When William Grover was born about May 1792, in Shinfield, Berkshire, England, his father, Alexander Grover, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Palmer, was 44. He married Mary Ann Chamberlain on 17 November 1814, in Burghfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Sulhamstead Bannister, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1814 and Burghfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died on 4 May 1875, in Bradfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83, and was buried in Burghfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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