Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

James Broadfoot Grieve

Male 1890 - 1953  (62 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name James Broadfoot Grieve 
    Born 4 Oct 1890  Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230938246 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-232736 
    Died 21 Jan 1953  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I232736  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Family Gladys Beryl Felker,   b. 1892,   d. 1985  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 1925 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F63660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James B. Grieve

      District Manager of the Confederation Life Insurance Company for the past 20 years, James R. Grieve, 62, of 78 King St. North, Waterloo, died Wednesday at his home. Mr. Grieve was born Oct. (4), 1890, in Eramosa Township, son of John Grieve and the late Mrs. Mary Grieve. His wife, the former Gladys B. Felker, whom he married in 1925, survives. Mr. Grieve was an elder of First United Church, Waterloo. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are five brothers, Thomas of Pasadena, Calif., George of Rockwood, William of Guelph, Robert of Strathroy and Angus of Timmins, and one sister, Mrs. S.J. Armstrong of Guelph. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. with interment ...

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record 22 Jan 1953

      _________

      Maj. J. B. Grieve Passes Aged 62

      A Kitchener Insurance executive, Major James Broadfoot Grieve, 62, died Wednesday in Kitchener, Well known in Ottawa, he was a cousin of S Rupert Broadfoot, QC, Mrs James Clemens and F/L Ross D. Fairbairn, of RCAF headquarters.

      The funeral will be held this afternoon Born in Speedvale Ont. Major Grieve was a son of former Reeve John Grieve, and the late Mrs. Grieve.
      His father survives, in addition to his widow, the former Gladys B. Felker of Fergus; five brothers and a sister.

      Mr. Grieve was a popular figure in Masonic, golfing and veterans organizations and was a devoted member of the United Church of Canada.

      In 1914 he recruited the 153rd Battalion (CEF) and took it overseas. Seconded to a British regiment, he served three years in France and two years with the Allied Reparations Commission in Germany.

      The Ottawa Citizen - 1953-01-24 - Page 8

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Oct 1890 - Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Jan 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth