Harold Melville Grove

Male26 October 1917–1 June 1980

Brief Life History of Harold Melville

When Harold Melville Grove was born on 26 October 1917, in Nottoway, Virginia, United States, his father, Ernest M Grove, was 27 and his mother, Edna Elizabeth Michael, was 22. He lived in Crewe, Nottoway, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Winningham District, Nottoway, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 1 June 1980, at the age of 62, and was buried in Wards Chapel Cemetery, Crewe, Nottoway, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ernest M Grove
1890–1948
Edna Elizabeth Michael
1895–1973
Ernest George Grove
1915–1976
Harold Melville Grove
1917–1980

Sources (8)

  • Harold M Grove in household of Earnest M Grove, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Harold Melville Grove, "Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • Harold M Grove, "Find A Grave Index"

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Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

Age 1

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 2

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1935 · The FBI is Established

Age 18

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a grove or thicket, from Middle English grove, Old English grāf, or a habitational name from any of various places so named.

English (of French Huguenot origin): Anglicized form of French Le Groux (see Groux ) or Le Greux.

German: northern variant of Grob .

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

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