Background
Grinnell, Elizabeth was born on May 9, 1851 in Thorndyke, Maine, United States. Daughter of Joseph H. and Martha E. (Hanson) Pratt.
Grinnell, Elizabeth was born on May 9, 1851 in Thorndyke, Maine, United States. Daughter of Joseph H. and Martha E. (Hanson) Pratt.
Educated Friends’ School, Providence, Rhode Island.
Fordyce Grinnell, 1874 (deceased), government physical to plains Indians near Fort Sill, I.T., and Sioux Indians, Dak. Children—Joseph, Fordyce, Elizabeth. Spent 10 years with husband among Indians.
Studied birds with son, Joseph. Her home at Pasadena, California, known as “the birds’ retreat.” Is interested in finding homes for orphan children. Author: How John and I Brought Up the Child, 1894.
Our Feathered Friends (with Joseph Grinnell), 1898. Home: Sausalito, California.
Married Doctor; children: Joseph, Fordyce, Elizabeth.