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Descendents of William Grieve (5 Feb 1799 - ca 1875)
and Eleanor Turnbull (18 Sep 1794 - 18 Oct 1860)


Third Immigrant Generation
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23. William Henry Grieve . Son of George Grieve & Jane Nesbitt. Born 4 Dec 1854 in Harvey. Died 2 May 1933 in Sandwick, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Farmer.

    From BC Vital Stats:   Died 2 May 1933, age 78, Sandwick, BC.

    William was a farmer, he farmed part of his father's land.   He was the first president of Comox Creamery Co-operative Association which held its first meeting on the 12th of March 1901.

    He married Agnes Piercy, daughter of Matthew Piercy & Agnes Moffitt, 20 Feb 1909 in Sandwick, BC. Born 21 Jul 1863 in Harvey, NB. Died 9 Jan 1936 in Courtenay, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery.

    Agnes was first married to John Reverly Berkeley, who died in 1903, leaving Agnes with eight children, the youngest only six months old.

 

    Notes from "Piercy - A Family Tree 1814-1979":

    Agnes and John Berkeley had four sons and four daughters.   They had a farm on the Lake Trail, bounded on the railway track and what is known as Johnston Street now.   He also owned the property on the corner of 5th Street and Cliffe Avenue where the old Bank of Commerce was built.

    After John's death, Agnes married William Grieve in 1909.

    (BC Archives has Agnes' death date 13 Jan 1934, age 70.)