GRAVILL Chart 0300

This is a Chart for Richard Thomas Gravill and Alice Hunsley

married
 December quarter
1894
  Thorne district, Lincolnshire/
Yorkshire 
1
RICHARD THOMAS GRAVILL
born about
 September quarter
1870 
 Elsworth, Lincolnshire
occupation
1901 Horseman on Farm, 
1910 Farm Labourer, 1911 Farm Foreman
1914 Farmer (occupation stated on Empress of Ireland)
emigrated
from
Liverpool
1914
  on 
 Empress of Ireland  
to
  Nova Scotia
arriving
28th March 1914
  and thence to
 Ontario Canada
died about
March 1944
Norwich, Ontario
 Canada
buried
Norwich Cemetery
Ontario, Canada		 2
ALICE HUNSLEY
born
1875
Hunston, Lincolnshire
or
 Anston, Yorkshire
  (1911)
  (registration not found)
emigrated
from
Liverpool
1914
  on 
 Empress of Ireland  
to
  Nova Scotia
arriving
28th March 1914
 and thence to
 Ontario Canada
died about
1960
Canada
Age 86
buried
Norwich Cemetery
Ontario, Canada
3
Clara
GRAVILL 
born about
 June quarter
1896
Rotherham, Yorkshire
occupation
1914 Domestic
 (occupation stated on Empress of Ireland)
1924
Household Duties
(at marriage)
emigrated
from
Liverpool
1914
  on 
 Empress of Ireland  
to
  Nova Scotia
arriving
28th March 1914
  and thence to
 Ontario Canada

married
29th July 1924
Woodstock?
County of Oxford
Ontario
Canada
witnesses
Chas A
HUTCHINSON
Olive
GRAVILL
Alexander
William
McLEOD
born about
1891
County of Glengarry
Ontario
Canada
occupation
1924
Vetinary
Surgeon 		4
William Joseph 
GRAVILL
born about
 March quarter
1898
 Thorpe Hesby
Yorkshire
occupation
1911 Horseman on Farm
1914 Farm Labourer
(occupation stated on Empress of Ireland)
emigrated
from
Liverpool
1914
  on 
 Empress of Ireland  
to
  Nova Scotia
arriving
28th March 1914
  and thence to
 Ontario Canada

married
Eva Rose
DOMINEY
born
4th February 1910
Ingersoll
Oxford
Ontario
Canada 		5
Arthur Thomas 
GRAVILL
born about
 December quarter
1903
Spotboro, Yorkshire
occupation
1923
Farmer
emigrated
from
Liverpool
1914
  on 
 Empress of Ireland  
to
  Nova Scotia
arriving
28th March 1914
  and thence to
 Ontario Canada
possibly
died
 19th April 1961
 Drumbo
Ontario, Canada


married(1)
8th December 1923
Woodstock?
Ontario
Canada
witnesses
Miss Olive GRAVILL
George HAMILTON
Gertrude
Jessie
HAMILTON
born about
31st January 
1897
occupation
1923
Home Duties
possibly died
 11th October 1933 
 Drumbo
Ontario, Canada

married(2)
 May 1935
 Viola Mae 
PECKHAM
born
13th August 1914 
 Harley, Ontario
 Canada
 died
 5th June 1981
 Woodstock, Ontario Canada 		6
Olive
GRAVILL
born about
March quarter
1905
Spotboro, Yorkshire
emigrated
from
Liverpool
1914
  on 
 Empress of Ireland  
to
  Nova Scotia
arriving
28th March 1914
  and thence to
 Ontario Canada
 7
Alice Winifred
GRAVILL
born about
September
quarter
1906
Spotboro, Yorkshire
emigrated
from
Liverpool
 1914
  on 
 Empress of Ireland  
to
  Nova Scotia
arriving
28th March 1914
  and thence to
 Ontario Canada 		8
Thomas
GRAVILL
born about
September
quarter
1911
Doncaster district
Yorkshire
emigrated
from
Liverpool
 1914
  on 
 Empress of Ireland  
to
  Nova Scotia
arriving
28th March 1914
  and thence to
 Ontario Canada
  1. 1901 Toocrofts, Spotborough, Yorkshire as Richard Tom GRAVELL. Boarding with them was William GOODWORTH (23) Horseman on Farm born Leicestershire. RG13; Piece: 4407; Folio: 158; Page: 1.
    1910 Richard Thomas GRAVILL first went to Canada from Liverpool in 1910 on the "Lake Erie" arriving in St John, New Brunswick, Canada on 13th March 1910, he said his destination was Winnipeg, Manitoba and that he was a Farm Labourer
    1911 Spotbro, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Boarders were William VICKERS (23) born Wath, Yorkshire and Charles HIZZET
    (17) born Micklebergm Yorkshire both Horsemen on Farm
    1914 On the Empress of Ireland they are down as MAVILL on Ancestry.com, but GRAVILL when you look at it and the family and ages match exactly what we have.
    1924 RR1, Norwich Ontario (address given by Olive GRAVILL, the bridesmaid and given as home of brides father.
    Information from Barrie HUNSLEY 11/1/2007
    In 1909 Thomas GRAVILL first came to Canada to seek a new home for his family. He went to Whitehorse in the Yukon, but, because of the cold conditions and the poor farming in that area he returned to Sproboro, England.
    His dream of returning to Canada to buy his own farm, however, did not die.
    In 1914, at the age of 44, Richard Thomas GRAVILL again journeyed to Canada bringing with him this time his wife Alice GRAVILL (HUNSLEY) and his six children: Clara, William, Arthur, Olive, Alice and Thomas.
    They boarded the Empress of Ireland and were eight of the463 passengers who landed in Nova Scotia. The family then travelled by train to Woodstock, Ontario. There, Thomas found temporary employment to support his large family. Eventually he rented a farm from Mr. William WARING for $1.00 a day. The GRAVILLs rented a small cottage to house their growing family. Clara, the eldest daughter, went out to work in the are to help supplement the family's income. Clara was only 15 at the time.
    In 1916 Thomas purchased his own farm from Frank CLARE. This new farm was actually a house with a few acres of farmland and a barn. In 1919 Thomas purchased two more acres from Frank CLARE, This property was on the North part of the 6th Concessions, Lot 19 in the Township of Norwich, County Oxford.
    Richard Thomas and his family depended on this land for both their income and livelihood. Upon his death at the age of 74 in 1944, his wife, Alice GRAVILL moved to Ingersoll, Ontario to be near some of her children. She died in 1960 at the age of 86. Both are buried in Norwich Cemetery.
    One hundred years after the birth of Richard Thomas GRAVILL, the writer Brent James GRAVILLE was born (1970)
  2. 1881 Crowle, Lincolnshire, living with her grandmother, Mary WHEATON
    1891 The only Alice HUNSLEY found on the 1891 census is 18 (so birth around 1873 not 1875 as we  have it from the 1881 census). She is shown as being born in Scottter, Lincolnshire. She is a Nurse Domestic at Cods Hill Grammar School, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. We are not sure if this is the correct Alice. 
    1901 Toocrofts, Sroptborough, Yorkshire (birth place as Anston) as GRAVELL. Boarding with them was William GOODWORTH (23) Horseman on Farm born  Leicestershire. RG13; Piece: 4407; Folio: 158; Page: 1.
    1911 Spotbro, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Boarders were William VICKERS (23) born Wath, Yorkshire and Charles HIZZET (17) born Micklebergm Yorkshire both Horsemen on Farm
    1924 RR1, Norwich Ontario (address given by Olive GRAVILL, the bridesmaid and given as home of brides father.
    On the 1911 census Alice said she had had 5 children all surviving which means that Thomas was born after 1911
  3. 1901 Toocrofts, Sroptborough, Yorkshire as GRAVELL. Boarding with them was William GOODWORTH (23) Horseman on Farm born Leicestershire RG13; Piece: 4407; Folio: 158; Page: 1.
    1911 Not found
    1924 South Norwich, County of Oxford, Ontario, Canada (at marriage) Father down as Richard T GRAVILL and mother as Alice HUNSLEY. Clara is down as a Methodist (both the bride and bridegroom can read and write and the Brides father is down as being born in Epworth, England.
    Information for Alexander William McLEOD
    1924 Alexandiene, County of Glengarry, Ontario, Canada (at marriage) Alexander was a widower. He is down as being 33 years old. His father was Duncan M McLEOD and his his mother Bella CLARK. Alexander is down as Presbyterian. The Bridegrooms father Duncan is down as being born in McCrummon, Ontario, Canada.
    The witnesses Olive GRAVILL gives her fathers and therefore Clara address which was RR1 Norwich, Ontario, Canada the other witness Chas A HUTCHINSON give his address as 397 Talbot Street, London, Ontario, Canada
  4. 1901 Toocrofts, Sroptborough, Yorkshire as GRAVELL. Boarding with them was William GOODWORTH (23) Horseman on Farm born Leicestershire
    RG13; Piece: 4407; Folio: 158; Page: 1.
    1911 Spotbro, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Boarders were William VICKERS (23) born Wath, Yorkshire and Charles HIZZET (17) born Micklebergm Yorkshire both Horsemen on Farm
    There is a death of a Ralph Dominey GRAVILL on 24th June 1932 he was born on the 23rd June 1932 and lived for 16 hours. The reason for death is given as difficult labour. His father is given as William Joseph GRAVILL born Yorkshire and his mothers name including her maiden name is given as Eva Rose DOMINEY and her birth place is give as Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada. Ralph was buried on the 25th June 1932 at Tissonourg?, Ontario
    Information for Eva Rose DOMINEY
    Eva Rose DOMINEY was born on 4th February 1910, Oxford, Ontarion Canada, Her parents were Ralph Edward DOMINEY a Machinist and Ella Catherine FISHER who were married on 19th November 1909 in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada.
  5. 1911 Spotbro, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Boarders were William VICKERS (23) born Wath, Yorkshire and Charles HIZZET (17) born Micklebergm Yorkshire both Horsemen on Farm
    1923  East Goner?, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, (address at marriage) Address of witnesses Olive GRAVIL is down as Norwich Ontario, Canada and George HAMILTON is down as Bright, Ontario, Canada
    Information for Gertrude HAMILTON
    Father William HAMILTON, mother Jessie MILBURN
  6. 1911 Spotbro, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Boarders were William VICKERS (23) born Wath, Yorkshire and Charles HIZZET
    1923 Norwich, Ontario, Canada
    1924 RR1, Norwich Ontario (address given by Olive GRAVILL, the bridesmaid and given as home of brides father.
    There was a query about the birth date of Alice but on the 1911 Census she is shown as Alice W, bearing in mind that Thomas was born in the Doncaster area in 1911 with the mother given as HUNSLEY I am sure the birth I have now is the correct one. Spotbro is in the Doncaster area of Yorkshire.
  7. 1911 Spotbro, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Boarders were William VICKERS (23) born Wath, Yorkshire and Charles HIZZET
    There was a query about the birth date of Alice but on the 1911 Census she is shown as Alice W, bearing in mind that Thomas was born in the Doncaster area in 1911 with the mother given as HUNSLEY I am sure the birth I have now is the correct one. Spotbro is in the Doncaster area of Yorkshire.
  8. The birth date we have is only approximate
    There was a query about the birth date of Thomas but I have found the correct one on the BMD as the mother's maiden name is shown and it is HUNSLEY

    The following information was found on a family tree on Ancestry.com, I have added the information it contains to the chart above. I have not been able to verify it.
    Gladys Olive GRAVILL (parents Arthur GAVILL and Gertrude Jessie HAMILTON) born 22nd December 1924 Marlett Michigan, USA died 23rd May 1992 Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It shows that they had three other children names not shown as they are down as living. Arthur GRAVILL is shown as being born 19th July 1901 in Yorkshire, England and death 19th April 1961 in Drumbo, Ontario, Canada, his wife is shown as being born on 31st January 1897 in Ratho, Ontario, Canada and death 11th October 1933 in Drumbo, Ontario, Canada. Continuing from that Richard Thomas GRAVILL's death is shon in March 1944 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada and his wife death is shown as 1960 (no place given. It appears that Arthur GRAVILL married again in May 1935 to Viola Mae PECKHAM who was born on 13th August 1914 in Harley, Ontario, Canada and died on 5th June 1981 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

    There are several HUNSLEY marriages in the Woodstock, Oxford Ontario Canada area so I would think that Alice had relations which is why they went to Canada, none of them seem to be her siblings.

    The following Obituary can be found on Ancestry.com. I believe this all relates to the family of Arthur Thomas GRAVILL (note 5 above) I think the Robet "Bob" Thomas GRAVILL was a son of Arthur Thomas GRAVILL
    Obituaries - Feb. 28, 2009
    GRAVILL, Robert "Bob" Thomas - Passed away on Friday, February 27, 2009 at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener in his 80th year. Beloved husband of Edith (Strickler) whom he married, sixty years ago on February 12, 1949. Loving father of Larry Gravill and his wife Deborah of New Hamburg, Carol and her husband Brian Sararus of New Dundee, Sheri and her husband Wayne Galer of Dundas, Jane and her husband Grant Movold of Caledon. He will be sadly missed by his ten grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Will also be missed by brother, Don Gravill and wife Barbara of Cambridge; sister, Vera and her husband Mark Kirby of Drumbo, sister, Margaret and her husband Jack Kipp of Princeton. Predeceased by sisters, Lorna, Grace and Gladys. Family and friends are invited to attend a funeral service at Willis United Church, Drumbo on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 11 a.m., followed by a time of fellowship at the Drumbo Agricultural Hall. Rev. Eloi Gunn will be officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Willis United Church would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Glendinning Funeral Home , Plattsville. 519-684-7409

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