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Latest Changes and Additions to the "Grimshaw Origins" Website

 

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The website on Grimshaw Family Origins and History was started in July 2000 and is continually being expanded and updated, especially as more information becomes available from Grimshaw descendants and other researchers. The reverse chronological list of development events on this webpage is primarily for those who have visited the site previously, so they can readily determine what has been changed or added since their last visit. Sometimes preliminary pages are added to the website but are not listed here until they have "substantial" content. An overall outline for the website (currently out of date) is provided on a companion webpage.

 

August 2015

Update of webpage on Isaac Spice and Letitia Grimshaw, with reorganization and addition of grave photos and information from Find-A-Grave

Update of webpage on Jonathan and Betsey (Willoby) Grimshaw, with correction on comparison of Jonathan Grimshaw's line with that of another Grimshaw

Update of webpage on Levi and Hannah (Towne) Grimshaw, with addition of photo of Levi's grave from Find-A-Grave

July 2015

Update of webpage on Connection of Pendle Forest Grimshaw Line to Its Parent Line in Eccleshill and Clayton-le-Moors with addition of confirmation of Doreen Crowther's hypothesis on the connection

June 2015

Update of webpage on William and Emily (Brown) Grimshaw, with addition of substantial information from Russell Grimshaw

September 2014 to May 2015

No website progress due to other life priorities

August 2014

Addition of webpage on the Ship Caleb Grimshaw with summary of another webpage by William Day

July 2014

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw, Immigrant to Manhattan, New York and married Elizabeth Carroll

Update of webpage on William and Dora (Tinley) Grimshaw with addition of descendant information, obituary images, and other data for webpage completion

Update of webpage on Abraham and Sarah (Anderson) Grimshaw with addition of family information from Ancestry.com and other sources

Update of webpage on John and Arvilla (Whitesell) Grimshaw, with additions from Ancestry.com family trees, reorganization, and finalization of webpage

Further update of webpage on Texas Line of Grimshaws, with addition of photos and information from the Morgan/Shelby family tree on Ancestry.com

June 2014

Update of webpage on Texas Line of Grimshaws, with addition of anecdotal information on James Grimshaw from Barbara Rivas

Addition of webpage on Frank and Emily (Fielding) Grimshaw, immigrants to Magog, Quebec, Canada in 1927-28, based on information from Sue Westwater

Update of webpage on Eddie Grimshaw, Child Laborer in Textile Mill in Ludlow, MA with addition of information of Eddie's family origins provided by Kathy DeWalt

March to May 2014

No website progress due to other life priorities.

February 2014

Update of webpage on James F and Mary Julia (Berthoud) Grimshaw, with addition of photos of James and Mary from a website by M.W. Talbot

December 2013 to January 2014

No website progress due to other life priorities 

November 2013

Update of webpage on Jonathan and Eliza (Topham) Grimshaw, with addition of 1891 Christmas missive and son Jonathan T Grimshaw's grocery store in Cripple Creek, CO based on information provided by Cassandra Mattice

Update of webpage on William and Barbara Farrier, with addition of information on George W Cooley, the "Enigmatist"

Update of webpage on Matthew Grimshaw, for whom Grimshaw, Alberta is named, with addition of grave photos and information on connections to actor John Carradine and his son, David Carradine

October 2013

Addition of webpage on William C Grimshaw, U.S. Army Major who immigrated from England and lived in Sparta, TN and then Harrisonville, MO

Update of webpage on Christopher and Jane (Annear) Grimshaw, with addition of photo from Jan Wojtech

September 2013

Addition of webpage on Enid (Grimshaw) Clay with the assistance of Dennis Clay

Update of webpage on John Henry and Elizabeth (Scholes) Grimshaw, with addition of photo and naturalization certificates from Charles Lehberger

Update of webpage on Thomas Grimshaw, "A Force in Modern Spiritualism", with addition of photos and additional detailed onformation from staff at the Morris Pratt Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

August 2013

Update of webpage on Thomas Grimshaw, "A Force in Modern Spiritualism", with webpage reorganization and addition of Thomas' origins in Darwen, Lancashire

Update of webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw, with addition of obituary of Ellen (Smith) Grimshaw from Michael Brown

Addition of webpage on William Henry and Hannah (Benton) Grimshaw, immigrants to Wisconsin from Ashton-under-Lyne

Addition of webpage on John Henry Grimshaw, Immigrant to New South Wales from Ashton-under-Lyne in about 1878

Update of webpage on John Henry and Elizabeth (Scholes) Grimshaw, with addition of information from Charles Lehberger and from family trees on Ancestry.com

July 2013

Update of webpage on the Nova Scotia Grimshaw line, including replacement of William and Elizabeth (Webster) Grimshaw with their son, William Charles Grimshaw, as the immigrant to Nova Scotia and addition of several photos from Ernest Grimshaw

Update of webpage on William Raymond Grimshaw, with addition of ancestor information back to Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw and additional information from site visit to Tulsa, including grave photos

May to July 2013

Updates of webpage on Alexander Eli Grimshaw, with input and direction from Terry (Grimshaw) Micks

Updates of webpages on Eli George Grimshaw, with input and direction from Terry (Grimshaw) Micks

April 2013

Update of webpage on Riley and Margaret (Briggs) Grimshaw, with addition of gravestone photo and webpage improvement

Update of webpage on Eli George Grimshaw, with extensive additions of text and photos by Terry Micks

Update of webpage on Owen Grimshaw, immigrant to Missouri, who was shot (but not killed) by Quantrille's Raiders during the Civil War

Update of webpage on the Prestwich Lines of Grimshaws, with reorganization and addition of more photos from David Grimshaw

Update of webpage on Jonathan and Nancy (Willoby) Grimshaw of western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio with reorganization and with addition of birth information, service in the War of 1812, and additional U.S. Census records

Update of webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw of Scioto County, Ohio, with addition of grave photos and reorganization

Update of webpage on Missouri Grimshaws who migrated to Macon from Scioto County, Ohio, with addition of grave photos for Thomas Wesley and Matthew Joseph Grimshaw and their family members

Update of webpage on Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshaw, with addition of An Earnest Appeal to British Humanity, in Behalf of Hindoo Widows

March 2013

Addition of webpage on Christopher and Jane (Annear) Grimshaw, Immigrants from Truro, Cornwall to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1848

Update of webpage on William and Emily Brown, with addition of grave photos and many other upgrades

Update of webpage on Jonathan and Eliza (Topham) Grimshaw, with addition of photo of Jonathan Grimshaw and his sons and sons-in-law

Addition of webpage on Nicholas Grimshaw of Wiswell, with information from Merilyn Tarplee (supercedes webpage on John and Jane Grimshaw because Nicholas Grimshaw is a generation earlier)

February 2013

Update of webpage on Early Prominent Grimshaw Family Lines, with addition of one line and completion of introductory paragraphs

Update of Homepage, with completion and reorganization 

Update of webpage on Alexander Eli Grimshaw, Immigrant from Wolfe Island, Ontario to Wisconsin, with addition of portrait photo of Alexander and his wife, Sarah (Thompson) Grimshaw

Update of webpage on William Grimshaw, U.S. Revolutionary War veteran, with demonstration that he was not the son of John and Hannah (Fieldhouse) Grimshaw, which would have tied William back to the Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw line of Yorkshire

Update of webpage on Henry H and Elizabeth (Lyon) Grimshaw, with addition of photos of their gravestone in the Paola, KS cemetery

January 2013

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw, Immigrant to New York City Who Married Jennie Attridge

Addition of webpage on John Grimshaw, English Immigrant to Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Married Flora Fraser

Update of webpage on Edward and Mary Ann (Heywood) Grimshaw, with addition of ancestry chart and obituaries of grandchildren

Update of webpage on James and Rebecca (Bullough) Grimshaw, with addition of Greystone mill photos

Update of webpage on Grimshaw Immigrant Indications, with identifications of five more of the 40 webpage entries

Addition of webpage on John Grimshaw, Immigrant to MA and RI from England, Married Flora Fraser, Who Was Born in Malta

Addition of webpage on Robert Henry Grimshaw, Immigrant to New Zealand Who Was Actually a "Grimason" from Ireland

Update of webpage on Henry Holmes Grimshaw, Immigrant from England to New York and Kansas, with addition of gravesite photos

Update of webpage on William Grimshaw, English Sailor and Immigrant to Philadelphia - Married Barbara Farrier, with addition of painting of more grave photos, a painting of Barbara (Farrier) Grimshaw, and information on Catharine (Grimshaw) Murray, youngest daughter

July to December 2012

No website progress due to other life priorities

July 2012

Update of webpage on Henry Ewart Grimshaw, Columbia University Graduate, New York High School Teacher, and Author of History Books, with reorganization and consolidation of two previous webpages

Addition of skeletal webpage on Ernest Grimshaw, Author of "The Teacher Librarian", Published in London in About 1952

Addition of skeletal webpage on Benjamin and Annie (Marsh) Grimshaw, Immigrants to New York from Oswaldtwistle Area, Lancashire

Addition of skeletal webpage on Edward and Mary Ann (Heywood) Grimshaw, Married in Oldham, Lancashire and Emigrated to Vermont

Upgrade of webpage on Edward or Edwin and Mary (McKee) Grimshaw, Married in Dover, New Hampshire, with addition of U.S. Census and marriage record images and with expansion of the descendant chart

June 2012

Update of webpage on William and Elizabeth (Webster) Grimshaw ("Nova Scotia Line of Grimshaws"), with addition of descendant chart information and candidate marriage record in Lancashire as well as a grave photo of their son, William Charles Grimshaw

Update of Richard and Anna (Grassman) Sehnert webpage, with addition of grave photos and Anna Grassman's ancestor chart

Update of Jay and Bessie (Cummings) Rogers webpage, with addition of grave photos

May 2012

Update of webpage on Caleb Grimshaw & Co., with addition of interesting letter sent to a related firm, Samuel Thompson's Nephew & Co.

Update of webpage on William Grimshaw, Participant in the California Gold Rush, with tentative identification of his ancestry in Yorkshire

Update of webpage on Walter Grimshaw, Chess Problem Developer, with addition of photos and personal and family information

April 2012

Addition of skeletal webpage on Captain John Grimshaw, Alleged Victim of Libel by Archibald Prentice, Manchester, 1831

Addition of skeletal webpage on James Grimshaw, Minister of the Gospel in Lancaster, Preached a Sermon "Rest from Rebels..." on May 8, 1716

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw, Convicted of Burglary on March 14 and Put to Death in Cambridge on March 28, 1801

March 2012

Addition of skeletal webpage on John Grimshaw, Ropemaker and Inventor, who lived in Sunderland, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Addition of skeletal webpage on William Dakin Grimshaw, Inventor Par Excellence, who may lived in both England and the U.S.

Update of webpage on Zephaniah Grimshaw and his many wives, with complete webpage overhaul and addition of information from a number of sources

Update of webpage on Ann (Grimshaw) Jackson, Mormon immigrant Nephi, Utah from Manchester, Lancashire, England, with completion of webpage, including addition of Wikipedia article on Martin Handcart Company

Update of webpage on Grimshaw Lake, Inyo County, California, with addition of information on who created the lake and for whom it is named, based primarily on information from George Murphy

February 2012

Update of webpage on Jonathan and Eliza (Topham) Grimshaw, Mormon immigrants to Salt Lake City from Yorkshire, with addition of grave photos

Addition of skeletal webpage on George Grimshaw, Mormon immigrant to Parowan, Utah, arriving in about 1862

Update of webpage on Ann (Grimshaw) Jackson, Mormon immigrant to Nephi, Utah from Manchester, Lancashire

October 2011 to January 2012

No website progress due to competing life priorities

September 2011

Update of webpage on Samuel Grimshaw of Henrico County, Virginia with addition of information from Virginia State Library

May to August 2011

No website progress due to competing life priorities

May 2011

Addition of webpage on "Early Grimshaw Origins Research Reports"

Addition of webpage covering the topic "About the Grimshaw Origins Website"

April 2011

Addition of five new skeletal webpages, including origins of the surname, early family lines in England and Ireland, involvement in the Industrial Revolution, emigration to the New World and around the globe, prominent individuals and families, and miscellaneous individuals and information. Links to the other 350+ webpages on the website are being gradually added for these areas.

Update and reorganization of homepage, with addition of links to five new webpages on various aspects of Grimshaw family history (see above)

March 2011

Update of webpage on John Elisha Grimshaw, with addition of photos from Facebook posted by Vera Carter and her daughter

Addition of webpage on Agnes Grimshaw of Gorton, participant in the founding of the colony of Rhode Island, based on information provided by Norman Grimshaw

Update of webpage on the Audenshaw Grimshaw line, with addition of information on Agnes Grimshaw, who married Thomas Gorton, and on Frank Barstow Grimshaw 

February 2011

Update of webpage on Frank Barstow Grimshaw, with addition of photos and information from Anne Arundel Babcock

Update of webpage on William Grimshaw, Freemasonry Author, with addition of photos and information from Doris Hightower

Update of webpage on the Audenshaw Grimshaw line, with addition of photos of plaques for George and John Grimshaw and their families at Brookfield Church in Gorton

Update of webpage on George and Susan (Terriere) Grimshaw, with addition of grave photos of their grandchildren Nellie and Fanny Grimshaw in the Moravian Cemetery on Staten Island

Update of webpage on George and Susan Grimshaw, Emigrants to New York and Wisconsin, with addition of grave photos of their grandchildren Nellie and Fannie Grimshaw and their families on Staten Island

January 2011

Update of webpage on William Grimshaw, Noted Historian, with addition of photos of family gravesite in Old Swede's Cemetery in Wilmington, DE

Update of webpage on John Elisha Grimshaw, Receiver of the Victoria Cross, with addition of more photos from Vera Carter

December 2010

No website progress due to competing life priorities

November 2010

Update of webpage on William Grimshaw, married Barbara Farrier in Philadelphia, with family history written by granddaughter Blanche (Grimshaw) Benjamin and with photos of final resting place of Robert # Grimshaw and his two wives at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis

Update of webpage on Jonathan Grimshaw, immigrant to Salt Lake City and Missouri, with addition of copy of his journal of the immigration voyage and other information

Update of webpage on Frank Barstow Grimshaw, with addition of draft registration card

Update of webpage on Henry Ewart Grimshaw, with addition of extensive information from Susan Nass, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

August to October 2010

No website progress due to competing life priorities

July 2010

Update of webpage on George and Charlotte (Menard) Grimshaw, with addition of detailed information on their oldest child, Christina, provided by Barbara Bonner

Update of webpage on William and Barbara (Farrier) Grimshaw, with additions of pictures from Brownton (former Grimshaw Settlement) area, information from local libraries, and additions from other websites

June 2010

No website progress due to other life priorities, including two-week vacation to South Dakota 

May 2010

Update of webpage on Richard and Anna (Grassman) Sehnert, immigrants to South Dakota from Grossorner, Germany, near Eisleben and Erfurt, with addition of information on Sehnert families from FamilySearch.org

Update of webpage on John Elisha Grimshaw, Victoria Cross Recipient, with additional information from Vera (Grimshaw) Carter

April 2010

Update of webpage on William Grimshaw, tattoo artist, with correction on William's picture and additional information from Lyle Tuttle, tattoo expert

March 2010

Update of webpage on Jonathan and Elizabeth (Pratt) Grimshaw, Yorkshire progenitors of several Grimshaw lines that immigrated to Pennsylvania, with addition of information on nearby Snowden Grimshaw, who was a distant relative

Update of webpage on Harleian Manuscripts, with addition of full-size images of Grimshaw-related entries in the manuscripts

Update of webpage on Grimshaw family coat of arms and crest, with addition of two versions of the coat of arms, one of them from Bob Facer

Addition of webpage on Douglas W Grimshaw, artist and ham radio operator in Connecticut

Addition of webpage on Simeon and Charlotte (Harrison) Grimshaw, immigrants to New Jersey from Yorkshire between 1880 and 1884 with information and photos provided by Bob Facer

Update of webpage on William R Grimshaw, migrant to Tulsa, Oklahoma from New Jersey in the early 1900s

February 2010

Addition of webpage on Robert and Mary Elizabeth Aston (Shaw) Grimshaw, probable immigrants to Ontario after 1907

Update of webpage on Thomas Harold Grimshaw, with addition of author's annotation on a copy of his "A Sturdy Little Northland"

Update of webpage on James Hargreaves, who is credited with inventing the spinning jenny, with addition of ancestor information for his wife, Elizabeth Grimshaw

Update and reorganization of webpage on Beatrice Grimshaw, with addition of photos from article by Clare McCotter

Addition of webpage on analyses of the contributions of Beatrice Grimshaw by academicians with various perspectives

Addition of webpage on Henry Ewart Grimshaw, graduate of Columbia University with a thesis on the handloom workers of the early 19th century

January 2010

Addition of webpage on H.C. Grimshaw, researcher at Britain's Safety in Mines Research Establishment in the mid to late 20th Century

Addition of webpage on Manchester, the First Industrial City, 1760-1830, in "Cities in Civilization" by Peter Hall, which briefly mentions the contributions of Robert Grimshaw to development of weaving technology

Addition of webpage on Mortimer Grimshaw, "Thunderer of Lancashire", who was a labor activist in the 1850s in the area around Blackburn

Addition of webpage on George and Judy (Burger) Grimshaw based on contributions from Dixie (Grimshaw) Douthit

Addition of webpage on Robert Grimshaw, builder of Manchester loom mill that was destroyed by arson in 1790

December 2009

Update of webpage on Henry H and Elizabeth (Lyons) Grimshaw, with addition of photo and obituary of their son, Samuel Grimshaw, of Denver, CO and Santa Fe, NM

Addition of seven webpages with parish church records from six churches in and around Manchester from Roger Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Rex W Grimshaw, expert on clay and ceramics from Rawdon, near Leeds in Yorkshire

Update and reorganization of webpage on Atkinson Grimshaw, noted painter of the mid 1800s; also, addition of two entries on YouTube on Atkinson Grimshaw's paintings

November 2009

Update of webpage on Charles David and Mary Jane (Edmonston) Grimshaw, immigrants to Guelph, Ontario from the Rawdon area, Yorkshire with additional information from Bernice Emberson

Update of webpage on Ann Grimshaw, creator of cross-stitch sampler, with addition of information provided by Norman Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Harry and Jemmy Grimshaw, successful jockeys in European horseracing in the 1860s and 1870s

Addition of webpage on Eddie Grimshaw, child laborer who was photographed in Ludlow, MA by Lewis Hine in 1911

Update of webpage on Audenshaw Grimshaw Line, with addition of information on High Bank Mill provided by Norman Grimshaw of Australia. Also with addition of Norman Grimshaw's ancestry chart

October 2009

No Grimshaw Origins website progress due to competing life priorities...

September 2009

Update of webpage on Frank Barstowe Grimshaw, with addition of arrival information from England and maps of Wilmslow, Cheshire and Bloomfield, NJ

Update of webpage on Thomas and Helena (Brettargh) Grimshaw, with addition of photos taken during a brief visit to the Cashiers, NC vicinity in May 2009

Update of webpage on the Grimshaw Serpent Tale, with addition of maps and another air photo of Ooze Castle Wood

August 2009

Update of webpage on Audenshaw Grimshaw line, with addition of information (and photos, later in September) from Janet Wallwork on Robert Grimshaw, builder of the loom mill in Manchester that was burned during the period of social unrest in about 1820

Update of webpage on Henry Holmes and Elizabeth (Lyons) Grimshaw, immigrants to Kansas from New York and Ohio, with webpage reorganization and addition of photos of graves and cemeteries of son Samuel B Grimshaw family

July 2009

Update of webpage on Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw, prominent physician in Northern Ireland, with addition of reference to recently published professional paper on Thomas' medical achievements

June 2009

Update of webpage on the Audenshaw Grimshaw line, with addition of copy of Higson's "Historical and Descriptive Notices of Droylsden", including references to Grimshaws

Update of webpage on Zacharia and Ellen (Wilde) Grimshaw, with addition of picture of Ed and Tina Grimshaw and other webpage improvements

Update of webpage on the "Irish" line of Grimshaws, with addition of anecdote and picture on Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw based on information provided by William Coxhead

Update of webpage on George and Mary (Barnes) Grimshaw, with addition of descendants of Hugh and Eliza (Melos) Grimshaw provided by Leslie (Grimshaw) Toms

May 2009

Addition of webpage on Edmund Grimshaw, married Margaret Peel, the sister of the grandfather of Sir Robert Peel, who initiated the concept of a police force -- based on information provided by Tony Heyes

Update of webpage on James and Catherine (Barnett) Grimshaw, with addition of James' descendancy from Zephaniah Grimshaw based on information provided by Barbara Bonner

Update of webpage on Thomas Harold Grimshaw, Shetland Islands Author, with addition of origins in Haslingden based on information posted by Marian Gardner on a Grimshaw forum website

Update of webpage on Eleanor Grimshaw, North American immigrant, with specifics on her immigration to the U.S. and migration to Canada, based on information provided by Marjorie Scott

April 2009

Update of webpage on James F and Mary (Berthoud) Grimshaw, with addition of information and photos on their deaths and place of burial as well as homes and place of business in New Orleans

March 2009

Update of webpage on Audenshaw Grimshaw line, with addition of Skeet publication PDF and image from the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City

February 2009

Update of webpage on George and Charlotte (Menard) Grimshaw, with addition of information on their two children Marcelina and Eli George Grimshaw from Barbara Bonner.

January 2009

Update of webpage on William Robinson Grimshaw, California gold rush participant, with addition of biographies from Sacramento County Biographies by Win. J. Davis

Update of webpage on Ann (Grimshaw) and Samuel Entwistle, immigrants to Missouri from Lancashire, with addition of information on their immigration voyage from Ardis Parshall

Addition of webpage on Jeremiah and Martha (Bennett) Rogers, immigrants to South Dakota from Iowa

Addition of webpage on Freda and Joe Bice's trip to Acapulco, Mexico from South Dakota in about 1951

December 2008

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw, a farce in one act, John M Morton, first staged in 1851

Addition of webpage on Frank Barstow Grimshaw, immigrant to New Jersey from Cheshire; originally from Audenshaw area

Addition of webpage on William R Grimshaw, Migrant to Tulsa, Oklahoma from New Jersey

Update of webpage on Joseph Grimshaw, progenitor of two families, with addition of images from Adsit family genealogy

Update of webpage on John and Jane (Seavey) Grimshaw, with addition of images from book on Stone family genealogy

November 2008

Update of webpage on George and Mary (Barnes) Grimshaw, with addition of book "Elements of Truth" by Albert E Grimshaw from the Library of Congress

Update of webpage on Henry and Elizabeth (Lyon) Grimshaw, with addition of photo and biographies of Hal H. Grimshaw from the Library of Congress

Addition of webpage on Beatrice Grimshaw's "In the Savage South Seas", 1908 National Geographic article abstracted from "Fiji and Its Possibilities"

Update of webpage on the Caleb Grimshaw, Immigrant Ship, with addition of image of painting of the ship found on the Mystic Seaport website

Addition of webpage on Philip Grimshaw, Resident of Scotland, born on the ship The Seven Sisters

Update of webpage on Levi and Hannah (Towne) Grimshaw, with clarification of the family line of Frank and Flossie Grimshaw, interred in Gouverneur, NY

Update of webpage on Henry E Grimshaw, senior author of history books published in the early years of World War II, with addition of second book, "The World Today"

Update of webpage on William Henry Grimshaw, author of "History of Freemasonry among the Colored People of North America" with addition of family information from Doris Hightower

Completion of webpage on Henry and Rebecca (Richmond) Bice, Immigrants to South Dakota from Ohio in the late 1800s

October 2008

Update of webpage on Francis and Frances (Collum) Grimshaw, with addition of photos of descendants of George B Grimshaw from Michael Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw, tattoo artist operating in the Norfolk, Virginia area in the 1880s or 1940s and 1950s

Update of webpage on Caleb Grimshaw, with new submittal by Richard Walker on both Caleb and the company he started, Caleb Grimshaw and Company of Liverpool

Update of webpage on the Audenshaw Grimshaw family line with significant additions by Norman Grimshaw of Australia

September 2008

No activity due to competing priorities at work and school

August 2008

Update of webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw, with addition of photos provided by Eric Winter

July 2008

Addition of initial webpage on Charles and Rebecca (Richmond) Bice, immigrants to South Dakota from Ohio

Update of webpage on Thomas and Helena (Brettargh) Grimshawe, with addition of interview of Olivie Lowe provided by John Nicholson

Addition of webpage on Freda Elaine (Sehnert) Grimshaw Bice, immigrant to South Dakota with her parents from near Erfurt, Germany

June 2008

Addition of webpage on Jay and Bessie (Cummings) Rogers, immigrants to South Dakota from Iowa (in the case of Jay)

Addition of webpage on Richard and Anna (Grassman) Sehnert, Immigrants to South Dakota from Erfurt, Germany area

Addition of webpage on Claude Walter and Phyllis (Lorraine) Grimshaw, South Dakota natives and parents of the author of this website

Upgrade of webpage on Michael Henry and Eliza (Norris) Grimshaw, immigrants to Minnesota and North Dakota from Wisconsin, with webpage reorganization

Upgrade of webpage on George and Aris (Ladd) Grimshaw, immigrants to South Dakota from Wisconsin, with addition of photos, maps and other information

Addition of webpage on Samuel Grimshaw, Immigrant to New Brunswick and Ohio, married Alice McFarlane, based on information provided by Greg Haley

Upgrade of webpage on John James and Mary Ann (Mahoney) Grimshaw, with addition of photos, maps and other information

Addition of webpage on Dorothy (Zastrow) Grimshaw Photo Album, invaluable source of photos of John James and Mary Ann (Mahoney) Grimshaw and their descendants

Addition of webpage on James Grimshaw, slave holder on Tobago in the early 1880s, with information from Anne Grimshaw

May 2008

Update of webpage on Joseph and Marinda (Ostrander) Grimshaw, with addition of descendant information and pictures from Christopher Grimshaw

Update of webpage on Texas Line of Grimshaws, with addition of hypothesis of connection to the Grunshaw family line of Wisconsin from George Grimshaw and with addition of pictures from Bob Warren

Addition of webpage on early Grimshaw presence at Cliviger, near Burnley in Lancashire based on information and maps provided by Mavis Long

Update of webpage on Henry and Elizabeth (Lyon) Grimshaw, with addition of postcard written by Ira Grimshaw, received from Bonnie Miller

Update of webpage on Ivan Gerould Grimshaw, with addition of information from Mike Short on Ivan's ancestry and home town of Shipley in Yorkshire

Update of webpage on Benjamin North Grimshaw, with addition of immigration information from Ellis Island website

April 2008

Update of webpage on Henry and Elizabeth (Lyon) Grimshaw, with addition of detail on their descendants from Ginny Schilaty

March 2008

No progress due to competing priorities in career and employment

February 2008

No progress due to competing priorities in career and employment

January 2008

Finalization of webpage on "The Complete Banjo Works of Emile Grimshaw" by David Price, with addition of explanatory text.

Update of webpage on Emile Grimshaw, Banjo Player, with addition of biography from a 1955 BMG magazine article

Update of webpage on Thomas and Onnar (Radden) Grimshaw, with addition of naturalization record for Thomas and the marriage record for the couple, both from the Alexandria Public Library

Update of webpage on Charles and Mary Wiley Grimshaw webpage, with addition of obituaries on Myron Grimshaw and his wife, Jane.

Update of webpage on Joseph and Marinda (Ostrander) Grimshaw webpage, with addition of obituary of one of their descendants, Rev. Herbert Grimshaw

Update of webpage on the Texas Line of Grimshaws, with addition of photo and biography provided by George H Grimshaw

Addition of skeletal webpage on Beatrice Grimshaw's "The Pearl Lagoon", an excerpt from "Vaiti of the Islands"

Addition of skeletal webpage on Major-General Harry Grimshaw of the British Army and veteran of World War II

Update of webpage on William Robinson and Sarah (Rhoads) Grimshaw, with addition of photos of Sloughhouse Cemetery, where they are buried

Addition of webpage on "Sabden, Past and Present" by Audrey Barrett and David Eaves with input and assistance from Ms. Barrett

Update of webpage on John and Mary (Coax) Grimshaw, with tie-in to the Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw line based on information provided by Kevin Howley

December 2007

Addition of webpage on descendant research for George and Charlotte (Menard) Grimshaw by Terry (Grimshaw) Micks

Update and replacement of webpage on descendants of William and Elizabeth (Zephaniah) Grimshaw descendants as extensively researched by Barbara Bonner

Update of webpage on the Audenshaw Grimshaw line with addition of John Grimshaw's entry in Burke's "Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry" (1847 edition)

Addition of webpage on the Grimshaw family line(s) in the Prestwich area, northwest of Manchester base on information provided by Dave Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on the connection of the Duckworth Grimshaw line to the earliest recorded line of Grimshaws as determined by Michael Norman Grimshaw

Addition of skeletal webpage on Levi and Hannah (Towne) Grimshaw, Progenitors of a Major Line of Grimshaws in New York

November 2007

Finalization of webpage on Grimshaws on the Isle of Man

Finalization of webpage on Percy H Grimshaw, Insect Specialist at the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh

Addition of skeletal webpage on Woody Grimshaw, Star basketball player for Brown University in 1945

Addition of skeletal webpage on Soto Grimshaw, Argentinian naturalist, explorer and gaucho based on information in Wikipedia

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaw Hall at Knowle, with addition of images and text from Peter Ditchfield's "The Manor Houses of England", published in 1910

October 2007

Upgrade of webpage on William Grimshaw of Haworth, with reorganization and addition of article by Michael Baumber. Also addition of drawing of "Mr. Grimshaw" by Branwell Bronte, brother of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte.

Upgrade of webpage on Henry and Elizabeth (Lyon) Grimshaw, with addition of obituary and publication by their grandson, Ira L Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Percy H Grimshaw, Insect Specialist at the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh

Upgrade of homepage with addition of Grimshaw origins at Grimsargh based on research conducted by Mavis Long

Upgrade of webpage on Joseph Grimshaw, New York immigrant from Yorkshire, with addition of information of William McSpadden family, from which Frank Bruce Grimshaw's wife originated.

Upgrade of webpage on William and Barbara (Farrier) Grimshaw, with addition of buildings by their grandson, William Harrison Grimshaw.

September 2007

Addition of webpage on Sydney Grimshaw, Inventor Living in North Haven, Connecticut

Completion of webpage on John L. Grimshaw, World War II Fighter Pilot in the 384th Fighter Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Force, Based in Honington, England

August 2007

Completion of webpage on Austin Grimshaw, Dean of the University of Washington School of Business

July 2007

Addition of skeletal webpage on Austin Grimshaw, Dean of the University of Washington School of Business

Addition of skeletal webpage on John L. Grimshaw, World War II Fighter Pilot in the 384th Fighter Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Force, Based in Honington, England

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws on the Isle of Man, based on information provided by Dr. J. Ffynlo Craine

Upgrade of webpage on Phill Grimshaw, type font designer, with addition of obituary

June 2007

Addition of information on "Poet" John Close to Eleanor Grimshaw's webpage and copy of his Grimshaw poem to the homepage

Several additions to webpage on Mavis Long's contributions to Grimshaw research in the areas of earliest Grimshaw individuals and families

May 2007

Addition of webpage on William and Rachel (Nelson) Grimshaw, progenitors of a family of Grimshaws in Yorkshire, based on information provided by Chris Sergeant

April 2007

Upgrade of homepage with addition of connection of Pendle Hill Grimshaw line to the more senior Clayton-le-Moors and Eccleshill line

Website difficulties experienced due to server crash at website hosting service. Switch to alternate method of posting changes to FrontPage webpages. Website progress halted for about six weeks.

Addition of webpage on "The Complete Banjo Works of Emile Grimshaw" by David Price

Addition of webpage on Thomas Dunham Whitaker, author of "History of Whalley", one of the most significant sources of Grimshaw-related information

Upgrade of webpage on 1877 Preston Guardian articles on the Pendle Forest Grimshaws, with addition of W.A. Abram as author and the Pendle Forest descendant chart

Addition of webpage on connection of Pendle Forest line of Grimshaws to its parent Eccleshill/Clayton-le-Moors Grimshaw line

Addition of webpage on Grimsargh and its connections to the Grimshaw surname

March 2007

Addition of webpage with PDFs on volumes III, IV and V of the Coucher Book of Whalley

Addition of webpage on Edward Baines' 1870 History of Lancaster, with excerpts on Grimshaw history included

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in Lancashire Inquests, Extents, and Feudal Aids, from AD 1205 to 1355, edited by William Farrer

Initiation of webpage on Mavis Long's Grimshaw research efforts

Addition of skeletal webpage on Robert E Grimshaw's 59 submittals (mostly letters) to the New York Times from 1905 to 1942

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw-related articles found on the New York Times website for the period 1851 to 1980

Update of webpage on the Audenshaw Grimshaws and Gorton House, with addition of modern Gorton House photos from Dave Mott and overall completion of the webpage

Modifications and additions to the "Grimshaw Origins" homepage, with addition of homepage index

Update of webpage on John Elisha Grimshaw, Victoria Cross recipient, with addition of family information from David Garrett and Mary Sayers

Update of webpage on Henry and Elizabeth (Lyon) Grimshaw, with additon of photo and obituary of Ira Grimshaw and with wedding announcements of two other descendants

Update of webpage on Clayton Hall, with addition of images of painting of the hall by Robert Eaton from Jack Frane

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in the Abram area, near Wigan in Lancashire based on information provided by Mary Sayers

Update of webpage on Jonathan and Eliza (Topham) Grimshaw, with addition of ancestor chart and New York Times article on John Grimshaw, train robbery foiler in 1887

Addition of webpage on Beatrice Grimshaw's "Dark Secrets of Papua", published in the New York Times Magazine in 1923

Addition of skeletal webpage on John and Jane (Seavey) Grimshaw, Progenitors of a Grimshaw Line in the Northeastern U.S. with informaton from Deborah Lundbech

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas Harold Grimshaw, Shetland Islands chronicler, with addition of Thomas' third publication on the Shetlands and with background information on the islands

February 2007

Addition of webpage on "Surname Profiler", showing distribution of Grimshaws in Great Britain in 1881 and 1998

Addition of skeletal webpage on Edwin or Edward and Mary (McKee) Grimshaw, who met and married in Dover, New Hampshire, after immigrating from England and Ireland, respectively

Addition of skeletal webpage on Owen and Elizabeth Grimshaw, immigrants to Missouri from England through New Orleans

Update of webpage on Beatrice Grimshaw, author, with addition of brief autobiography, "How I Found Adventure"

Addition of webpage on Immigration Ship Transcribers Guild, showing 21 Grimshaws and other individuals with variants of the Grimshaw name

Addition of webpage on Thomas Grimshaw, progenitor of an early Grimshaw family line in the Oswaldtwistle area in Lancashire with information from Marjorie (Shorrock) Williams

Upgrade of webpage on Ann (Grimshaw) and Samuel Entwistle, with addition of supplemental information from James Heady

Upgrade of webpage on Mary (Grimshaw) and William Smith, with addition of more information from Roland Smith's website

Addition of information on the English family of (Francis) Duckworth Grimshaw, who married Bridget Monahan after emigrating to the U.S.

Addition of additional ancestor information for the Lawrence and Mary (Duckworth) Grimshaw webpage

January 2007

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas and Helena (Brettargh) Grimshawe, with addition of article on the Burnley Grimshawes from the Burnley Express & News from Mavis Long

Addition of skeletal webpage on John and Jane Grimshaw, progenitors of a Grimshaw line in Lancashire, based on information provided by Dorinda Boag

Update of webpage on Grimshaw, Baxter and J.J. Elliott clockmakers with addition of a military pocket watch advertised on Ebay

Addition of webpage on Charles and Eliza (Waterworth) Grimshaw, descendants of Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw, based on information provided by David Hargreaves

Addition of skeletal webpage on a line of Grimshaws at Halifax, Nova Scotia

Upgrade of webpage on Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw, with addition of expanded descendant charts from two contributors.

Upgrade of webpage on the Texas Line of Grimshaws, with addition of note from Nancy Pettus on "Praise the Lord Drilling Company"

Further upgrade of webpage on Thomas Spencer and Emma (Kraemer) Grimshaw, with addition of materials obtained at the Anaheim Public Library

December 2006

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas Spencer and Emma (Kraemer) Grimshaw, with addition of photo of Thomas

Addition of skeletal webpage on Samuel Grimshaw of Richmond (Henrico County), Virginia

November 2006

Addition of skeletal webpage on Henry and Julia Grimshaw, early settlers in Middlesex County, Massachusetts 

Addition of skeletal webpage on Grimshaw entries on the Find-A-Grave website

Upgrade of webpage on Emile Grimshaw, noted banjo player, with addition of photos of Grimshaw guitars, a link to a webpage on Emile, example sheet music, and sample tunes by Emile

October 2006

Upgrade of webpage on the immigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw, with addition of images of ships lists of immigrants on the five successful transatlantic voyages, before the ship burned and sank

Addition of skeletal webpage on Jonathan and Betsy (Willoby) Grimshaw of Washington County, Pennsylvania

September 2006

Upgrade of webpage on Aaron and Joshua/Josiah Grimshaw, immigrants to Australia from Wakefield, Yorkshire, with addition of family information on Josiah from Pam Ippolito

August 2006

Completion of webpage on of "U.S. Marines in Vietnam, the Defining Year, 1968", which describes the events around the death of Danny Lee Grimshaw on August 23, 1968

Addition of webpage entitled "Young Blood: a History of the 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, (Vietnam) 1968" by Gary Jarvis, which includes details of the death of Corpsman Danny Grimshaw on August 23, 1968

Update of webpage on Danny Lee Grimshaw, Vietnam War casualty, with addition of eyewitness account of his heroic actions at the time of his death

Upgrade of webpage on Isaac and Hannah (Worrall) Grimshaw, with addition of newspaper images and explanatory text

Upgrade of webpage on Henry and Mary (Mann) Grimshaw, immigrants to Wisconsin from Yorkshire in 1843, with addition of photo of sons John and Henry Grimshaw and several other images

July 2006

Upgrade of webpage on Henry and Elizabeth (Lyon) Grimshaw, with addition of information on the Phoenix and Tucson mortuary businesses of their grandson, Hal H Grimshaw

Addition of newspaper article to the Power Loom Riot webpage -- describing power loom attacks at the cotton mill at the Grimshaw location in Eccleshill during the loom riots of 1826

Addition of pictures and obituary to the Albert Harvey Grimshaw (textile researcher) webpage, provided by Thad Grimshaw

Update of webpage on the immigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw, with addition of William H Webb, shipbuilder, as the constructor of the ship

Addition of Richard Benton Grimshaw photo to webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw webpage

June 2006

Addition of website "hit" counter on homepage

Addition of cross references between the Viking Origins of the Grimshaw Surname webpage and the Celtic Origins of the Grimshaw Surname webpage - two competing theories of the origin of the surname

Update of webpage on George and Rachel (Graves) Grimshaw, with addition of more grave photos from Murph Sewall

Completion of webpage on Celtic Origins of the Grimshaw name near Pendle Hill

Addition of webpage on Ann Grimshaw, Creator of Cross-Stitch Sampler at Ackworth School in 1818

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas and Emma (Kraemer) Grimshaw, with addition of the M.A. thesis of their daughter, Mary Alice Grimshaw, and with addition of group photo containing Emma and Mary Alice Grimshaw

Addition of skeletal webpage on Charles and Mary Jane (Edmondson) Grimshaw, immigrants to Guelph, Ontario from Yorkshire in 1910

Update of webpage on George and Susan (Terriere) Grimshaw, with addition of gravesite photos in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Update of webpage on Lawrence and Mary (Duckworth) Grimshaw, with addition of gravesite photos - provided by Kay Blanchard - of their son and his wife, John and Alice (Whitaker) Grimshaw in Beaver, Utah

May 2006

Addition of Arthur Woods Grimshaw biography to the webpage on Missouri Grimshaw Immigrants from Ohio, with text keyed in by Judy Bryson

Addition of skeletal webpage on Celtic Origins of the Grimshaw name near Pendle Hill

April 2006

Addition of skeletal webpage on Grimshaw Immigrants to Missouri from Scioto County, Ohio

Upgrade of webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw, with addition of grave photos provided by Judy Bryson

Addition of skeletal webpage on The "Accrington Pals", World War I Battalion decimated in the Battle of the Somme

Upgrade of webpage on "The History of Clayton-le-Moors" with addition of biographical information on Richard Trappes-Lomax and maps from the British Ordnance Survey.

March 2006

Addition of webpage on Barbara Bonner's Grimshaw information 

Upgrade of webpage on John Elisha Grimshaw, Victoria Cross recipient, with addition of photo and another account of the basis of his receiving the medal

Upgrade of webpage on Audenshaw Grimshaw Line with addition of photos of Gorton House and Brookfield Chapel as well as more maps

Addition of webpage on John Henry and Elizabeth (Scholes) Grimshaw, immigrants to New Jersey from Ashton-under-Lyme.

Upgrade of webpage on Walter Grimshaw of Edisford, with addition of new photos of the Grimshaw griffin artifact from Mavis Long

Upgrade of webpage on Richard and Nancy Ann (Rickett) Grimshaw, with addition of descendant information and photos from Judy Bryson

Addition of webpage on Matthew and Eliphel (Morris) Grimshaw, descendants of Richard and Nancy Ann (Rickett) Grimshaw, based on Jim McKinney's website

Addition of maps to Important Grimshaw Locations webpage

Addition of webpage on William and Elizabeth (Zephaniah) Grimshaw by Barbara Bonner, with detail on descendants

February 2006

Upgrade of webpage on Albert Harvey Grimshaw, textile researcher and faculty member in North Carolina, with completion of background and explanatory information

Update of webpage on George and Charlotte (Menard) Grimshaw, with addition of Charlotte's ancestor information from Madeleine Mendard's website

Addition of webpage on Scotland Grimshaw Families as Recorded by David J Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on distribution of the Grimshaw surname in England in 1881 and 1998

Upgrade of webpage on William and MaryAnn (Blair) Grimshaw, with addition of information and photos of Anna (Lathrop) Grimshaw and her son, Coleman Grimshaw, from Louis Richards

January 2006

Upgrade of webpage on Eleanor Grimshaw Dixon-Shenfield, with addition of photos of her mother, Mary Jane (Hutton) Grimshaw and Mary Jane's father or grandfather or great-grandfather (from Barbara Alteman)

Upgrade of webpage on Henry and Elizabeth Grimshaw, with addition of information and gravesite photos for their son, Samuel B Grimshaw.

December 2005

Addition of preliminary webpage on John and Philip Grimshaw, immigrants to New York from Isle of Man, and brothers of William (married Phoebe Cain) Grimshaw

Upgrade of webpage on James and Katherine (Barnett) Grimshaw with addition of e-mails from Thomas Grimshaw and his father, William Grimshaw

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw, with addition of information on church window initiated in St Matthew's Church for his father and father's wife

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas and Helena (Brettargh) Grimshaw, with addition of cemetery information for Christopher Grimshaw and family at Bohaynee, NC

Addition of webpage on Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy - a rich source of Grimshaw immigrant information

November 2005

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation, with addition of information from the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery in Bristol, MA as well as pictures of the art gallery from the architect's website

Addition of preliminary webpage on Albert Harvey Grimshaw, researcher of textile dyes and faculty member of North Carolina State University

Addition of preliminary webpage on Riley and Margaret (Briggs) Grimshaw, parents of three immigrants to Providence Rhode Island

Addition of preliminary webpage on Samuel and Hannah Grimshaw, Quaker Immigrants to Brooklyn from Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Addition of preliminary webpage on William and Alice (Longworth) Grimshaw of Lower Darwen based on information provided by Barry Andrews

Upgrade of webpage on Isaac Spice and (Lettuce) Grishaw with addition of grave photos from Laura Mitchell

Upgrade of webpage on Hugh and Anne (Shuttleworth) Grimshaw of Gawthorpe Hall, with addition of historical summary by Tori Martinez and descendency of Winston Churchill from Deborah Nouzovsky

Upgrade of webpage on George and Rachel (Graves) Grimshaw of Mississippi and Louisiana with addition of maps and of information on Waverly Plantation

Addition of preliminary webpage on John and Maria (Haworth) Grimshaw, immigrants to Massachusetts from Lancashire in about 1910 based on information provided by Peter Grimshaw

Upgrade of webpage on Isaac Spice and Lettuce Grishaw, with addition of information from Laura Mitchell on one of their descendants, Matilda Grishaw

October 2005

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas H and Arvilla (Whitesell) Grimshaw, with addition of information on connections to William and Dora (Tinley) Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on the Quaker House at Rawdon based on a website prepared by Joanna Guise with important information on the descendants of Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw 

Update of Edward and Dorothy (Raner) webpage with addition of photos and information from Joanna Guise's website on the Quaker House at Rawdon

Upgrade of webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw webpage, with addition of details on Clinton E Grimshaw's families from Lucy Ellen (Grimshaw) Brown and on Matthew Grimshaw's family from James Jay McKinney's website

Addition of skeletal webpage on Abraham and Sarah Grimshaw, Quaker Immigrants to the Toronto Area from Yorkshire

Addition of skeletal webpage on William and Dora (Tinley) Grimshaw, Immigrants from Ontario to Detroit

Addition of skeletal webpage on Henry H. Grimshaw, Immigrant from England to New York, Then Ohio, and Finally Kansas

Addition of webpage on Ivan Gerould Grimshaw, librarian, author, and immigrant to Ohio from Shipley, Yorkshire - based on earlier webpage, "When I Was a Boy in England".

Addition of skeletal webpage on Ralph Grimshaw, sheep specialist at Ohio State University and descendant of Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw

September 2005

Upgrade of webpage on Beatrice Grimshaw, with addition of article on the significance of her work by Julie Evans (1993)

Upgrade of webpage on Lawrence and Mary (Duckworth) Grimshaw, with addition of probable tie back to earliest recorded Grimshaw family line

Addition of skeletal webpage on Henry and Rebecca Grimshaw, immigrants to Kane County, Illinois

August 2005

Upgrade of webpage on Ivan G. Grimshaw (author of "When I Was a Boy In England") with addition of pamphlet on "Cannibals of Indiana".

Upgrade of webpage on Joseph Grimshaw of Oneida, New York with addition of photos and maps

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaw, Alberta, Canada with photos and images from Thomas T. Grimshaw, who visited there in the summer, 2005.

July 2005

Addition of webpage on the Grunshaw Family Lines in America based on information provided by Bob Warren

Upgrade of webpage on Danny Lee Grimshaw, Vietnam War Casualty with addition of photos and images from Emily Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Thomas and Onnar (Radden) Grimshaw, an early couple in Virginia, based on information from Karen Hangsleben

Addition of webpage on Maria (Grimshaw) and Joseph Yewdall, an expanded line in the Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw family line, using information provided by Beverley (Yewdall) Harrison

June 2005

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaw, Baxter & J.J. Elliot Clockmakers webpage, with addition of photos and clock descriptions from websites and Ebay ads

Upgrade of webpage on James and Mary Julia (Berthoud) Grimshaw, with addition of Civil War records and photos of granddaughters from Michelle Ladner

Addition of webpage on Caleb Grimshaw, transatlantic shipping pioneer of the 1800s in Liverpool (for whom the ill-fated ship Caleb Grimshaw was named) 

Addition of webpage on Charles and Elizabeth (Bartington) Grimshaw, immigrants to Montreal from Salford (near Manchester) based on information from Barbara Buckingham.

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas and Helena Brettargh, with addition of companion webpage with the complete text of Thomas 1850 chronicle of trip to Canada.

Addition of webpage on Seaman John Grimshaw, chronicler of the Battle of the Nile from Horatio Nelson's flagship

Upgrade of webpage on James and Mary Julia (Berthoud) Grimshaw, with addition of Civil War records of their son-in-law, William Seymour

May 2005

Upgrade of webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw of Scioto County, Ohio, with addition of information on Matthew Grimshaw, Civil War veteran

Addition of webpage on "Bob Grimshaw" an epicactus which was apparently first created by Wressey Cocke

Upgrade of webpage on Earliest Recorded Grimshaw Family, with addition of connections to Oakenshaw and Pendle Forest Grimshaw family lines

Addition of skeletal webpage on Aaron and Joshua Grimshaw, emigrants from Wakefield to Australia in about 1840, based on information from Murray Grimshaw

April 2005

Addition of skeletal webpage on Isaac and Lettuce Grishaw, a family line from Virginia that migrated to Kentucky and then Indiana

Addition of skeletal webpage on Isaac and Hannah (Worrall) Grimshaw, Immigrants to New York City from Yorkshire

March 2005

Addition of webpage on Quaker records of Grimshaws in Yorkshire from Sharon Wilbur

Upgrade of webpage on the immigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw, with addition of New York Herald article on interviews of five of the survivors of the ship's sinking

Addition of skeletal webpage on George and Rebecca (Kennedy) Grimshaw, immigrant family to St. Louis, Missouri

Upgrade of webpage on George and Rachel (Graves) Grimshaw with addition of pictures and information from Wilbur Sewall.

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw Silk Mill, Reading, Pennsylvania - built in 1887 and destroyed by cyclone in 1889

Addition of webpage on Nicholas Grimshaw of Sabden, builder of some 40 cottages in that community, based on images and information provided by David Eaves

February 2005

Addition of skeletal webpage on Phill Grimshaw, well-known creator of artistic type fonts

Addition of skeletal webpage on Grimshaws in Church Kirk, including Stanhill and Oswaltwistle

January 2005

Addition of skeletal webpage on Nicholas Grimshaw, architect: world renowned, and knighted in 2002 for his work

Addition of skeletal webpage on Walter Grimshaw, chess genius of the 1800s

December 2004

Addition of webpage on Caleb Grimshaw & Company, Liverpool-based passenger and freight commissioning company

Addition of webpage on Leah Nadine (Grimshaw) Driggs family history

November 2004

Several upgrades of Danny Lee Grimshaw, Vietnam Casualty webpage based on information and photos provided by Nadine Driggs and other family members.

Addition of webpage on James and Rebecca (Bullough) Grimshaw, immigrants from Wigan, Lancashire to North Providence (Greystone), Rhode Island

Addition of skeletal webpage on "U.S. Marines in Vietnam - The Defining Year: 1968" as companion webpage to that of Danny Grimshaw

Addition of skeletal webpage on John Thomas and Arvilla (Whitesell) Grimshaw, Settlers at Detroit, Michigan

Completion of webpage on William and Emily (Brown) Grimshaw, a family line on Staten Island, New York

Upgrade of Beatrice Grimshaw's webpage with addition of letter she sent to Australian Prime Minister Alfred Deakin in 1908 regarding the "New Hebrides" question

Addition of skeletal webpage on a bibliography of Beatrice Grimshaw's works from the "Pulp Rack" website

Addition of skeletal webpage on Francis and Frances ("Fanny") Grimshaw of Montauk, Long Island, New York

Completion of webpage on Grimshaws in the Heritage Quest database

Addition of skeletal webpage on Grimshaw, Baxter & J.J. Elliott, English clockmaking firm in London and Nottingham

Addition of skeletal webpage on John Grimshaw, M.D., author of "The People's Medical Guide" and other medical books

October 2004

Upgrade of webpage on William Grimshaw, Illinois pioneer and prominent citizen, with addition of photos of home and gravesite from Hilary Tulloch and Bill & Sylvia Grote

Addition of webpage on Conrad Grimshaw, American veteran of the Korean War

Additions to "Doctor Grimshawe's Secret" webpage

September 2004

Addition of Google-based search tool to the homepage -- donated by Dick Grimshaw -- to help navigate the 200+ pages of the "Grimshaw Origins" website

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw, Dublin Physician and Ireland Registrar General, with addition of photos of gravesites from Hilary Tulloch.

Addition of webpage on Jackson Grimshaw, Brother of William Grimshaw and noted Illinois Lawyer in Quincy, Illinois

Upgrade of webpage on William A. Grimshaw, Illinois Pioneer and Attorney -- addition of biographies and a webpage with full text of William's address, History of Pike County, delivered on July 4, 1876

August 2004

Upgrade of webpage on Dr Grimshawe's Secret, a Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorine -- Having Little or Nothing to Do with the Grimshaw Family

Addition of skeletal webpage on Grimshaws in the Heritage Quest database

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas Grimshaw, "a Force in Modern Spiritualism"

Addition of skeletal webpage on William and Emily (Brown) Grimshaw, Immigrants to Staten Island, New York

Upgrade of webpage on William and Phoebe Grimshaw of Lawrence County, OH with information from Cindy (Grimshaw) O'Brian and Judi Gilker

Addition of skeletal webpage on Grimshaws in the "Family and Local Histories" database on Ancestry.com

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1840 U.S. Census

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1850 U.S. Census

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1790 U.S. Census

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1800 U.S. Census

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1830 U.S. Census

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1820 U.S. Census

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in 1910 U.S. Census

Update of webpage on George and Susan (Terriere) Grimshaw with new descendant chart and family history information from Trudell (Leyck) Wright

July 2004

Addition of webpage on Danny Lee Grimshaw, Vietnam War Casualty from Seattle, Washington

Addition of webpage on Emile Grimshaw, noted banjo player, teacher, composer, and builder

Addition of webpage on John and Mary Ellen (Wignall) Grimshaw, Immigrants to Massachusetts from Yorkshire

June 2004

Upgrade of webpage on C. Grant Grimshaw Elementary School

Addition of skeletal webpage on the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation

Update of webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw with photos and other information provided by Sharon Prince

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw Obituaries and Death Notices from the Newsbank website

May 2004

Addition of skeletal webpage on Samuel and Mary (Shackleton) Grimshaw, probable immigrants to Jefferson Co, Ohio from Yorkshire

Update of webpage on John and Margaret (Hartley) Grimshaw webpage with addition of probable connection to Samuel Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Samuel Grimshaw, Medal of Honor recipient for valor in the U.S. Civil War

Upgrade of webpage on James and Mary Julia (Berthoud) Grimshaw with information from Nancy Presley-Holly's Website

Addition of skeletal webpage on William and Phoebe Grimshaw of Lawrence County, OH with information from Cindy (Grimshaw) O'Brian

Addition of preliminary webpage on Richard Trappes-Lomax's book on the history of Clayton-le-Moors, published in 1926

April 2004

Addition of preliminary webpage on Ann (Grimshaw) and Samuel Entwistle, emigrants from Lancashire to Missouri

March 2004

Addition of preliminary webpage on James and Ellen (Cotterill) Grimshaw, immigrants to Brooklyn, NY from Manchester, England

February 2004

Addition of preliminary webpage on James and Katherine (Barnett) Grimshaw, immigrants to Michigan from Lancashire and Scotland

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaw Hall, with addition of information on the Grimshaws who lived there and gave their name to the Hall.

Addition of webpage on John Elisha Grimshaw, recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I (one of the "Six VCs Before Breakfast") for valor in the Gallipoli campaign.

Update of webpage on Cecil Grimshaw, World War I Casualty at Gallipoli, with creation of companion webpage containing newspaper articles and related information.

Addition of webpage on 1810 U.S. Census, showing "Grimshaw" and "Grinshaw" entries

Addition of webpage on 1820 U.S. Census, showing "Grimshaw" and "Grinshaw" entries

Addition of webpage on 1830 U.S. Census, showing "Grimshaw" and "Grinshaw" entries

Addition of portrait photo of Col. Arthur H. Grimshaw to his webpage.

Addition of webpage on LDS Pedigree Resource Files, with tabulation of Grimshaws (and Grinshaws and Grimshawes) included in the Master Index (includes 1025 entries).

January 2004

Addition of webpage on 1860 U.S. Census, showing Thomas H. Grimshaw living in Alabama and Henry Grimshaw living in Connecticut.

Addition of webpage on 1930 U.S. Census, with Grimshaws indexed by state and city where found in the census.

Addition of webpage on Charles T. and Hannah (Walker) Grimshaw based on information provided by Richard Walker. Charles was apparently the son of Caleb Grimshaw, for whom the immigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw was named. The Caleb Grimshaw burned and sank in 1849 with the loss of 90 lives.

Upgrade of 1870 U.S. Census webpage with addition of Grimshaws indexed in the online service of Ancestry.com

Addition of probable family line information for Caleb Grimshaw, namesake of the immigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw, which sank in 1849.

December 2003

Addition of skeletal webpage on Grimshaw Green, a village near Parbold in the District of West Lancashire.

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw Immigrant Indications - traces of North American and other Grimshaw immigrants and family lines that are not yet documented.

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas S. and Emma (Kraemer) Grimshaw with addition of photographs from Ann Nepsa.

Addition of webpage on Pheby Grimshaw and Jeremiah Hustler, a Quaker family from Yorkshire with descendants in Ohio, based on information provided by Ruth Edney.

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaw Hall, Knowle, near Birmingham (previously added in skeleton form in December 2002).

October 2003

Addition of webpage on Charles and Mary (Wiley) Grimshaw, who married in New York and raised a family in Canajoharie, based on information provided by Roger Grimshaw. One of the descendants was Myron Grimshaw, major league baseball player for the Boston Red Sox in the early 1900s.

July 2003

Addition of webpage on Robert E. Grimshaw, South Dakota pioneer and prominent citizen of Deadwood.

Addition of webpage on Thomas Grimshaw, key figure in the Spiritualism movement in the early 20th century.

Addition of webpage on the Grimshaws of Gisburn Forest, a line of Grimshaws descended from Ottwell Grymeshey of Rimmington, which is located two miles southeast of Gisburn in northern Lancashire.

Change to new webhosting service, with increased website access capacity and additional server space. New domain name: www.grimshaworigin.org.

June 2003

Addition of photos to "Irish" line of Grimshaws, courtesy of Richard Grimshaw and Hilary Tulloch. Addition of contributions to Irish textile industry by Nicholas Grimshaw, and addition of 1762 article on bleaching by Nicholas' father.

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw's Principles of Christianity Vindicated, an 1846 religious tract by an author who found Christian salvation as a Quaker after being a Deist.

May 2003

Addition of webpage on Cecil Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw, who served in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the Boer War and kept a detailed diary of his experiences, based on information provided by Richard Grimshaw. Cecil also fought in World War I, in the Gallipoli campaign, where he was killed in action on April 26, 1915.

Addition of webpage on U.S. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records for Grimshaws

April 2003

Redesign and reduction of homepage in order to reduce load time when the website is accessed and to conserve website access resources. Two new webpages were also added for placement of the homepage information that was removed -- an "Overview of Grimshaw Origins and History" page and a "Site Map" page.

March 2003

Addition of webpage on Aaron and Rosanna (Cook) Grimshaw, immigrants from Ashton-under-Lyne, with information provided by Margaret (Tribe) Bania and Betsy Beech.

February 2003

Upgrade of webpage on William Alexander and Jane (Turner) Grimshaw, with addition of photos from the Richland County, WI History Room.

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaws of Paterson, NJ (listed as George and Mary [Barnes] Grimshaw) who were involved in the manufacture of silk products. Photos of two silk mills (in Paterson and in Reading, PA) and members of one of the branches of the family were added, thanks to Marge Tamboer.

Addition of webpage on Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw of Scioto County, OH. Richard moved to Ohio from Pennsylvania apparently before he met Nancy. 

Addition of webpage on James and Mary Julia (Berthoud) Grimshaw. They met and married in New York, after James immigrated there in 1826, and raised a large family in New Orleans.

January 2003

Upgrade of webpage on William Robinson and Sarah (Rhoads) Daylor Grimshaw, participants in the 1848-50 California Gold Rush. Several new photos were added, and the page was reorganized.

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1920 U.S. Census.

Addition of webpage on Mary Grimshaw, "Charwoman" to King Charles II on the Island of Jersey. Charles II stayed twice on Jersey during the English revolutions in the 1600s.

December 2002

Addition of webpage on William H. Grimshaw, author of history of black Freemasons. William was employed at the Library of Congress.

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1850 U.S. Census

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in the Canadian 1881 Census

Addition of webpage on Mormon Grimshaw Immigrants to the U.S. from England

Addition of webpage on Bannister Grimshaw's book, "The Entwisle Family", which was published in 1924

November 2002

Addition of webpage on George and Susan Grimshaw, immigrants to New York City and then Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Information was provided by Trudell Wright.

Addition of webpage on Archbishop Grimshaw School, a Roman Catholic secondary school located near Birmingham

October 2002

Addition of webpage on "When I Was a Boy in England" by Ivan Gerould Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on the Grimshawe Family of Errwood Hall, Goyt Valley, Cheshire. Much of the information was provided by Colin Butterworth.

September 2002

Upgrade of webpage on Grimshaw, Georgia, with addition of photos of the location taken in Summer 2002 by Howard Ratcliffe

Upgrade of webpage on Duckworth and Mary Jane (Moyes) Grimshaw, with addition of photos of son William's homesite and grave

August 2002

Addition of webpage on Thomas S. Grimshaw, 1876 Immigrant to Anaheim, California from Manchester via South America

July 2002

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1870 U.S. Census

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw, Immigrant to Philadelphia around 1800 with Descendants in Minnesota

June 2002

Additions to webpage on Duckworth and Mary Jane (Moyes) Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Doctor Grimshawe's Secret, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

April 2002

Upgrade of webpage on Hugh and Anne (Grimshaw) Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe Hall

Addition of webpage on Hugh and Elizabeth (Burroughs) Grimshaw, 1811 Immigrants to Salem County, New Jersey from Manchester

March 2002

Addition of webpages summarizing Zephaniah Grimshaw information from Calvin Lamb's and Bill O'Halloran's websites

Upgrade of webpage on Thomas and Helena (Brettargh) Grimshaw, 1852 immigrants to Ontario and then to North Carolina

Upgrade of webpage on the Caleb Grimshaw, Emigrant Ship that burned and sank in 1849 with the loss of 90 lives

Addition of supplement to Grimshaw Immigrants as indexed in Filby's "Passenger and Immigration Index"

February 2002

Upgrade of webpage on William Robinson and Sarah (Rhoads) Grimshaw, Participants in the California Gold Rush

Addition of webpage on (Francis) Duckworth and Bridget (Monahan) Grimshaw of Killingly, Connecticut

Upgrade of George and Charlotte (Menard) Grimshaw webpage, with addition of photos provided by Barbara Bonner

Further upgrade of webpage on Edwin A. Grimshaw Collection of American Grimshaw Family Lines

January 2002

Addition of webpage on George and Mary (Barnes) Grimshaw, Progenitors of New Jersey Grimshaw Family Lines

Addition of webpage on John and Mary Grimshaw, Weaver immigrants to Philadelphia; information provided by Phyllis Frankenfield

Addition of webpage on the Grimshaws of Crowtrees, Barrowford, Lancashire

Addition of webpage on Joseph and Marinda (Ostrander) Grimshaw, 1843 immigrants to Nova Scotia and then Michigan (1865)

December 2001

Addition of webpage on Henry and Mary (Mann) Grimshaw, Immigrants to Wisconsin in 1843

Addition of webpage on Zacharia and Ellen (Wilde) Grimshaw, Immigrants to Strathmore, Alberta around 1900, with information provided by Edwin Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Grimshaws in the 1880 U.S. Census

November 2001

Upgrade of webpage on Edwin A. Grimshaw Collection of American Grimshaw Family Lines

October 2001

Addition of webpage on Jonathan and Elizabeth (Pratt) Grimshaw, progenitors of at least five Grimshaw immigrants to the U.S. Information for this webpage was provided by Elaine Ruggiero and her brother, Charles Grimshaw Wagner

September 2001

Update and additions to webpage on Gary Grimshaw, Concert poster artist for famous rock music groups

Update and additions to webpage on Atkinson Grimshaw, Noted painter of ethereal scenes and fairy figures

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw history from anonymous contributor

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw entries in the Ellis Island passenger database

June 2001

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw, Georgia, named after Harry B. Grimshaw, railroad executive from Savannah, Georgia

Update of American Genealogical and Biographical Index (AGBI) webpage

Additions to webpage on Joseph Grimshaw and His Two Families (Joseph immigrated about 1806)

Addition of webpage on Lawrence and Mary Duckworth) Grimshaw, Progenitors of at Least Eight Immigrants to America

May 2001

Update of Viking Origins of Grimshaw surname webpage, with addition of map showing routes of Viking invasion

Addition of second Lloyd's record (for 1778) to the webpage on The Griffin, operated out of Liverpool by Captain R. Grimshaw

Addition of baptism records to John James Grimshaw and George Thomas Grimshaw webpages. Addition of Declaration of Intent record to John James Grimshaw webpage

Addition of webpage on Michael Henry and Maria (Norris) Grimshaw, Westward migrants from Wisconsin

Addition of webpage on William Alexander and Jane (Turner) Grimshaw, Lifetime residents of Wisconsin

Upgrade of webpage on Robert E. Grimshaw, Distinguised American mechanical engineer, with information and photos provided by Dana McKay and Mike Stelling

April 2001

Addition of webpage on John and Margaret (Hartley) Grimshaw, Quaker Immigrants to New York and Ohio

Addition of webpage on the "Texas Line" of Grimshaws, Participants in a Texas oil boom

Addition of webpage on Jonathan and Eliza (Topham) Grimshaw, Mormon Immigrants to Missouri

Addition of webpage on Roland "Roly" Grimshaw,  Indian cavalry officer and eiarist of World War I

March 2001

Addition of webpage on T. Harold Grimshaw, Shetland Islands missionary and author

Addition of webpage on Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshaw, Clergyman, author and scholar (author of Memoirs of the Rev. Legh Richmond and Life of William Cowper)

Addition of webpage on Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw, Physician and public health servant in Dublin, Ireland

Consolidation of Clayton Hall webpages; addition of Robert Eaton's sketches of the former Clayton Hall

Consolidation of Ooze Castle Wood webpage onto "Grimshaw Serpent" webpage

Addition of webpage on Beatrice Grimshaw, South Pacific adventurer and author

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw's New Hampshire Life After the Revolutionary War

Addition of webpage on The Griffin, Privateer Brig Operating in the 1770s under the Command of a Captain Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Nicholas Grimshaw, Seven Times Mayor of Preston

February 2001

Addition of webpage on Grimshaw Listings in the American Genealogical- Biographical Index (AGBI)

Reformatting of Oakenshaw Line of Grimshaws to overall website format

Addition of webpage on John Grimshaw, Soldier in the Coldstream Guards

January 2001

Update of Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw with addition of Tim Halstead's extensive descendant chart

Consolidation of Higher Grimshaw Farm webpage onto webpage for Grimshaw Location in Eccleshill

Addition of Christopher Telfer's webpage, derived from his website on Grimshaw family lines

Addition of connection of Pendle Hill Grimshaw line to Clayton-le-Moors line on Pendle Forest Grimshaw webpage (derived from 1877 articles from The Preston Guardian)

Consolidation of Pendle Hill and Heyhouses webpage onto webpage for Pendle Forest line of Grimshaws

Consolidation of inscriptions webpage onto webpage for Grimshaw gravestone in St. Anne's Church in Fence

December 2000

Addition of webpage on Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw and descendants, including three North American Grimshaw lines

Updates of homepage to describe involvement the Grimshaw family in the Industrial Revolution in more detail

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw, Veteran of the American War for Independence

Addition of webpage on Nicholas Grimshaw, key figure in bringing the Industrial Revolution to Ireland

Modification of webpage on Irish Grimshaw line for compatibility and mutual support of Nicholas Grimshaw webpage

November 2000

Addition of "Radical" John Grimshaw poems to Industrial Revolution webpage

Addition of initial webpage on Arthur Grimshaw, American Civil War Regimental and Brigade Commander for the Union

Addition of webpage on Arkwright and Cartwright, Inventors of Important Textile Manufacturing Machines

Revision of James Hargreaves webpage

Revision and upgrade of "Grimshaws in the Industrial Revolution" webpage

Revision and upgrade of Grimshaw Serpent webpage

Revision and upgrade of Ooze Castle Wood webpage

Revision and upgrade of Harleian Manuscripts: Grimshaw Entries webpage

Revision and upgrade of Grimshaw Coat of Arms and Crest webpage

Preliminary posting of webpage on Edwin A. Grimshaw Collection of American Grimshaw Family Trees

Upgrade of webpage on William Robinson Grimshaw, Participant in the California Gold Rush

October 2000

Addition of webpage on William Grimshaw, Noted Historian

Addition of webpage on Moses Grimshaw, Fictional "Idealized" Lancastrian

Addition of webpage on Latest Changes and Additions (this page)

Addition of webpage with Website Outline

Several webpage modifications in response to Hilary Tulloch comments

Change of Coat of Arms on homepage to Harleian Manuscripts image

Addition of webpage on Thomas and Helena (Brettargh) Grimshaw

Addition of webpage on Joseph Grimshaw and His Two Families  

July 2000

Website initiated with posting of homepage

 

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Webpage initially posted October 2000; it is updated regularly as progress is made.

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