 iv. James Robert "Jimmie" Swan
145 v. Thomas Harvey Swan
146 vi. Elizabeth Jane Lillian "Lillie" Swan
147 vii. Josie "Carrie" Bailey Swan
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
32. Jane "Jennie" Burrell
Daughter of Isaac Burrell & Alice Bell Grieve. Born Jan 1858 in Harvey. Died 15 Aug 1882. Buried in St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Zealand.
Burtt, Jannie - d. 15 Aug 1882, ae 24 yr. 7 mo., w/o Ira N. Buried in St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Zealand Station, Bright Parish, York Co., NB.
She married Ira N. Burt, son of Darius S. Burt & Janis "Jane" Burt, 16 Feb 1881 in Harvey Presbyterian Church Records By Edward Roberts . Born Approx 1857 in Upper Keswick, York Co., NB. Died 1925 in Coburg, Ont. Buried in Union Cemetery, Coburg, Ont. Occupation Merchant At Keswick Ridge Until 1925.
Witnesses to marriage were Isaac Burrell and Henry Swan.
Ira was a merchant at Keswick Ridge, York County, Nb and later, he and his second wife, Christianna, moved to Colbourg, ON.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
33. William Isaac Burrell
Son of Isaac Burrell & Alice Bell Grieve. Born 1860 in Harvey. Died 7 May 1874 in Oromocto Lake, Tweedside. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
From Daily Telegraph, 18 May 1874:
Some of the scholars attending school at Tweedside, York Co., on 7th inst., went to the mouth of Dead Creek on the Oromocto Lake to fish, when a son of Isaac Burrell fell off a windfall into the water. His brother, William Burrell, age 14, went in on a log to rescue him, fell off the log and was drowned, the water being ten feet and the others boys being younger and unable to render any assistance. Search was immediately made for the body by the residents of Tweedside, but it was not till after receiving assistance of Mr Phillips, foreman of a lumbering party with five of his crew that the body was recovered about six hours after the accident.
From The Gleaner, Fredericton, 10 Nov 1890:
An old gentleman of Tweedside in this city, when speaking about the Fred Young monument fund related the following: Several years ago some young men were perch fishing in the dead water brook at the head of Oromocto Lake, and one of the party, Thos. Burrell fell into the stream, and getting into the current, out from shore, was rapidly being carried into the lake. His half brother, William Burrell, seeing the danger, went out on a log to save him. Losing his balance, he fell in and the swift current bore him away from the log and he was drowned. Tom, who was still struggling bravely, and seizing it he was swept ashore and was saved.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
34. Isabella "Belle" Grieve
Daughter of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 26 Jan 1862 in Harvey. Died 15 Nov 1957 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Comox, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
Isabella was born in New Brunswick and moved to Vancouver Island with her parents, siblings and other relatives, and the Piercy family in 1875.
Isabella was one of the oldest old-timers in the Comox Valley at the time of her death at age 96.
Belle and Sam had a large family.
Copied from newspaper obituary (1957)
Mrs S. Piercy
Courtenay Resident 82 years
Courtenay - Comox Valley's oldest pioneer, Mrs Sam Piercy, died Friday in St. Joseph's Hospital after a month's illness.
Mrs Piercy, who would have been 96 in January, came to the Courtenay district 82 years ago from New Brunswick with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs Henry Grieve. The family took up residence on the back road, then homesteaded at Grantham six miles north of Courtenay.
Mrs Piercy was married 75 years ago in Victoria and she and her husband created one of the finest farms on Vancouver Island on Headquarters Road.
Predeceased by her husband in 1914, Mrs Piercy remained at the farm until moving to Courtenay about 1942.
In her active years, Mrs Piercy served for a long period as secretary of the Ladies Aid of the former St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church; was a charter member of the Canadian Daughters' Assembly and later in the Old Age Pensioners Organization.
Of a family of 11, three daughters are the only survivors, Mrs M. Annand, Sandwick, Mrs Maida McKenzie, Courtenay, and Mrs Ethel Harding, Portland.
A granddaughter Mrs Piercy raised since whe was one year old, Mrs Dorothy Martinell, now lives in Montana.
There are also 20 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
She married Samuel Johnson Piercy, son of Matthew Piercy & Agnes Moffitt, 28 Jan 1884 in Victoria, B.C. Born 23 Dec 1855 in Harvey, NB. Died 30 Dec 1914 in Los Angeles, California. Buried 7 Jan 1915 in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.
Sam was the ninth of twelve children of Matthew Piercy (1814-1889) and Agnes (Nan) Moffitt (1815-1886). He came to the Comox Valley, Vancouver Island in 1875 with his family and later married Belle Grieve who had come to the Valley with her family. Sam and Belle farmed on the lower Sandwick Road where they raised seven children of the eleven born. Sam started the first milk route to Cumberland, a job he carried out for nine years. He cut ice blocks from Maple Lake, Cumberland, to supply the cooling system for his dairy products.
Copied from newspaper obituary - 1914:
Funeral of S. J. Piercy
Mr S. J. Piercy was born in New Brunswick in the year 1855. His parents came from the Old Country and settled in N.B. in the year 1837. There was a large family of children, some which still live in the east. In 1875, Mr Piercy came to Comox and settled on "Oak Hill" farm, where he lived to his death.
He was a successful farmer and an obliging neighbour, and took a deep interest in the welfare of the community. Failing health compelled him, in company with Mrs Piercy, to seek the warmer climate of California, but in vain, for on Dec 30th, he quietly passed away in Los Angeles. His remains were brought to Comox for interment, which took place on Jan 7th. In spite of the very inclement weather a very large company of people assembled at the home of the deceased, and the Courtenay L.O.L. of which Mr Piercy was a member, turned out in a body to pay their last respects to their deceased Bro.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian church was filled to overflowing by a congregation which listened with wrapt attention to the solemn and impressive service, conducted by Rev. Thos. Menzies, after which the body was interred, with Mr Menzies officiating for the church, which was followed by the service of the Orange Association.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his widow, Mrs Piercy, and five children, Mrs Annard, Mrs J. W. McKenzie Jr., Matt, Ethel, and Edna, besides two sisters living in N.B., a brother, Mr John Piercy, of Courtenay, two sisters, Mrs Jos. McPhee, of Courtenay, and Mrs W. H. Grieve, of Sandwick.
Among those who attended the funeral were Mr Isaac Grieve, of Kamloops, Mr and Mrs Isaac Parkin, of Nanaimo, and Mrs Woodus of Oyster River.
Notes from the book, "Piercy -- A Family Tree, 1814 - 1979":
Sam and Isabella, his parents and a brother and family moved into the first frame house in the district. He was an industrious pioneer and cleared land to build a large home and farm on the lower Sandwick Road, where they raised seven children; two sons and five daughters surviving the original eleven born.
He had a dairy, stock animals, fine horses and farm produce which made a good living for the family. Most of the early Sandwick teachers boarded there, enjoying the good farm fare and the happy, well organized home. It was the gathering place of the community, full of hospitality and good times.
He and his father deeded an acre of land on the hill which is part of the cemetery and helped the pioneers build the church which is now restored. He was an elder there for many years.
They had the following children:
148 i. Agnes Margaret "Maggie" Piercy
149 ii. Sarah "Fanny" Piercy
150 iii. Matthew Fraser Piercy
151 iv. Ellen Isabelle Piercy
152 v. Mary Jane "Maida" Piercy
153 vi. Alvin Henry Piercy
154 vii. Ethel Annie Piercy
155 viii. Archie Lister Piercy
156 ix. Edna Adeline Piercy
157 x. Jean Piercy
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
35. Joseph Turnbull Grieve
Son of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 30 May 1864 in Harvey. Christen 17 Jul 1865 in St. Paul's Church Records, Fredericton. Died 20 Dec 1894 in Courtenay, BC. Buried in Family Farm, Courtenay, BC. Occupation Farmer, Butcher.
Joseph died of blood poisoning from a cut finger and was buried on the family farm right in Courtenay--they owned a dairy farm.
Joseph and his wife Adeline had five children: Margaret, Robert, Harry, Vera and Charlie.
He married Adeline Cessford, daughter of Robert Cessford & Margaret Nesbitt, 21 Dec 1886 in Victoria, BC. Born 8 Oct 1870 in Harvey. Died 13 Oct 1931 in Aberdeen Nursing Home, Victoria, BC.
Adeline's parents, Robert Cessford and Margaret Nesbitt, with their older children moved from Harvey to Vancouver Island approximately 1876, and her father Robert worked in a tannery in Victoria, BC. Most of this Cessford family is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria.
After her first husband, Joseph Turnbull Grieve, died she married James Harlem Teed, but he didn't stay around long, leaving Adeline with her five children to raise alone.
They had the following children:
158 i. Margaret Nesbitt "Maggie" Grieve
159 ii. Robert Grieve
160 iii. Henry "Harry" Grieve
161 iv. Vera Minnie Grieve
162 v. Charles "Charlie" Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
36. Ellen Jane Grieve
Daughter of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 15 Jun 1866 in Harvey. Died 14 Dec 1894.
No further information.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
37. William Thomas Grieve
Son of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 8 Jul 1868 in Harvey. Died 2 Feb 1894.
No further information.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
38. George John Grieve
Son of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 17 Aug 1870 in Harvey. Died 30 Aug 1912 in Sandwick, BC. Occupation Carpenter.
At the time of George's marriage his home was listed New Gloucester, Maine. He was a carpenter.
George and Clara had four children: Walter, Elva, Harold and Margaret.
He married Clara S. Lewis, 3 Oct 1895 in Comox District, BC. Born in Newfoundland.
They had the following children:
163 i. Walter Norman Grieve
164 ii. Elva Florence Grieve
165 iii. Harold Wilbert Grieve
166 iv. Margaret Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
39. Samuel McCulloch Grieve
Son of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 2 Oct 1872 in Harvey. Died 19 Jan 1904 in Grantham, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
Gravestone in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A: "Samuel McCulloch Grieve, Born Oct 2, 1872, Died Jan 19, 1904, Gone but not forgotten."
He married Emma J. McLaughlin. Born 13 May 1872 in Crapaud, PEI. Died 22 Dec 1911 in Spokane, WA, USA. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
Gravestone in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A: "Emma J. McLaughlin, Wife of S. C. Grieve, Born at Crapaud, P.E.I. May 13, 1872, Died at Spokane, Wash., Dec 22, 1911. Forever with the Lord."
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
40. Henry "Isaac" Grieve
Son of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 17 Feb 1875 in Harvey. Died 22 Feb 1949 in DVA, Victoria, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section B.
Gravestone in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section B: "Private Henry I. Grieve, C.F.C., C.E.F., 22nd Feb 1949. Rest in Peace."
He married Clarice "Clarrie" Pinnington, daughter of William Pinnington & Miss Chapell, 2 Apr 1908 in Allerton, Nottinghamshire, England. Born 23 Apr 1886 in England. Died 23 Dec 1941 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Comox, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section B.
They had the following children:
167 i. Eileen Pinnington Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
41. Kenneth Alexander Grieve
Son of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 9 Jul 1877 in Sandwick, BC. Died 10 May 1954 in St. Joseph Hospital, Comox, BC. Buried 12 May 1954 in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section B. Occupation Carpenter.
(Another birth date for Kenneth is 14 Jul, not sure which is correct.)
Kenneth and his wife Marjorie lived in Vancouver and Nanaimo until 1924, then in Courtenay until the time of their deaths.
Gravestone in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section B: "Grieve, in Loving memory of Kenneth, 1877 - 1954; Irene, 1885 - 19--"
He married Irene "Marjorie" Loggie, 25 Aug 1915 in Loggieville, NB. Born 11 Dec 1885 in Loggieville, NB. Died Feb 1981 in Campbell River, BC. Buried 10 Feb 1981 in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section B.
They had the following children:
168 i. Phillip "Loggie" Grieve
169 ii. Roy Carl Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
42. Walter Allan Grieve
Son of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 13 Feb 1880 in Sandwick, BC. Died in Sandwick. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
Died as an infant.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
43. Margaret Ann "Annie" Grieve
Daughter of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 9 Apr 1881 in Sandwick, BC. Died 8 Oct 1950 in Campbell River, BC. Buried 11 Oct 1950 in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section B.
From newspaper obituary (1950):
Perform Rites At Courtenay
Courtenay, Oct 11 -- Funeral services for the late Mrs Margaret Annie Parkin were conducted by Rev. J. S. Clark in Piercy's Funeral Chapel, followed by interment at Sandwick United Cemetery. Canadian Daughters' League rites were also observed. Mrs Parkin died suddenly at Campbell River last Saturday.
She was a member of the pioneer Grieve family of Sandwick, where she was born 69 years ago. She and her husband, Isaac Parkin, were married in the United Church there on April 6, 1898, and they observed their golden wedding anniversary two years ago.
For many years Mr and Mrs Parkin made their home at Headquarters where, despite the fact she was the busy mother of nine children, Mrs Parkin was always ready to help others and take part in any community effort. She was an active member of the Canadian Daughters' League, Courtenay.
In addition to her widower, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs J. McLoughlin, Courtenay; Mrs Jules Herbin, Union Bay, and Isabelle, Victoria; five sons, Norman and Roy, Courtenay; Alvin and Walter, Campbell River, and Joseph, Victoria; one sister, Mrs Samuel Piercy; and one brother, Kenneth Grieve; also 16 grandchildren.
She married Isaac "Ike" Parkin, son of William Parkin & Eliza Malpass, 6 Apr 1898 in Sandwick, BC. Born 26 May 1875 in Nanaimo, BC. Died 30 Aug 1960 in Courtenay, BC. Buried 2 Sep 1960 in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section B. Occupation Carpenter.
Ike was the son of William Parkin and Eliza Malpass.
Ike and Annie resided in Courtenay. He worked for many years as a carpenter for Nanaimo Mines and later for the Comox Logging Company at Headquarters
After Annie died, Ike married Ruth Thames and they lived in Courtenay.
They had the following children:
170 i. William "Henry" Berkett Parkin
171 ii. Norman Isaac Parkin
172 iii. Alvin Parkin
173 iv. Margaret Lillian Parkin
174 v. Joseph "Joe" Parkin
175 vi. Walter Thomas Parkin
176 vii. Isabel Agnes Parkin
177 viii. Roy Cavell Parkin
178 ix. Flossie Edna Parkin
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
44. Mary Alice Grieve
Daughter of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 9 Feb 1884 in Sandwick, BC. Died in Sandwick. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
Died as in infant.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
45. James "Edward" Grieve
Son of Henry "Harry" Grieve & Margaret Speedy. Born 12 Mar 1885 in Sandwick, BC. Died 17 Jun 1911 in Cumberland, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
Gravestone in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A: "Edward J. Grieve, March 12, 1885, June 17, 1911. No pains, no griefs, no anxious fear, Can reach our loved one sleeping here."
"Jessie Marguerite Grieve, March 4, 1910, May 13, 1912, Our loved one Budded on earth to Bloom in Heaven."
He married Janet McDonald, 31 Dec 1908 in Cumberland, BC. Born 1886. Died 8 Nov 1966 in Vancouver, BC.
They had the following children:
179 i. Jessie Marguerite Grieve
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
46. Robert "Bob" Cessford
Son of John "Jack" Cessford & Margaret Grieve. Born 15 May 1857 in Harvey Settlement, NB. Died 16 Oct 1925 in Comox, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Miner, Farmer.
Bob went to BC in the 1880s, worked his way across Canada on the CPR, and settled in the Comox District of Vancouver Island.
Bob and Belle had six children.
Copied from newspaper obituary:
Lived Many Years In Comox District
Late Mr Robert Cessford Came to Cumberland in Eighties.
A resident of the district for 37 years and of the Courtenay section of it for the past twelve, Mr Robert Cessford passed away on his homestead last Friday after an illness of two weeks.
Mr Cessford was one of the New Brunswickers who came out to British Columbia in the eighties. He worked his way across Canada on the C.P.R. and came to Cumberland where he worked for the Robert Dunsmuir, Ltd. and later for the Canadian Collieries for twenty-five years. He left the mining town to take up farming. He tackled a piece of uncleared land twelve years ago near the Puntledge Indian reserve and by dint of unremitting labor cleared twenty acres of it and made it one of the best homesteads in the district. In August of last year lightning set his barn on fire and in an hour he had lost barn and crops, home and farm implements. Unfortunately he had had very little insurance. This was a heavy blow from which he never seemed quite to recover. But there was no definite illness till two weeks ago when he took to his bed and died in his sixty-eighth year on Friday.
Mr Cessford left to mourn his loss his wife, Messrs. J. T. Cessford, W. W. Cessford, R. J. Cessford (sons), Mrs R. F. Lefley, of Victoria, Mrs Harold Grant, of Camp 2, and Miss Margaret Cessford (daughters), Mr W. D. Cessford of Vancouver, Albert Cessford of Princeton, Thos. Cessford of New Brunswick (brothers) and Mrs Pollock of New Brunswick (sister).
The late Mr Cessford was a charter member of Cumberland Lodge A.F. & A.M. and a charter member of Union Lodge No. 11 of Oddfellows at Cumberland and both orders took part in the funeral on Tuesday afternoon, which was under Masonic auspices. The funeral service was conducted from the family residence, the Rev. W. T. Beattie officiating, to the Presbyterian cemetery at Sandwick, where interment took place. The pall-bearers were Messrs. D. Thomson, P. McBryde, D.R. Macdonald, S. Horwood, H. G. Blackhall and Len Piket. The principal mourners attending the funeral included a number from Denman Island, where Mr Cessford had many relatives and friends.
He married Isabella "Belle" Piercy, daughter of Thomas H. Piercy & Jane Speedy. Born 18 Oct 1869 in Harvey. Christen 15 Jul 1870 in St. Paul's Church Records, Fredericton. Died 16 Dec 1931 in Courtenay, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A.
BC Vital Stats: d. 16 Dec 1931, age 62, at Courtenay, BC.
They had the following children:
180 i. John Thomas "Tom" Cessford
181 ii. William Wallace "Bill" Cessford
182 iii. Ethel Cessford
183 iv. Lena Cessford
184 v. Robert James "Bob" Cessford
185 vi. Margaret Jane "Peggy" Cessford
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
47. William David Cessford
Son of John "Jack" Cessford & Margaret Grieve. Born 23 Nov 1866 in Harvey, NB. Died 29 Oct 1935 in Vancouver, BC. Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver. Occupation Lumbering Business.
Not married. Lived in BC for 48 years, and was engaged in the lumbering business. Died in Vancouver 29 Oct 1929 at age 69 years. Probably buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver.
From newspaper obituary (1935)
William D. Cesscord Died in Vancouver
(Special to The Daily Gleaner)
Harvey Station, Nov 7 -- Miss Ida Pollock has just received the sad news of the sudden death of her uncle William David Cessford, Vancouver. The late Mr Cessford was born at Harvey Station on November 23, 1866, son of the late John and Margaret Cessford. He left for Western Canada 48 years ago and since that time had been engaged in the lumbering business in British Columbia. Surviving are two brothers John Albert, Vancouver and Thomas at Harvey. Mrs Joseph Pollock his only sister predeceased him seven years ago. At the time Miss Ida Pollock was the guest of her uncle in September he was apparently in good health. Many friends in Harvey will regret to learn of his passing.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
48. John "Albert" Cessford
Son of John "Jack" Cessford & Margaret Grieve. Born Approx 1867 in Harvey. Died 21 May 1939 in St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC. Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver.
Not married, died in Vancouver 21 May 1939 at age of 72. Lived in Princeton, BC, before moving to Vancouver around 1932.
Albert was living in Princeton, BC at age 34 and age 58. At the time of his death he was living at the Almer Hotel, Vancouver, BC.
From newspaper obituary (1939)
CESSFORD -- Passed away May 21, 1939, in St. Paul's Hospital, Albert Cessford, aged 72 years. Late of the Almer Hotel. Remains are resting at the chapel of G. W. Hamilton Undertaking Co. Funeral will be held Thurs., May 25, at 4 o'clock from the chapel of G. W. Hamilton Undertaking Co., Kingsway and Main at 7th Ave., Rev. G. H. Hamilton officiating. Interment lawn section, Mountain View Cemetery.
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
49. Eleanor Jane "Ellen" Cessford
Daughter of John "Jack" Cessford & Margaret Grieve. Born 24 Oct 1869 in Harvey. Died 9 Nov 1928 in Harvey. Buried in Acton Cemetery.
Lived in the Harvey area and had two children: Ida and Mildred.
From newspaper obituary (1928)
Mrs Joseph Pollock
Harvey Station, Nov. 14 -- The death of Mrs Joseph Pollock occurred at her home here on Friday evening, after a very brief illness. Deceased was formerly Miss Eleanor Cessford, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Cessford of Harvey. She was 59 years of age. She leaves one daughter, Miss Ida, at home, and two grandchildren. Three brothers also survive, William and Albert Cessford, of British Columbia, and Thomas Cessford of Harvey. The funeral was conducted by Rev. G. A. Knight of Knox Presbyterian Church.
She married John Joseph "Joe" Pollock, son of John Pollock & Harriett "Hattie" Davis, 31 Dec 1895 in St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Fredericton, NB . Born 9 Aug 1869 in Acton, NB. Died 1953 in Harvey. Buried in Acton Cemetery.
Joe and Ellen lived in Harvey. They were living at Magaguadavic Siding in 1901 (Census).
They had the following children:
186 i. Ida M. Pollock
187 ii. Mildred Alma Pollock
Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)
Third Immigrant Generation
50. Thomas "Tommy" Cessford
Son of John "Jack" Cessford & Margaret Grieve. Born 18 Jun 1871 in Harvey. Died 5 Mar 1959 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer.
Tommy and Alma lived on Lot 8, second tier, on the Patterson Road in Harvey. No children
He married Alma Victoria Little, daughter of Thomas Herbert Little & Margaret "Isabel" Embleton, 23 Oct 1901 in York Co., NB. Born 3 Mar 1874 in Harvey. Died 19 Jan 1948 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.
From newspaper obituary - 1948:
Mrs Thomas Cessford
Jan 19 -- The community was shocked to learn of the death of Mrs Thomas Cessford, which occurred at her home this morning. While eating breakfast, she suffered a heart attack and died instantly. Deceased, who before her marriage was Miss Alma Little, a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas Little of Coburn, is survived by her husband, two sisters; Mrs George Embleton and Miss Elizabeth Little of Coburn; two brothers, David Little of Coburn and Harry Little of Harvey Station and one nephew, Harold Embleton, Wilmot, NB.
The funeral service will be held from her late home tomorrow with service by Rev. W. E. Aitken and burial in Harvey Cemetery.
Index
Cessford, Adeline, spouse of 35
Cessford, Eleanor Jane "Ellen" 49
Cessford, John "Jack", spouse of 9
Cessford, John Thomas "Tom" 180
Cessford, Margaret Jane "Peggy" 185
Cessford, Robert James "Bob" 184
Cessford, William Wallace "Bill" 181
Coburn, Charlotte Isabella "Belle", spouse of 15
Cunliffe, Margaret Jane, spouse of 2
Davis, Adaline "Blanche", spouse of 18
Garnett, Edward Thomas "Ned", spouse of 26
Garnett, Gertrude Alice "Gertta" 122
Grant, Alexander William, spouse of 24
Grant, George Robert "Dod" 108
Grant, Jessie Ellen "Ella" 109
Grant, John Allison Pawson "Al" 114
Grant, Kenneth Henry "Hiram" 110
Grant, Margaret Jane "Peg" 106
Grant, William Alexander "Bill" 111
Grieve, Alice Bertha "Bertie" 68
Grieve, Ann Nesbitt "Annie" 24
Grieve, Annie Estella "Stella" 70
Grieve, Charlotte Lavilla "Villa" 59
Grieve, Eliza Jeanette "Lila" 117
Grieve, Elizabeth Florence "Flossie" 55
Grieve, Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" 30
Grieve, Ellenor Alice "Ellen" 26
Grieve, George Alexander Smith 14
Grieve, George Berkeley 131
Grieve, George Thomas "Berkeley" 29
Grieve, Henry "Harry" 160
Grieve, John "Oswald" Coburn 69
Grieve, Joseph Wesley "Joe" 18
Grieve, Kenneth Joseph Alexander 80
Grieve, Margaret Ann "Annie" 43
Grieve, Margaret Nesbitt "Maggie" 158
Grieve, Mary Elizabeth "Liz" 86
Grieve, Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" 67
Grieve, Percival Roy "Percy" 61
Grieve, Robert Piercy "Bob" 17
Grieve, William George Herbert "Bert" 116
Grieve, William Isaac "Bill" 84
Grieve, William Lewis "Willie" 62
Jones, Frederick William Alexander 134
Jones, Hazel Alice Marguerite 137
Jones, Mary Elizabeth Mabel "Bessie" 133
Little, Alma Victoria, spouse of 50
Loggie, Irene "Marjorie", spouse of 41
McLaughlin, Emma J., spouse of 39
Parkin, Ann Elizabeth "Annie", spouse of 25
Parkin, Isaac "Ike", spouse of 43
Parkin, William "Henry" Berkett 170
Pass, Anne "Annie", spouse of 13
Pass, Harriett "Hattie", spouse of 14
Piercy, Agnes Margaret "Maggie" 148
Piercy, Alfred Warden "Ward" 128
Piercy, George Martin "Dodd" 124
Piercy, Henry "Harry", spouse of 27
Piercy, Isabella "Belle", spouse of 46
Piercy, Samuel Johnson, spouse of 34
Pinnington, Clarice "Clarrie", spouse of 40
Pollock, John Joseph "Joe", spouse of 49
Robertson, Mary Anne, spouse of 29
Robison, Isabelle "Belle", spouse of 17
Swan, Elizabeth Jane Lillian "Lillie" 146
Swan, Henry "Harry", spouse of 31
Swan, James Robert "Jimmie" 144
Swan, Josie "Carrie" Bailey 147
Swan, Mary Alice Winnifred 142
Turnbull, Eleanor, spouse of 1