Rev. 5 March 2001, Gen. 195

 

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS GRAVES AND SARAH MERRILLS

OF EAST RETFORD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND

 

 

GENERATION 1

 

Thomas Graves (1) was born in 1803 and died 29 Nov. 1842, both in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. The record of their marriage in the IGI spells his name as Greaves. He married Sarah Merrills on 1 June 1824 in East Retford. She was born 1799 or 1800 in Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, and died after 1881. (R-1, R-2)

Children - Graves

2. Thomas Graves

+3. Henry Graves, b. 10 Aug. 1936, m. Mary Ann Hopkinson, 10 Jan. 1864, d. 21 Dec. 1916.

4. daughter

5. daughter

6. child, died in childhood.

 

 

GENERATION 2

 

CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (1) AND SARAH MERRILLS

Henry Graves (3) was born 10 Aug. 1836 in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, and died 21 Dec. 1916 in Davis, Saskatchewan, Canada. He married Mary Ann Hopkinson, daughter of John Hopkinson and Ann Flay, on 10 Jan. 1864 in Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, England. She was born 1 May 1842 in Clerkenwell, and died 6 Sept. 1904 in Sheffield, England. Their first 3 children were born in Islington, London, England, the next two in Derby, England, the next in Masboro, Yorkshire, England, and the next in Sheffield, England. (R-2)

Children - Graves

7. Kate Marion Graves, b.c. Aug. 1865.

8. Charlotte Jane Graves, b.c. Feb. 1868.

+9. Francis Tom Graves, b. 30 April 1870, m(1) Katherine Goodfellow, m(2) Ellen Evra Harriet Palmer, 1905, d.c. 1957.

10. Harriet Elizabeth Graves (twin), b.c. Feb. 1873.

11. Francis Edmund Graves, b.c. Feb. 1873, d.c. Feb. 1873 (Derby, England).

+12. Francis Edmund Graves, b. 5 Nov. 1878, m. Elizabeth Ross Wilson, after 1918, d. 8 Nov. 1941.

+13. Minnie Bessie Graves, b.c. Aug. 1880, m. ------.

14. child (twin), died at birth.

15. child (twin), died at birth.

 

 

GENERATION 3

 

CHILDREN OF HENRY GRAVES (3) AND MARY A. HOPKINSON

Francis Tom Graves (9) was born 30 April 1870 in Islington, London, England, and died about 1957 in Colwyn Bay, Wales. He first married Katherine Goodfellow. She died in 1898. He married second Ellen Evra Harriet Palmer in 1905. She was born in Norwich, England, and died at 97 years of age. (R-2)

Children - Graves, by Katherine Goodfellow

+16. Katherine Francis Graves, b. 1898, m. James Buick.

Children - Graves, by Ellen E. H. Palmer

+17. Francis Lewis Graves, b. 17 Jan. 1906, m. ------.

+18. daughter, b. 1914, m. Victor Elton Puckett.

 

Francis Edmund Graves (12) was born 5 Nov. 1878 in Masboro, Yorkshire, England, and died 8 Nov. 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He married Elizabeth Ross Wilson, daughter of James Davidson Wilson and Ann Mitchell Wilson, after 1918. She was born about 1890 in Stonehaven, Scotland, and died about 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (R-2)

Children - Graves

+19. daughter, b. 1925, m. ------ Stuart, 1945.

20. daughter, b. 1925, m. ------ Tiller, 1945.

 

Minnie Bessie Graves (13) was born about Aug. 1880 in Sheffield, England. She married ------. (R-2)

Children - ------

21. child

22. child, b.c. 1913.

 

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