Greeves History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Greeves were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Greeves were

Greeves Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• John Greeves, who landed in Virginia in 1650 1

Greeves Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Mary Greeves, who settled in Rappahanock Virginia in 1741

Greeves Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• John G Greeves, who arrived in Louisiana in 1810 1
• Agnes Greeves, who arrived in New York, NY in 1812 1
• Wm. Greeves, aged 30, who settled in America, in 1892

Greeves Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Fred Greeves, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States from Fermanagh, in 1900
• William Greeves, aged 41, who immigrated to the United States from Southampton, England, in 1908
• Ridgray Greeves, aged 36, who landed in America from Belfast, Ireland, in 1909
• William Greeves, aged 54, who landed in America from Worcester, England, in 1917
• Rosanna Greeves, aged 35, who immigrated to America, in 1921
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• Teri Greeves (b. 1970), American Kiowa-Comanche-Italian beadwork artist
• Major-General Sir Stuart Greeves (1897-1987), British Commanding Officer 80th Indian Brigade, Burma (1942) 2
• Marion Janet Greeves MBE (1894-1979), née Cadbury, English politician, the first one of two female members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
• Major-General Sir Stuart Greeves KBE CB DSO and Bar MC and Bar (1897-1989), British Indian Army officer
• Edward Goderich "Carji" Greeves Jr (1903-1963), Australian rules footballer, eponym of the Carji Greeves Medal
• Oscar Bertram "Bert" Greeves MBE (1906-1993), British engineer, founder of Invacar Ltd (1942), Greeves motor cycles (1953)
• Augustus Frederick Adolphus Greeves (1806-1874), Australian politician, former Mayor of Melbourne, Member of Parliament for Melbourne