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Wickliffe Knox Luther GREIG

Male 1883 - Abt 1941  (58 years)


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  • Name Wickliffe Knox Luther GREIG 
    Nickname Wic 
    Born 14 Nov 1883  Montreal Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christened 12 Mar 1884  Montreal Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 18 Nov 1941  Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Cobourg Union Cemetery, Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I3  John Cowan Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 

    Father William GREIG
              b. 6 Jun 1837, Bridgeton, Glasgow Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Sep 1922, South Bristol, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth McGowan RODGER
              b. 1839, Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1920, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F13  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jessie Belle JEFFREY
              b. 22 Jul 1885, Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Abt 1975, Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)  [6] 
    Married 14 Nov 1911  Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Isabelle GREIG
              b. 1917, Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1952, Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Moved to Philadelphia April 26, 1910 (see Library Item 3a).

      Marriage License (see Library Item 3a) lists him as a "Clerk" in Nov 1911

      Dau's Society Blue Book, Montreal 1905-06 says he was still living at 400 Cote St Antoine - his parents home.

      Living locations after marriage, according to notes prepared by his wife in her application for old age security:
      1911-1913 Philadelphia Pa US
      1913-1918 Toronto (122 Warren Road in 1913 then #176 Briar Hill Ave - formerly #100 Briar Hill Road)
      1918-1938 Winnipeg (1042 MacMillan Avenue)
      1938-1941 Toronto (141 Hillsdale Ave) (Death notice says he came to Toronto 5 years before death.

      Other details derived by Bill Cowan research in October 2017 by various emails:
      - Prior to marriage he was Bank Manager for the Royal Bank in Port Moody BC 1907-1910.
      - In 1919 he was Superintendent of Western Branches for the Home Bank (426 Main St), before it failed in 1923.

      According to his death notice in the Toronto Daily Star (Item #5 in his Library) he represented London Life in Winnipeg after the Home Bank. He was still working for London Life when he died. At the time he was branch secretary of the Toronto-Bloor agency.

  • Sources 
    1. [S17] John's Library, (John Cowan assembly of family photos and documents), 4-WKLGreig Baptismal re-certification (Reliability: 3), 8 Nov 2017.

    2. [S17] John's Library, (John Cowan assembly of family photos and documents), 4-WKLGreig Baptismal re-certification (Reliability: 3), 8 Nov 2017.
      Typo on the year, it is presumed to be 1884 but may be slightly later.

    3. [S4] Cobourg Union Cemetery, Lot 26-7-B (Reliability: 3), 1986.
      From plan of the cemetry plot held By John Dickson Cowan, supplied by cemetery manager September 1985

    4. [S17] John's Library, (John Cowan assembly of family photos and documents), 5-WKLGreig Death Notice (Reliability: 3), 8 Nov 2017.
      Day of death unknown. Nov 18 assumed by John Cowan

    5. [S4] Cobourg Union Cemetery, Lot 26-7-B (Reliability: 3).
      West end, south of the back road, facing the river

    6. [S17] John's Library, (John Cowan assembly of family photos and documents), 3-Greig-Jeffrey Marriage Certificate 1911 (Reliability: 3), 9 Nov 2017.

    7. [S17] John's Library, (John Cowan assembly of family photos and documents), 3a-WKLG Marriage Registration (Reliability: 3), Nov 11? 1911.