Lucy Grice

Female6 April 1850–19 September 1969

Brief Life History of Lucy

Lucy Grice was born on 6 April 1850, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 19 September 1969, in Durban, EThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, at the age of 119.

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    World Events (3)

    1852

    Age 2

    Sand River Convention. Britain recognizes Transvaal as the independent Afrikaner South African Republic.

    1854 · The Crimean War

    Age 4

    The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

    1856

    Age 6

    Xhosa cattle sacrifices lead to famine.

    Name Meaning

    English (Midlands): from Middle English grice, grise ‘pig’ (Old Norse gríss), probably a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd.

    English: nickname for a gray-haired man, from Middle English grice, gris ‘gray’ (Old French gris, apparently of ancient Germanic origin, and probably a distant cognate of Gray 1).

    Possibly also an Americanized form of German Greis .

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

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