Grubb Family Tree

My grandfather, Blayney Easterby Maynard was 6 years old when the family landed at Levis, Quebec (on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River,opposite Quebec City) in May 1869.
The family was en route to New Zealand from their farm in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, in 1875 - they got to the Santa Clara Valley and stayed.
Uncle Dave and Uncle Steve were my grandfather's brothers. Dave became a lay brother in the monastery at Los Altos, CA. Steve was a dentist - I think practiced in So. Calif but for many years in San Jose.
George GrubbJr. Jan 25, 2000

Obituary from the San Jose Mercury Herald, Thusday, Nov. 27, 1947

Blaney E. Maynard Dies Suddenly; Rites Set

Blaney E. Maynard, 84, and a resident of San Jose since 1873, died at his home, 372 S. 15th St., of a heart attack last night.
Maynard, who retired from professional life about seven years ago, was an agricultural expert for the San Jose office of the American Potash Institute. He was a pioneer in fertilizer experimentation on the West Coast.
Born the son of a British Army colonel in Wales, Maynard came to Quebec in 1871; he moved to San Jose two years later, where he became a member of both Pomona and San Jose Granges.
He leaves one son, Dr. Merlin T. R. Maynard, two daughters, Mrs. George C. Grubb and Mrs. Kenneth M. Coykendall, all of San Jose. He is survived also by four brothers, W. T. Maynard of San Francisco, Dr. Stephen C. Maynard of San Jose, H. W. Maynard of Vancouver, B. C., and F. X. Dacre Maynard of Los Altos, and a sister, Mrs. H. J. Scott of Victoria, B. C. He also leaves five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services, under direction of John E. Dowdle Mortuary, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow from the Trinity Episcopal Church, the Rev. Mark Rifenbark officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Memorial Park.