The ancestry of the name Greever dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the area that was referred to as the grove. The surname is derived from the Old English graf which meant of the grove.
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Early Origins of the Greever family
The surname Greever was first found in Sussex where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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Early History of the Greever family
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Greever Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Greever have been found, including Grover, Grovers and others.
Early Notables of the Greever family
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Migration of the Greever family
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Greever, or a variant listed above: Samuel Grover settled in New England in 1635; Thomas Grover settled in Charlestown Massachusetts in 1640; another Thomas Grover arrived in Barbados in 1700.
Contemporary Notables of the name Greever (post 1700)
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William H. Greever, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Wyoming State House of Representatives, 1950 1
W. Clarence Greever, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Graham, Virginia, 1916-20 (acting, 1916) 1
Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943), American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Cody, Wyoming, 1930-32; U.S. Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1935-39 1
Charles P. Greever, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Graham, Virginia, 1914-16 1
Ada Greever, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1948 1
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