Descendants
Peregrine Maitland Grover

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Co  d: March 07, 1914 
............  +William Carter Deane b: 1838 in Galt m: December 26, 1864 in Cobourg, Ontario d: Bef 1882 Father: William Deane Mother: Elizabeth
................... 3   George B. Deane b: 1866   
........  *2nd Husband of Alice Georgina Grover:     
............  +Ira Blanchard Thayer b: January 07, 1843 in Brighton, Upper Canada m: October 10, 1882 in Colborne, Ontario d: September 22, 1926 Father: Nathaniel Thayer Mother: Frances Drewry
........ 2   Emily Gertrude Grover b: March 10, 1846 in Colborne Village,Cramahe Twp Northumberland Co   
............  +Arthur Bennett Cheffins b: February 02, 1852 in London, England m: December 06, 1877 in Probably Colborne ON d: 1912 Father: George Alfred Cheffins Mother: Emma
................... 3   Florence E. Cheffins b: September 13, 1880 in Ontario  d: in died in Richmond, BC 
.......................  +Rounding    :
................... 3   Ada Maude Cheffins b: October 09, 1882 in Ontario  d: 1964 
.......................  +Charles Newman-Jones b: 1880  d: 1924
.............................. 4   Eric Newman-Jones b: 1914  d: 1951 
..................................  +Evelyn MacIlreath Walker b: 1908  d: 1999
................... 3   John E. Cheffins b: January 21, 1885 in Ontario   
........ 2   Maud Grant Grover b: December 26, 1852  d: July 31, 1872 
............  +William Sydney  L. Smith  m: September 06, 1871 in Colbourne, ON 

Descendants of Peregrine Maitland Grover
       
1   Peregrine Maitland Grover  b: October 17, 1817 in Grafton, Haldimand Twp, Northumberland Co  d: May 28, 1885 in Norwood, Burial:  St. Andrew's United Church Cemetery, Grafton Ont 
.  +Harriet Maria Keeler b: February 28, 1822 in Colborne, Northumberland Co. m: April 04, 1846 in Rochester NY, USA d: December 29, 1901 in Norwood Asphodel Twp, Peterborough Co. buried St Andrews Church cemetery Grafton Father: Joseph Keeler Mother: Nancy
Peregrine Grover known as "P.M." was educated at Upper Canada College.
bout 1842, he settled in the young town of Peterborough where he entered into partnership with James Foley, who, a short time later, became his brother-in-law. The firm of Grover & Foley, originally a real "general" store, included a Lumber-yard, a similar branch of the business in the hamlet of Keene as well as the small store of James Foley, located in Norwood, which had been opened in 1837.
He was part of a group that systematic planned and surveyed the establishment of the village of Norwood.
He was a Warden of Peterbrough and a Director of Canada West Farmer's Mutual & Stock Insurance Co. In 1867 too, Mr. Grover became Conservative candidate for Federal government of new Dominion of Canada and won a seat in the First Parliament.

Children of Peregrine and Harriet (Keeler) Grover
........ 2   Thomas J.  Maitland Grover b: May 09, 1847 in Norwood, Cramahe twp , Northumberland Co. Upper Canada  d: May 26, 1909 in buried Norwood- Ashodel Cemetery Ashodel Twp. Peterborough Co. ON 
............  +Charlotte Isobel Farrar b: May 13, 1857 in in Wales, GB m: September 01, 1881 in St Michael's Church, Westwood, ON d: February 03, 1904 in buried cemetery con8 lot18 Norwood, Asphodel Twp Peterborough Co. Father: M. A Farrar Mother:
................... 3   Peregrine Maitland Grover b: July 23, 1882  d: September 11, 1946 in Norwood- Ashodel Cemetery Ashodel Twp. Peterborough Co. ON 
.......................  +Mary Turner Chaplin b: September 1878 m: June 17, 1908 d: October 22, 1957 in or Sept 4 1911 Norwood Asphodel Twp, Peterborough Co. Father: Mother:
................... 3   Trevor Michael Grover b: September 29, 1885  d: January 1975 
................... 3   Percy C. Grover b: September 25, 1886  d: September 25, 1939 
................... 3   George Guy Grover b: October 11, 1889   
.......................  +Kathleen W. Thompson b: March 23, 1891 m: 1912 d: April 11, 1982
................... 3   Jasper Keeler Grover b: June 16, 1894 in Norwood, ON  d: October 11, 1965 
.......................  +Geraldine Huggard b: in Toronto, ON m: May 24, 1921 in St Basils Church, Toronto On  Father: John Huggard Mother: Mary DeGray
................... 3   Helena Louise Grover b: July 17, 1886  d: January 19, 1989 
........ 2   George Alexander Grover b: October 28, 1849 in Grafton, Northumberland Co. ON  d: November 11, 1897 in London, England 
............  +Helena Louise Irwin b: February 22, 1860 in Dunkirk, NY m: June 02, 1880 in Toronto, ON d: September 08, 1936 in Norwood, ON Father: Charles Kilpatrick Iwin Mother: Eliza
................... 3   George Alexander Grover b: April 18, 1881 in Hamilton ON  d: June 25, 1940 in Toronto, ON 
.......................  +Vida Isabel Harris b: March 30, 1895 in Campbellford, ON m: May 28, 1928 in Toronto, ON d: June 24, 1951 in Toronto, ON
................... 3   Child Grover b: March 05, 1884  d: March 05, 1884 in lived for 10 hours 
................... 3   John Erwin Grover b: February 18, 1886  d: 1963 
........ 2   Mary Ann Keeler Grover b: July 08, 1853 in Norwood, Ashodel Twp. Peterborough Co  d: August 28, 1920 in Georgina, Ontario 
............  +John Gibson b: July 18, 1851 m: Abt 1875 in Georgina Twp., York Ont.  Mother: Elizabeth

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