Ellen Lucy (Nellie) Groves

DEATH. GROVES.--At Castlepoint on April 25th, Ellen Lucy, dearly beloved daughter of Mr and Mrs F.W. Groves, aged 16 years.

Wairarapa Age, Death, 26 April 1911, page 4

GROVES, Ellen Lucy (Nellie)

Our Tinui correspondent writes that the funeral of the late Miss Nellie Groves was one of the most mournful events that had happened in the district for some time. The service at the graveside was performed in an impressive manner by the Rev. J.T. Phillips. The deceased was a most promising young lady, who had just finished her two years' education at Wanganui College. Besides excelling in her school work, she had been prominent in the field of sport, and was only recently runner-up in a lawn tennis tournament. She was of a kindly disposition, and was most popular with all who knew her. The parents have the deepest sympathy of a larger circle of friends in their sad bereavement.

Wairarapa Age, Personal, 1 May 1911, page 5

Ellen Lucy (Nellie) Groves was born at Castlepoint on 1895 to Frederick William Groves and his wife Annie (nee Brading).  The family farmed at "The Terraces," in Tinui, and later moved to Pahiatua.

Other children in the family were:
William Frank Groves (pictured above), born 28 July 1893. He married Lillian Ivyton Parsons in 1919. They had three children:

• Frederick Charles Groves, 1920-2010

• Alice Jean Groves, born 4 November 1921. She married William Thomas Daley on 17 November 1945, in Pahiatua

• Noelene Norma Groves, born 25 December 1926 in Pahiatua. She died on 2 April 1940, in Hawkes Bay.

Ralph Frederick Groves, born 1898 in Tinui, Masterton. He died on 7 November 1921, aged 23, of 'heart trouble.'

Douglas Sidney Groves, born 1902 in Tinui, Masterton. He married Elizabeth Fairhurst Bulloch on 14 September 1935, and died at Masterton Hospital on 5 December 1937. At the time of his death they had an infant daughter.

Alexander John Oswald Groves, born 1906, in Masterton. He died on 16 September 1928, at Pahiatua, following a long illness.