Brief Life History of John
When John Grover Jr. was born on 14 May 1863, in Burghfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Grover, was 38 and his mother, Lucy Allen, was 35. He married Alice Fitchett about February 1888. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 16 May 1944, in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81, and was buried in Reading, Sycamore Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
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- John Junr Grover in household of Thomas Allen, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- John Grover, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Alice Fitchett in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.
North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.
Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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