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John Edward Greaves
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John Edward Greaves

British industrialist

John Edward Greaves (Russian: Джон Эдуардович Гривз (Гревз); pre-Revolutionary spelling: Джонъ Грiевз; 1846, Sheffield, England, — 18 January 1923, Sheffield) was the British vice-consul at Berdiansk (now, Ukraine) (1907–1921), industrialist, and the founder of one of the largest European companies manufacturing agricultural machines, 'John E. Greaves and Co' (Russian: "Джонъ Грiевз и К°").2

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Born 1846, died 1923.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: civil engineer, businessperson.4

Personal life

  • Born1846, Sheffield5
  • Died1923, Sheffield6
  • CitizenshipBritish Empire7

Spouse 1: Jane-Wilhemenia Greaves (Russian: Анна Людвиговна Гривз; January 1845, Munich - 21 December 1916, Berdiansk)

Spouse 2: Nadejda (d. February 1923, Sheffield).

Issue:

George (b. 1874). Wife: Vera Lazarevna Zdandutto, daughter of a Greek merchant. Sons: John (b. 1895); Nicholas (Nikolay) Greaves (1897, Berdianks - October 28, 1918, Tournai, Belgium), British second-lieutenant of the Royal Flying Corps, a boxer; George (b. 1906).

Patricia (Cleopatra, b. 1881).

Emilie (October 8, 1878, Sheffield- 1974, Ontario, Canada). Husband: Peter Issakovich Sudermann (1874-December 24, 1920, Kerch) a Russian-German mennonite, deputy of Berdiansk City Council, manager of commerce at John E. Greaves and Co. He was executed by the Bolsheviks. She escaped to Canada in 1925. Her husband's brother, Jakov Issakovich Sudermann was married to her first-cousin, daughter of George Turton Greaves, Amy-Evelyn Greaves.

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Awards

  • Date not recordedOrder of the Crown8

Sources

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