Brief Life History of Elizabeth McMichael
When Elizabeth McMichael Grieve was born on 11 March 1894, in McKillop Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada, her father, Thomas McMichael Grieve, was 27 and her mother, Margaret "Maggie" Chesney, was 29. She lived in Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died in 1985, at the age of 91, and was buried in Maitlandbank Cemetery, Seaforth, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
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- Bessie Grieve in household of Thomas Grieve, "Canada Census, 1911"
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World Events (6)
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English:
occupational name for a steward or estate manager, from Middle English greve ‘steward, farm bailiff, or principal officer of a town’ (Old Northumbrian English grǣfa). Compare Reeve and Sheriff . The name is characteristic of northeastern England and southern and southeastern Scotland.
alternatively, a variant of Grave . These words were originally distinct, but some confusion has occurred as a result of the close similarity in both form and meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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