Rev. 20 July 2006, Gen. 943
DESCENDANTS OF JONATHAN GREAVES AND SUSANNA ------ OF ACCRINGTON AND MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND
GENERATION 1
Jonathan Greaves (1) was born about 1800 in Accrington, Lancashire, England. He married Susanna ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1800 in Garstang, Lancashire. They were in the 1841 census for Manchester, Lancs, and in the 1851 census for Old Accrington, Lancs, with daughter Sarah and grandsons Wallace and George in their household. In 1841 he was a block cutter, and a roller coverer in 1851. Both their children were born in Accrington, Lancashire.
Children – Greaves
+2. George Greaves, b.c. 1820, m. Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
3. Sarah Greaves, b.c. 1827.
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF JONATHAN GREAVES (1) AND SUSANNA ------
George Greaves (2) was born about 1820 in Accrington,
Lancashire. He married Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1823 in Croston,
Lancashire. They were in the 1851
census for Whalley, Lancashire, 97 Bank St., when he was a currier employing 11
men, with no children living with them (they were with their
grandparents). They were in the 1861
census for Salford, Lancashire, 59 Regent Rd., and he was a manufacturing
chemist.
Children – Greaves
+4. Wallace McG. Greaves, b.c. 1846, m. Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
5. George H. Greaves, b.c. 1848 (Rochdale or Castleton, Lancs).
6. Sarah A. Greaves, b.c. 1852 (Burnley, Lancs).
7. James H. Greaves, b. 1853 (Burnley, Lancs), m. Matilda ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was b.c. 1859 in Dukinfield, Cheshire. They were in the 1891 census for Dukinfield, and his occupation was listed as tool, boiler, and drysalter.
8. William C. Greaves, b.c. 1854 (Burnley, Lancs).
+9. Joseph A. Greaves, b.c. 1857, m. Emma G. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
10. Elizabeth S. (or J.) Greaves, b.c. 1861 (Salford, Lancs).
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF GEORGE GREAVES (2) AND ELIZABETH ------
Wallace McG. Greaves (4) was born about 1846 in Rochdale[1],
Lancashire. He married Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
probably about 1869. She was born about
1841 in Blackburn, Lancashire. She
must have been a widow, since the 1871 census showed one step-daughter, Maud
Mary Critchley, 5, born in Blackburn, living with them. They were in the 1871
census for Blackburn, Lancashire. They
were in the 1881 census at 199 Upper Brook St., and in the 1891 census at 40 Dover
St., both in Chorlton on Medlock, Lancashire.
He was listed as a drysalter in 1871 in 1881. (A drysalter is someone who sells dried or salted foods and other
goods, and chemicals, especially those used in pickling, slating and
preserving.) In 1891, he was listed as
an engineer and furnace maker, and she was listed as a hotel and pub
proprietor. His first 3 children were
born in Blackburn, and the twins in Gorton or Reddish, Lancashire.
Children – Greaves
11. Grace Greaves, b.c. 1870.
12. Bertha Greaves, b.c. 1872.
+13. Wallace Joseph Greaves, b.c. 1874, m. Jane Irving.
14. Elizabeth Greaves, b.c. 1877.
15. Mary (or May or Mathilda) Greaves, b.c. 1877.
Joseph A. Greaves (9) was born about 1857 in Salford,
Lancashire. He married Emma G. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1851 in Leicester, Leicestershire. She had a pparently been married before to a
Mr. Roberts, since the 1891 census for St. Margaret, Leicestershire, 12
Sherrard Rd., listed them with 4 step-children (George, Eliza, Emma and Flora
Roberts), and Joseph’s 3 children. His
first son was born in Widnes, Lancashire, and the next two in Leicester.
Children – Greaves
16. Joseph A. Greaves, b.c. 1881.
17. James W. Greaves, b.c. 1886.
18. Charles G. Greaves, b.c. 1890.
GENERATION 4
CHILDREN OF WALLACE M. GREAVES (4) AND ELIZABETH ------
Wallace Joseph Greaves (13) was born about 1874 in Blackburn,
Lancashire. He married Jane
Irving. (R‑1)
Children – Greaves
19. Bertha L. Greaves, b. 1913, m. Norman E. Tarbolton.
20. Jean G. Greaves, b. 1914, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Carnague.
21. Betty Greaves
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