Rev. 9 April 2001, Gen. 154
DESCENDANTS OF PARENTS OF THOMAS LEY GREAVES AND RICHARD C. GREAVES OF STAFFORDSHIRE & LEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND
GENERATION 1
------ Greaves (1) married ------. They apparently lived in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. This family was almost certainly descended from gen. 228, probably closely related to Thomas Ley Greaves of that genealogy, born 1780. (R-1)
Children - Greaves
+2. Thomas Ley Greaves, b. 1804, m. Mary Spencer, 18 June 1830, d. 1878.
+3. Richard C. Greaves, b.c. 1807, m. ------.
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF ------ GREAVES (1)
Thomas Ley Greaves (2) was born 1804 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and was buried 5 Dec. 1878 in Great Easton, Leicestershire, England. He married Mary Spencer on 18 June 1830 in St. Oswald, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. She was born in 1805 in Duffield, Derbyshire, was baptized 31 March 1805 in Duffield, Derby., died in March 1869 in Great Easton, Leics., and was buried 23 March 1869 in Great Easton. His religion was Church of England. The 1851 census listed Thomas as surgeon, L.A.C., London and village doctor, Great Easton, and Mary as wife of medical practitioner. All their children were born in Great Easton, Leics. (R-1)
Children - Greaves
4. Mary Amelia Greaves, b. 1 May 1836, bapt. 20 May 1836 (Great Easton, Leics.), d. 23 July 1884 (Great Easton, Leics.), bur. 26 July 1884 (Great Easton, Leics.).
5. Julia Sibella Greaves, b. 1841, bapt. 26 Feb. 1841 (Great Easton, Leics.), d. 4 Dec. 1856 (Great Easton, Leics.), bur. 13 Dec. 1856 (Great Easton, Leics.).
6. Edward Greaves, b. 1842, bapt. 27 Feb. 1842 (Grerat Easton, Leics.), d. 14 Dec. 1880 (Staffordshire), bur. 17 Dec. 1880 (Great Easton, Leics.).
7. William Greaves, b. 6 July 1843, bapt. 17 Aug. 1843 (Great Easton, Leics.), d. 30 Dec. 1874 (Great Easton, Leics.), bur. 5 Jan. 1875 (Great Easton, Leics.).
+8. Richard Thomas Greaves, b.c. 1845, m. Mary Elizabeth Holland.
9. Arthur Robert Greaves, b. 1846, d. 1846 (Great Easton, Leics.), bur. 15 Sept. 1846 (Great Easton, Leics.).
+10. John Arthur Robert Greaves, b. 1849, m. Sarah A. Holland.
Richard C. Greaves (3) was born about 1807 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. He married ------. He was listed in the 1851 census as an assistant surgeon, and in the 1881 census as a retired medical man. Both his children were born in Great Easton, Leicestershire. (R-1)
Children - Greaves
11. Harriet A. Greaves, b. Nov. 1834, d. 1900 (Great Easton, Leics.), bur. 1900 (Great Easton, Leics.).
12. Mabel A. Greaves, b.c. 1837.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF THOMAS L. GREAVES (2) AND MARY SPENCER
Richard Thomas Greaves (8) was born about 1845 and was baptized 28 Feb. 1845, both in Great Easton, Leics. He married Mary Elizabeth Holland. She was born in 1845 and was baptized 10 June 1845, both in Great Easton, Leics. His occupation was listed as gentleman on his son's birth certificate in 1869. (R-1)
Children - Greaves
+13. Richard Ley Greaves, b. 29 April 1869, m. Daisy Ethel Mitchell.
14. Edith M. Greaves, b.c. 1871 (Carlton (East Carlton?), Northamptonshire).
15. George R. Greaves, b.c. 1877 (East Carlton, Northamptonshire).
John Arthur Robert Greaves (10) was born in 1849 and baptized 24 Oct. 1849, both in Great Easton, Leics. He married Sarah A. Holland. She was born in 1850 in Great Easton, Leics. The 1881 census listed John's occupation as brewer. (R-1)
Children - Greaves
16. A. M. Greaves, b.c. 1880 (Chatham, Kent).
GENERATION 4
CHILDREN OF RICHARD T. GREAVES (8) AND MARY E. HOLLAND
Rev. Richard Ley Greaves (13) was born 29 April 1869 at Dyer St., Cirencester, Gloucestershire. He married Daisy Ethel Mitchell. She was born 1891, and was baptized 1 July 1891 in St. Hilda's, both in Hartlepool. (R-1)
Children - Greaves
17. Mary Ethel Greaves, b. 15 Feb. 1913, m. Alexander Sasha Ivanoff, d. 5 Nov. 1994 (Greenwich, CT, USA?). She belonged to the church of England, and was head of her own private school in Luton until marriage in the 1960's. Alexander was b. 24 Dec. 1906 in (White) Russia, and d. Dec. 1980 in Greenwich, CT, USA?). He was manager for Tyler's, a large U.S. company dealing in piping.
18. John Ley Greaves, m. Margaret ------.
19. Michael Edward Cyril Greaves, b.c. 1915, m. Margaret Grimes, 1942, d.c. 1980 (Letchworth, Herts.).
20. Frances Lewis Greaves, m. Phyllis Warren.
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