Grubb Family Tree

"Frederick, the third son, who had been baptised as an adult and also married in Cahir Church to a local girl, Edith Going, shortly after his mother's death was given the "twin" Barrack House, empty since Richard and Maria had moved up the road into Cahir Abbey. He and Edith had another "batch" of eleven children born in this healthy home, all of them baptised in Cahir Church, five male Grubbs and six daughters, who later married into the Maynard, Stansfiel, Holdcroft, McClintock and Riley families.

All seemed set for Frederick to succeed his father eventually at Cahir Abbey, until financial misfortune necessitated the sale of the Abbey after Richard's death, and Frederick migrated to California, where he died in 1919. One of his sons, also named Richard after his grandfather, a brilliant lawyer, returned to Dublin and became one of the leading barristers in that Fair City. Several of Frederick's sons entered the Army and served in World Wars I and II, and a grandson, another Richard, was a prison-erof-war in the hands of the Japanese, and is now settled in a commanding position in Vancouver. A youngest son is often particularly dear to his parents, and Richard Grubb saw more of GEORGE, his youngest son during the last fifteen years of his life than any of the others. He was outstandingly tall, and was only 14 when his Mother died. He gave his father companionship and also religious enthusiasms and interests fully to occupy them."

The Grubbs of Tipperary, page 151.

Berkeley Daily Gazette, January 25, 1919

NATIVE OF IRELAND DIES IN THIS CITY

Frederic Ernest Grubb, 74 years of age, died this morning at the family home, 2214 Ashby avenue, following a brief illness of heart trouble. Mr. Grubb was a native of Tipperary, Ireland, and had been a resident of this city for the last thirteen years.

He is survived by ten children. They are Misses Olive M. and Florence C. Grubb of this city, Reginald Grubb of British Columbia, Richard Grubb of Dublin, Ireland, Frederic E. Grubb of New Jersey, George G. Grubb of Dublin, Ireland, Frederic E. Grubb of New Jersey, George G. Grubb of British Columbia, Mrs. W. A. Armfield of Santa Rosa, Mrs. Herbert Stansfield of Southampton, England, Mrs. I. T. Holdcroft of Oakland and Mrs. Alfred Stansfield of Montreal.

Berkeley Man Dies After Brief Illness

Frederic Eernest Grubb, 74, a resident of Berkeley for the past thirteen years died yesterday at his home, 2214 Ashby avenue, following a brief illness.

Grubb was a native of Tipperary, Ireland. He is survived by ten children, two of whom, Misses Olive M. and Florence C. Grubb live in Berkeley.