Remembering Sabina Ann Greer Law

Sabina Ann Greer was born on 9 October 1889 in St. Johns, Arizona. She was raised on her

father’s ranch where she learned to work hard making 

butter, gathering wood, weaving homemade rugs, and wrestling teams of horse. As one of the older daughters in the family, she was often put in charge of her younger siblings. But Sabina’s father wanted his children to also know the finer things in life, and she particularly enjoyed singing and dancing.

She could ride, in her words, “like nobody’s business” and became an excellent shot with a gun. She tells of a time travelling home to visit her parents during the summer of 1916 when she “shot clothespins right down the line from their wagon with a .22 caliber rifle.”

While working at a rooming house at the age of 22, Sabina met and married a railroad engineer who went by the name of Harry Love, but whose real name was Guy Pinkerton. They had a daughter Cathleen in 1911 but were later divorced in 1915.

Didn't know you were part Canadian, eh?

When you think of your Greer ancestry, you probably associate them with Arizona, Utah, or maybe even Texas. But Orpha Elzetta Nicoll Greer's parents were originally from Ontario, Canada. Here is a brief synopsis of how they got to Canada and how they ended up in Arizona.