Lady Grace Vernon NICHOLSON, .1

Female 1836 - 1911  (74 years)


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  • Name Grace Vernon NICHOLSON 
    Prefix Lady 
    Suffix .1 
    Born 10 Dec 1836  Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 May 1911  Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 74y 4m 27d. COD: typho pneumonia 4 weeks, Heart failure. 417 Laurier Ave E. at time of death.
    Buried Beechwood Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Monument 48-18.
    Person ID I1064  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2019 

    Father Thomas Lawrence NICHOLSON, Esq,
              b. 15 Jan 1790, Miramichi, Northumberland, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Sep 1846, Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Amy Gardiner GRACE VERNON
              b. 20 Oct 1811, St. George, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 11 Jul 1821  St. George, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hon. Chief Justice, Sir William Johnstone RITCHIE
              b. 28 Oct 1813, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Sep 1892, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 10 May 1856  Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Tuesday
    Children 
     1. Vernon RITCHIE
              b. Est 1857, Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d.
     2. Eleanor Jaffray RITCHIE
              b. 1858, Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Jul 1932, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Robert Rankin RITCHIE
              b. 19 Apr 1859, Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Jan 1907, Cobden, Carleton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     4. Frank William RITCHIE
              b. 1861, Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Jan 1907, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     5. John Almon RITCHIE, Esq.
              b. 31 Mar 1863, Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 2 Dec 1935, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     6. Owen RITCHIE, Esq.
              b. 6 May 1865, Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Aug 1913, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     7. Lady Beatrice F RITCHIE
              b. 11 Oct 1867, Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Jun 1963  (Age 95 years)
     8. Hazen RITCHIE
              b. 2 Sep 1869, Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Elsie RITCHIE
              b. 9 Mar 1876, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Amy Maud Vernon RITCHIE
              b. 8 Aug 1877, Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Mar 1955, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     11. Grace Nicholson RITCHIE
              b. 13 Dec 1879, Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 May 1937, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     12. William Johnston RITCHIE, Jr.
              b. 20 May 1880, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Douglas Vernon RITCHIE
              b. 16 Dec 1881, Ottawa, Carlton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              bur. Beechwood Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2010 
    Family ID F752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • - 1856 May 10, married Tuesday evening, 5th inst., at residence of Admiral OWEN in (St. John) city, by Rev. G.M. Armstrong, Rector of St. Mark's, Hon. William Johnston RITCHIE, one of H.M. Justices of the Supreme Court .
      Grace Vernon Nicholson d/o late Thomas L. Nicholson, Esq. of this city.
      Ref: New Brunswick Courier, Saint John.

      Lady Ritchie had shared in her husband's rise to prominence in Ottawa, & continued to play an active role in the capital's society. She was a founder & first president of the Ottawa chapter of the National Council of Women of Canada & served as an original board member & a governor of the Victorian Order of Nurses.

      - Dame GRACE VERNON RITCHIE. Widow, commonly known as Ladv Ritchie, daughter of Thomas Nicholson.' Married, as his second wife. Sir William Johnston
      Ritchie, Knight Bachelor, late Chief-Justice of Canada, who died 1892. Postal address Ottawa.
      Ref: A complete Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Edinburgh, 1895.

      Note1: Wm. Pollok Ritchie & Mrs. Martha Robinston were the children by first wife, Martha Strang who died 1847. - PJA

      In 1854 Mr. Ritchie married Miss Grace Vernon Nicholson, a daughter of the late Thomas L. Nicholson, of St. John, & a step-daughter of the late Admiral Wm. Fitz-William Owen, of Campobello.
      (i) As is pointed out by the Hon. Judge Savary, editor of Calnek's History of Annapolis, the number of descendants of Judge Thomas Ritchie who have chosen the legal profession, many of whom have attained to eminence, is very remarkable. The list for the first & second generations is as follows:

      SONS:
      I. Hon. J. W. Ritchie, Judge in Equity of the N. S. Supreme Court
      3. Sir Wm. J. Ritchie, Chief Justice of Canada.
      3. Rev. James J. Ritchie, Barrister for fourteen years before entering the ministry.
      4. Geo. W. Ritchie, Barrister, who lived at Fredericton.
      5. Hon. J. Norman Ritchie, Judge of N. S. Supreme Court.

      GRANDSONS:
      1. Thomas Ritchie, son of Hon. J. W. Ritchie, Halifax.
      2. George Ritchie, do. do. do.
      3. Robert R. Ritchie, High Sheriff of St John, son of Sir Wm. J. Ritchie
      4. John Ames Ritchie, son of Sir Wm. J. Ritchie.
      5. Owen Ritchie, son of Sir Wm. J. Ritchie.
      6. Wm. Pollok Ritchie, son of Sir Wm. J. Ritchie.
      7. J. J. Ritchie, K. C, of Annapolis, son of Rev. J. J. Ritchie, a W. B. Ahnon Ritchie, do. do.
      9. Geo. W. Ritchie, of Halifax, son of Gea W. Ritchie.
      10. Charles T. C. MacColla, son of Judge Thos. Ritchie's daughter, Laleah.

      In addition to the above, several Ritchies of the next generation have made the profession of law their choice. It is also worthy of note that two of the brothers of Sir Wm. J. Ritchie's mother, John & the Hon. J. W. Johnstone, attained notable positions in the legal profession.

      - By his second marriage Sir Wm. J. Ritchie had 7 sons & 5 daughters, who are briefly mentioned below:

      Eleanor Jaffray Ritchie, married Lieut-Col. Hodgins, D. O. C, & lives at Ottawa.
      Robert R. Ritchie, barrister, is High Sheriff of the City & County of St. John.

      Rev. Frank W. Ritchie, ordained to the ministry of the Church of England in 1885, was for a short time curate in Herefordshire, afterwards missionary in Mashonaland & British Guiana; finally came to Canada & died at Ottawa in January, 1907, leaving a wife & 3 children. His death is the first break in a family of twelve.
      John Almon Ritchie of Ottawa, is County Crown Attorney & a partner in the well-known firm of Belcourt & Ritchie.

      Owen Ritchie, barrister, of Ottawa, is a law partner of Hon. Sir Adolphe Caron.
      Hazen Ritchie is an electrical engineer, & manager of the electrical works in Peterboro, Ontario.
      Beatrice Ritchie married, July 6, 1905, Hon. Francis MacNaghten, second son of Lord MacNaghten, of Runkerry, County Antrim, Ireland, & now lives in Calgary.
      Amy Maud Vernon Ritchie married James Smellie, barrister, of the well-known firm of Lewis & Smellie, Ottawa.
      Wm. Johnstone Ritchie lives in Vancouver.
      Vernon Ritchie, the youngest of the family, is engaged in the Dominion Geological & Boundary Survey in Alaska.
      Miss Grace Ritchie & Miss Elsie Ritchie reside with their mother. Lady Ritchie, at Ottawa.
      Ref: Judges of NB & Their Times, Jos. Wilson Lawrence, St. John, N.B., Pub. 1907.
      Note2: Although the publication date is given as 1907, it also includes the death of Grace's death as 7 May 1911. - PJA

      Chief Justice, Sir William J Ritchie, Lady Ritchie & daughter, are at Montreal.
      Ref: Ottawa Free Press, dated Sat. 8 Oct. 1881.

      Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -