Eleanor (Lowry) Groves (1866 - 1943)

Born 26 Oct 1866 in Ontario

Ancestors

Wife of John Wesley Groves — married 8 May 1889 in Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

Died 20 Jun 1943 at age 76 in Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Eleanor was the daughter of Robert Lowry and Isabella Moorhead

The family was found in the 1871 Canada Census in Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario.^[1]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Robert Lowry Male 47 Ireland
• Isabella Lowry Female 42 Ireland
• Mary Jane Lowry Female 15 Ireland
• Susannah Lowry Female 13 O
• Ellen Lowry Female 5 O
• Nancy Lowry Female 3 O

The family was found in the 1881 Canada Census in Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario.^[2]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Robert Lowry, Male, 57, Ireland, Presb, Irish, Farmer, Married
• Isabella Lowry, Female, 50, Ontario, Presb, Irish, Married
• Susanna Lowry, Female, 22, Ontario, Presb, Irish, Single
• Ellen Lowry, Female, 15, Ontario, Presb, Irish, Single
• Nancy Lowry, Female, 12, Ontario, Presb, Irish, Single
• Henry Findley, Male, 12, Ontario, Presb, Irish, Single

She married John Wesley Groves in 1889 in Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario^[3]

Children:

1. Mamie Evelyn, b. 1890 married Victor Mccord.
2. Daughter, b. 1899^[4]

The family was found in the 1901 Canada Census in Lanark, Ontario.^[5][6]The household was enumerated as follows:

• John W. Groves Head Male 33 Ontario, born 1867
• Eleanor Groves Wife Female 34 Ontario, born 1866
• Mamie E. Groves Daughter Female 10 Ontario, born 1991
• Robert Lowry Father-in-law Male 77 Ontario, born 1824, Feb

The family was found in the 1911 Canada Census.^[7]The household was enumerated as follows:

• John W Groves Head Male 44 Ontario
• Eleanor Groves Wife Female 45 Ontario
• Mamie Groves Daughter Female 21 Ontario

She passed away in 1943 and was interred in the Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QV-LVL : 24 October 2018), Robert Lowry, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
2. ↑ 1881 Canada Collections for Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=img&id=e008171380)
3. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMVW-BQ2 : 11 March 2018), John Wesley Groves and Eleanor Lowry, 08 May 1889; citing registration , Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,223.
4. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ1H-WVT : 10 August 2017), Eleanor Lowry in entry for Groves, 12 Mar 1899; citing Birth, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,021,631.
5. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLZ-95K : 16 December 2019), Eleanor Groves in household of John W. Groves, Lanark (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 3, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
6. ↑ 1901 Canada Collections for Lanark, Ontario (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=img&id=z000076259 : 19 July 2023)
7. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9R-TWSL : 16 March 2018), Mamie Groves in entry for John W Groves, 1911; citing Census, Carleton Sub-Districts 1-41, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,693.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #180209967 : accessed 15 May 2020), memorial page for Elinor Lowrey Groves (26 Oct 1866–20 Jun 1943), citing Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Phil Wilkinson (contributor 49009903) .