====== Malcolm Gruner and Jessie Mullally ======

===== Overview =====

**Malcolm Gruner** and **Jessie Rosalie Mullally** were a married couple based in Montreal, Quebec. Malcolm was an engineer who came to Canada from England in the 1920s, while Jessie was a member of the Irish-Canadian Mullally family of Montreal.

They married on **10 September 1930** and had **seven children**:

  * [[generation_1:1_1:people:michael_gruner|Michael Cameron Gruner]] (1932-2011)
  * [[generation_1:1_1:people:peter_gruner|Peter Gruner]] (1933-2012)
  * [[generation_1:1_1:people:christopher_gruner|Christopher James Joseph Gruner]] (1935-2010)
  * [[generation_1:1_1:people:anthony_charlton_gruner|Anthony Charlton Gruner]] (1940-2013)
  * [[generation_1:1_1:people:nicholas_nightingale_gruner|Nicholas Nightingale Gruner]] (1942-2015)
  * [[generation_1:1_1:people:cecilia_gruner|Cecilia Gruner]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:people:jennifer_gruner|Jennifer Gruner]]


The family lived primarily in **[[generation_1:1_1:places:montreal|Montreal]]** and was closely connected to education, medicine, engineering, and the Roman Catholic community.

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===== Family Summary =====

^ Field ^ Details ^
| Husband | [[generation_1:1_1:people:malcolm_gruner|Malcolm Gruner]] |
| Wife | [[generation_1:1_1:people:jessie_mullaly|Jessie Rosalie Mullally]] |
| Marriage | 10 September 1930 |
| Marriage place | [[generation_1:1_1:places:montreal|Montreal, Quebec]] |
| Children | 7 |
| Primary residence | Montreal, Quebec |
| Family branch | [[generation_1:1_1:start|1.1]] |
| Parents of Malcolm | [[generation_2:2_1:start|2.1 — Oskar Gruner & Alice Nightingale]] |
| Parents of Jessie | [[generation_2:2_2:start|2.2 — Emmett Mullaly & Mary Etta Mullaly]] |

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===== Family History =====

Malcolm moved to Montreal in the 1920s and worked as an engineer. Through his family's earlier connections in Montreal, he became connected with the Mullally family and later married Jessie.

The couple raised their seven children in Montreal. Family accounts describe a household that placed strong emphasis on education, religion, music, and professional achievement.

For more detailed biographies and family history, see the linked pages below.

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===== Explore This Family =====

  * [[generation_1:1_1:people:start|People]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:events:start|Events]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:places:start|Places]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:stories:start|Family Stories]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:artifacts:start|Artifacts]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:sources:start|Sources]]

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===== Key Events =====

  * [[generation_1:1_1:events:malcolm_immigration_1926|Malcolm Gruner moves to Montreal]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:events:engagement_1928|Malcolm and Jessie's engagement]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:events:marriage_1930|Marriage of Malcolm Gruner and Jessie Mullally]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:events:fiftieth_anniversary_1980|50th wedding anniversary]]

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===== Key Places =====

  * [[generation_1:1_1:places:montreal|Montreal, Quebec]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:places:caledonia_road|Caledonia Road family home]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:places:prince_edward_island|Prince Edward Island]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:places:st_joseph_de_mont_rolland|St-Joseph-de-Mont-Rolland]]

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===== Featured Artifacts =====

  * [[generation_1:1_1:artifacts:family_photo_1955|1955 Gruner family photograph]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:artifacts:malcolm_passenger_list_1929|Malcolm Gruner passenger list, 1929]]
  * [[generation_1:1_1:artifacts:wedding_photo|Malcolm and Jessie wedding photograph]]

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===== Research Status =====

**Confirmed**

  * Malcolm and Jessie married on 10 September 1930.
  * They had seven children.
  * The family lived in Montreal.
  * Malcolm worked as an engineer.

**Strongly supported**

  * Passenger records from 1927 and 1929 appear to belong to Malcolm Gruner.

**Family recollection**

  * Details of Malcolm's conversion to Catholicism.
  * Details of Malcolm and Jessie's courtship and engagement.

See [[generation_1:1_1:sources:start|Sources]] for documentation and citation notes.