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Andrew Michael Grellis                       1871-1959
Andrew Michael was born about 1871, in Malta, the son of Michael Grellis and Elizabeth Byrne. He started his military career as a drummer boy for the Royal Scots Guards. He served as a sergeant in the Army in the Boer War (1891-1902). He married Daisy Amelia Doust in 1896, at Gravesend, Kent. He served in the Territorials as a Quartermaster from 1906 to 1908. He then became an insurance agent, but the World War conflict brought him into the Royal Flying Corps. With the end of that conflict, Andrew became a clerk with the Minister of Labor. He then worked for the Scottish Forestry Commission. He died in 1959.
Daisy Amelia Doust                             1875-1956
Daisy Amelia was born about 1875, in Gravesend, Kent, the daughter of Edwin Doust and Jane Eliza Ives. She died in 1956.
I have identified the following children:
Ivy Lillian Born abt 1897   Edinburgh, Scotland Married Johannes Remmen
Constance Born abt 1899   Edinburgh, Scotland Married John Brown
Horace Born abt 1905   Edinburgh, Scotland Married Eva Steel
Vivian Born abt 1910   Edinburgh, Scotland Married John Patterson
Lawrence Leslie Born 28 Jul 1915   Edinburgh, Scotland Joan Vivian Waldron
Andrew William John Born abt 1919   Edinburgh, Scotland Died 23 March 1943 Age 23

Birth of Parents
Andrew Michael Grellis b: abt 1871           Malta
son of Michael Grellis and Elizabeth Byrne

Daisy Amelia Doust b: abt 1875           Gravesend, Kent       1875 2Q Gravesend 2a 413
daughter of Edwin Doust and Jane Eliza Ives

Marriage
7 Jul 1896
Andrew Grellis
Daisy Amelia Doust		 Gravesend, Kent                      1896 3Q Gravesend 2a 1045
Father: Michael Grellis
Father: Edwin Doust

Children
Ivy Lillian Grellis b: abt 1897           Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
daughter of Andrew Michael Grellis and Daisy Amelia Doust
Constance Grellis b: abt 1899           Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
daughter of Andrew Michael Grellis and Daisy Amelia Doust, Glencose Barracks

1901 Census   1 April 1901 Edinburgh St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Scotland
12 Merchiston Grove
James McDonald
Isabella (Sister)
Thomas (Brother)
Ellen (Sister)
 Daisy A. Grellis (Visitor)
Ivy S. Grellis (Visitor)
Constance E. Grellis (Visitor)
Agnes Grellis (Boarder) 		Age 29
Age 26
Age 24
Age 30
 Age 24
Age 3
Age 2
Age 21 		Copper Man, Brewery

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Horace Grellis b: abt 1905           Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
son of Andrew Michael Grellis and Daisy Amelia Doust
Vivian Grellis b: abt 1910           Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
daughter of Andrew Michael Grellis and Daisy Amelia Doust
Lawrence Leslie Grellis b: 28 Jul 1915           Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
son of Andrew Michael Grellis and Daisy Amelia Doust, 35 St. Andrews Square
Andrew William John Grellis b: abt 1919           Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
son of Andrew Michael Grellis and Daisy Amelia Doust       Died 23 March 1943 Age 23

Debt of Honour Register

In Memory of

ANDREW WILLIAM JOSEPH GRELLIS

Pilot Officer 133629
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

who died on
Tuesday 23 March 1943, Age 23
Son of Andrew Grellis and Daisy Amelia Grellis (nee Doust), of Portobello, Midlothian.
MEDICINE HAT (HILLSIDE) CEMETERY, Alberta, Canada
Lot 6. Block 139D. Sec. C.
During the 1939-1945 War, No.34 Service Flying Training School was established at Medicine Hat. The majority of the graves in this cemetery are from the 1939-1945 War. Many of the casualties were from the Flying Training School. Most of the war graves lie together in Block 139, where a Cross of Sacrifice was erected in 1960. There are now nearly 20, 1914-1918 and nearly 60, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

Death
Daisy Amelia (Doust) Grellis Died 1956
at 22 Windsor Place, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland

Andrew Michael Grellis Died 12 Oct 1959       1959 4Q Hendon 5e 497

LONDON   31 Jan 1961                         Probate
GRELIS, Andrew Michael, - otherwise, Andrew, of 457 Watford Way, Hendon, Middlesex, died 12 October 1959, at Edgware General Hospital, Hendon, Probate London 31 January, to The British Linen Bank.
  Effects £1,993 3s. 1d.


SPECIAL THANKS  to Jennifer Anne Dixon, nee Grellis, of Dorset, for providing many of the details on this family.