Birrell family tree » Robert Grieve (1851-1923)

Personal data Robert Grieve 

• He was born Dec 18 1851 in Middlesex Co., Westminster Twp., Ontario.Source 1
• He died Dec 04 1923 in Brandon, Manitoba, he was 72 years old.Source 2
• A child of John Bell Grieve and Mary Ogilvie

Household of Robert Grieve

He is married to Mary Jane Rinn.

They got married Dec 03 1873 at McKillop Township, Ontario, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mary Winnifred Grieve  1883-1976 
2. Thomas Richard Grieve  1887-1979 
3. Edith Augusta Grieve  1891-1963
4. Oliver Robert Grieve  1895-???? 

Notes about Robert Grieve

Robert and Mary Jane moved to Manitoba, leaving Seaforth, ON on Mar. 15, 1882 along with his brother Walter, Hiram Hannah and W. H. Galbraith. They travelled to Winnipeg and Emerson and then via the old Commission Trail to their homestead on E 1/2 4-5-24 at Lauder, MB. Mary Grieve was for more than a year, the only white woman in the district. The Grieves lived for a time in a small shanty which Mary made more presentable by papering the inside with Ontario newspapers. There were Indians passing by quite often and when Mary saw them coming, she would place a loaf of bread on the doorstep for them or give them a cup of salt. During the Riel Rebellion, some of the newspapers contained sketches of the Indians who were participating in or connected with the rebellion. One day when the Indians stopped at the door for their gift, they saw the sketches on the wall. They became very excited and ran to bring all the other Indians they could find and they all crowded into the shanty to look at them. (This must have been during the North West Rebellion of 1885 in what was later Saskatchewan).Robert and Mary obtained a second homestead, N.E. 32-5-24, about 1890 and lived there during the winters until the end of 1893/94 winter. In 1902 they built a large brick house on the old homestead. It was a replica of the old Grieve home in Seaforth, ON. In 1916, Robert bought lots 19, 20, 21, 22 in Block 1 in Lauder from Mr. B.H. Herron and the property remained in the family until purchased by John Ramsay in 1943.Robert was active in local affairs and in curling. He was a Councillor for several years while the area was in Winchester Municipality. He was a successful farmer, a Presbyterian and in politics, a Liberal. according to 1851 census he was one year old at the time of census. 1901 Census has birthday of 1852.

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