Nellie Grace

Brief Life History of Nellie

When Nellie Grace was born on 18 April 1896, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Henry Grace, was 25 and her mother, Susannah Bradley, was 24. She married Selwyn James Davis in December 1914, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Handsworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. She died on 5 March 1993, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 96.

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Family Time Line

Selwyn James Davis
1895–1977
Nellie Grace
1896–1993
Marriage: December 1914
Derek Selwyn Davis
1929–1991

Sources (7)

  • Nellie Grace in household of William Henry Grace, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Nellie Grace, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Grace, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

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World Events (8)

1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers

The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1924

First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Old French cras, gras ‘fat, big’ (from Latin crassus, Anglo-Latin grassus).

English: topographic name from Middle English gras ‘grass, pasture’ (Old English græs), for someone who lived near an area of grassland.

Scottish: in some instances, probably a variant of Gracey .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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