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Grimshaw Origins and History
Welcome!
...to the website on the origins and history of the
ancient
English
family of Grimshaw.
A
Grimshaw coat of arms from about 1567 is shown above. A description is provided
further down on this webpage.
The Grimshaw surname originated in Lancashire in the northern part of England, apparently around 1000 A.D. There appear to be few records of Grimshaw family lines for the first 200 to 250 years.
However, it is highly probable that the family's roots are connected to the town of Grimsargh, which is a short distance northeast of Preston.
The earliest recorded Grimshaw was Gilbert, father of William Grimshaw, who held
the Manor of Grimsargh in thenage in 1242.
The Grimshaw surname originated near Preston which is in northern
England. Preston's location (indicated by orange circle) is shown in
relation to Liverpool, Manchester, Blackburn and Leeds, all of which were
important in Grimshaw family history. Map source: Bing Maps.
| Website Introduction |
This website seeks to tell portions of the “Grimshaw story”. A few highlights are presented on this homepage. There are a total of more than 350 webpages on
this website covering various aspects of the Grimshaw story. More information on
this Grimshaw Origins website may be found on a companion
webpage, “About This Website”. The following search tool may help find a specific person or topic
of interest.
The convention of using “companion webpage” with a hyperlink is used
throughout this website.
The author of this website is an American Grimshaw whose research in
his own origins grew into a larger range of interests in the entire Grimshaw
family line. The website is a very interesting hobby and is maintained and expanded as
information becomes available. More information on the author may be found
on a companion webpage. Most of the
webpages are still in preparation in order to post a webpage as soon as possible
after any information is obtained on the individual, family, or topic becomes available. The
webpage is then completed later when more details (or time) permit. It should be
noted that even when a webpage no longer has the "In Preparation"
notation, it will continue to be upgraded as more information becomes
available.
One of the main ways that the interesting story of the Grimshaws is being assembled is through the generous contribution of information and images from many sources, mostly be emails. The website author is deeply indebted to each of these contributors. A “hall of fame” for website contributors is
being prepared on a companion webpage, which is
still in preparation.
Would you like to add Grimshaw information to this website? If so, please
send an email to the website author at the following address:
thomaswgrimshaw@gmail.com
Since this website is a hobby, it is attended to and built as time is
available. Please be patient!
| Homepage Contents |
As noted above, this homepage introduces some of the most significant or interesting aspects
of the origins and history of the Grimshaw family. More detail on the
following topics can be found further down on this homepage. Addtional
information may then be found by using links in each topic.
Where in England Did the Grimshaw Family Name Originate?
Website Introduction
Grimshaw Family Overview
Earliest Grimshaws around Preston and
Blackburn
More Detail on the Grimshaw
Location
Descendants of Walter
Grimshaw of Eccleshill
Clayton Hall,
Location of the Grimshaw Family for
Over 350 Years
Grimshaw Coats of Arms
The Leeds and Liverpool
Canal in Clayton-le-Moors
The
Grimshaw Serpent and Ooze Castle Wood
Competing Theories on the Origin of the Grimshaw Surname -- Celtic or
Viking
Early Grimshaws at Cliviger
The Pendle Forest Line of Grimshaws
The Audenshaw Grimshaw Line
The "Yorkshire" Line of Grimshaws
The " Irish" Line of Grimshaws
References
Recently Developed Webpages
What's New on the Grimshaw Origins
Website?
Homepage Chronology
| Grimshaw Family Overview |
Many branches have emerged in the Grimshaw family in the decades and centuries after its
origination. A number of Grimshaws participated in the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, which got its start in cotton weaving in this part of Lancashire. Many Grimshaw descendants contributed to the waves of emigration to the New World and other parts of the globe. Numerous fields in the arts and sciences – and the spiritual realm – have benefited from the talents of Grimshaw descendants, including evangelism, painting, history, engineering, and entomology.
The six topics shown below are generally of greatest
interest to Grimshaw researchers. Click on on the ones that interest you for more information
on various aspects of Grimshaw origins and history.
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Origins of the Grimshaw Surname
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Early Grimshaw Family Lines in
England and Ireland
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Involvement of
Grimshaw Family Members in the
Industrial Revolution
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Grimshaw Immigrants to the New World
and Around the Globe
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Prominent Grimshaw Individuals and Families
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Miscellaneous Grimshaw Individuals
and Information
Each of these webpages contains links to other
specific webpages on the topic.
| Earliest Grimshaws around Preston and Blackburn |
The name “Grimshaw” probably started about the time surnames were
beginning to be used in England. As noted above, the first Grimshaws apparently
lived in an area near the present community of Grimsargh, which is located a few
miles northeast of Preston and northwest of Blackburn in Lancashire. Two of the earliest Grimshaws -- both with the first name Walter -- were apparently contemporaries (mid 1200s)
but lived at different locations. One of the Walter Grimshaws was located at Eccleshill southeast of Blackburn, and the other
was at Edisford,
near Clitheroe (northeast of Blackburn). Many descendants of Walter Grimshaw of
Eccleshill have been recorded, but none have yet been found for Walter Grimshaw
of Edisford.
Detailed map of area around Preston and Blackburn showing the location of
Grimsargh northeast of Preston. Other locations of importance to the family
history (Clitheroe, Grimshaw Location, Clayton-le-Moors) are also
indicated. Map source: Bing Maps.
The place name "Grimshaw" remains at Eccleshill to the
present but this is not the case at Edisford. The Eccleshill location of Walter Grimshaw is now marked by Higher
Grimshaw Farm (shown below) and Grimshaw Brook Mill, an envelope factory and
closed-down paper mill. More detail on the Grimshaw location is provided further
down on this webpage.
Higher Grimshaw Farm. The hill behind the farm is Yate and Pickup Bank, with the
community of Belthorn
clearly visible at the top of the hill.
The plaque pictured below is near the entrance to the farmhouse in the
above photo.
Edisford Hall is located
located just across the Ribble River from Clitheroe. It consists of several
buildings at the location.
Edisford Hall. The hall is well marked at the entrance.
The plaque shown below is on the corner of the house in the upper photo.
| More Detail on the Grimshaw Location |
The place name “Grimshaw” is in Eccleshill, about three miles southeast of central
Blackburn (see map above). Walter Grimshaw and his descendants apparently lived
here for five generations, until the about 1370, when a move was made to
Clayton-le-Moors. The location is on a stream called Grimshaw Brook,
which forms the boundary between two ancient,
small townships –- Eccleshill to the west and Yate and Pickup Bank to the east.
It has had an eventful history. Grimshaw Brook provided a source of water power,
and mills for various purposes have been constructed. Currently the site is
occupied by a closed-down paper mill and a small factory for paper envelops.
Click here for the Eccleshill Grimshaw
webpage.
Grimshaw location in Eccleshill (center of photo). Grimshaw Brook flows from left
to right across the middle of the photo. The site is now occupied by an
envelope factory (brick building to the right of center) and a closed-down paper
mill (left of center). The farmhouse and barn near the left side of the
photo are on "Higher Grimshaw Farm". The photo was taken to the
southwest and down a steep hill (Yate and Pickup Bank) from Belthorn. Photo taken
by website author in May 2000.
The Grimshaw location was greatly affected by development during the
Industrial Revolution. As noted, the original facility constructed there was a cotton mill
called "Grimshaw Bridge Factory". The site now has an envelope factory
and closed-down paper mill.
Grimshaw Brook Mill, an envelope factory, with a former paper-making
cylinder in front. Photo taken by the website author in March 1999. The closed-down paper
mill was behind the website author when he took this photo.
"Higher Grimshaw Farm" (also shown further up on this webpage) is located above (southwest of) Grimshaw
Brook, near the road that leads into the envelope factory.
Northeast view of front side of Higher Grimshaw Farm. The
village of Belthorn is visible on the horizon, at the top of Yate and Pickup
Bank. (The photo of the Grimshaw location shown above was taken from Belthorn.) Photo taken
by the website author in April 1999.
The power loom riots of April 24 to 26, 1826 reached the Grimshaw
cotton mill in Eccleshill, as described in the following newspaper article.
Report of attacks on Grimshaw mill in April 1826.
Source: Salem,
MA, Essex Register, v. 26, issue 46, page [3] (June 8, 1826).
| Descendants of Walter Grimshaw of
Eccleshill |
Thomas Dunham Whitaker, in his “History of Whalley”1, did a remarkable job of recording early Grimshaw families and is perhaps the foremost author for Grimshaw history.
He developed an excellent descendant chart for the Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill, who lived around 1250 AD.
Other early Grimshaw families, such as William Grimshaw of Grimsargh and Walter
Grimshaw of Edisford, have not been mapped out with such thoroughness. The
upper portion of Whitaker’s descendant chart for Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill
(shown below)
includes the first 10
generations (after Walter). Click here
for the Eccleshill Grimshaw webpage.
Upper portion of Whitaker's descendant chart for
Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill showing 10 generations. The lower portion of the chart (not included here) shows an additional
four generations.
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Clayton Hall,
Location of the Grimshaw Family for
Over 350 Years |
The Grimshaw family lived at the Grimshaw
location in Eccleshill from its origins until at least the mid-1300s. Because of a fortuitous marriage into the Clayton
family by Adam Grimshaw sometime after 1368, the family relocated to Clayton
Hall in Clayton-le-Moors, northeast of Blackburn (see map above). The family
lived there for many generations until the heirs ran out in
about 1715 and the estate passed to the Lomax family. Clayton Hall was demolished in 1977, One of the reasons for
its demise was reported to be subsidence resulting from collapse of coal mine voids beneath the hall
that had weakened the structure. There was apparently an earlier Clayton Hall
that was replaced the one shown below. Click here
for the webpage on Clayton-le-Moors and the Grimshaw family that lived
there.
Photo of former Clayton Hall from Pollard,
19782. The view is northward on the south side of the hall.
A portion of Clayton Hall has been re-constucted
in recent years at the original site. This would therefore be the third
Clayton Hall at this location.
Front view of the new Clayton Hall, a facsimile of the previous one that was torn down in 1977. The photo was taken
northward from south side, the same angle as the above photo of the previous
Clayton Hall. Photo taken by the website author in May 1999.
Robert Eaton, a retired schoolteacher living in the Clayton-le-Moors area,
provided a "guided tour" of the Clayton Hall grounds to the webpage
author and several others in May 2000. He described the history and features of
the hall and related how he had grown up in the area when the manor was an
abandoned derelict and had spent many happy hours as a youth playing in the old
"haunted house." Robert made many sketches and paintings of Clayton Hall not long before it
was demolished in 1977.
Example of Robert Eaton painting of Clayton Hall, now in the
possession of Jack Frane, who kindly provided the following image of the
painting. The view of Clayton Hall is generally
to the northwest.
|
Grimshaw Coats of Arms |
Members of the Grimshaw family have had coats of arms
since the Clayton Hall days, always with a griffin as the central feature. One
of the most attractive renditions of a Grimshaw coat of arms appears in the
Harleian Manuscripts at the British Library in London. This rendition is
displayed at the top of this webpage. Click here
for the webpage on Grimshaw coats of arms.
Grimshaw coat of arms from Folio 1468, which includes "Pedigrees of the Lancashire Gentry, as registered
(narratively) in the Visitation-book of that County, made in A.D. 1567 by William Flower
Norroy."
The earliest head of the Grimshaw family recorded during the 1567 visitation was Henry, born in 1467 and married Alice, daughter of Richard Tempest. Whitaker’s descendant chart for of the original Grimshaw family go back eight generations before Henry, to Walter, who was living in about 1250.
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The Leeds and Liverpool
Canal in Clayton-le-Moors |
A major geographic feature in Clayton-le-Moors is the Leeds
& Liverpool Canal, an artifact of the Industrial Revolution that runs very close to Clayton
Hall. Click here here for the webpage
on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
Westward View of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from
Highway A678 Bridge. Clayton Hall is located just out of view on the right side
of the photo. Pendle Hill can be seen on the horizon above the canal. Photo taken
by the website author in May 2000.
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The
Grimshaw Serpent and Ooze Castle Wood |
The Grimshaw family kept their land holdings in
Eccleshill after they relocated to Clayton-le-Moors in the mid-1300s. According
to a 1742 publication by Charles Owen, a
Grimshaw living at Clayton Hall was traveling to the family's holdings in
Eccleshill when he performed a valuable community service by killing a large
serpent in Ooze Castle Wood, about a mile southeast of the Grimshaw
location.
Upper portion of the title page of Charles Owen's
"An Essay towards a Natural History of Serpents", which makes
reference to a Grimshaw having killed a large serpent.
A good candidate for "Griom's Ark", the
purported den of the serpent, has been located in Ooze Castle Wood. Ooze Castle
Wood and the candidate for Griom's Ark are shown in the photos below. The small
reservoir in the upper photo can be found on the lower left map above,
just east of Waterside and southeast of Belthorn. Click here
for the webpage on the Grimshaw Serpent.
A potential candidate for Griom's Ark as described
in Owen's 1742 article on the "Grimshaw Serpent". The opening is in
Ooze Castle Wood and is a crevice in a sandstone block that is part of a slump
(earth movement) on the bank of Means Brook. Photo of the website author taken
by his spouse in May 2000.
Yate & Pickup Bank (southward view). The rock
crevice that may be Griom's Ark is in Ooze Castle Wood adjacent to the small
reservoir. Shooter's Hill forms the horizon on the left half of the photo.
Photo taken by the website author in May 2000.
Owen made a connection between this serpent and the
griffin on the Grimshaw coat of arms, but the exact nature of the connection was
extremely vague. The serpent-killing event, perhaps at least partly a
legend, would have happened between 1350, when the Grimshaws moved to Clayton
Hall, and 1613, when the arms were sanctioned by the kings' herald. Thus the
griffin preceded the serpent in Grimshaw history by at least 300 years.
| Competing Theories on the Origin of the Grimshaw Surname -- Celtic or
Viking |
There are two competing theories concerning the original derivation of the
Grimshaw name. The earlier Celtic derivation is based on the hyothesis that the
terms “grim” and “grin” are forms of the one root word (that) signify
the sun, when the term is used for that celestial luminary as a divinity, or as
the object or symbol referred to in divine worship. These terms were given by
the Angles and Saxons when they occupied lowlands that they had seized from the
Celts (Segantii). If this theory is true, then most likely the very original
Grimshaw location is west of Pendle Hill, perhaps not far from Grimsargh. Click here
for the webpage on the earlier Celtic origins of the Grimshaw surname.
The
theory for a later Viking derivation is based on the hypothesis that Grimshaw
refers to "Grim'rs wood", where the Grimr, a recurrent personal name
in Viking place-names, had ambivalent overtones. Sometimes it seems to have
signified the god Odin, thought to go about disguised in a grim mask. At other
times it seems to stand as a nickname for the devil. No location (aside from the
Eccleshill site) has been identified for the location under this theory. Click
here for the webpage on the later Viking
origins of the Grimshaw surname.
| Early Grimshaws at Cliviger |
Cliviger is located a short distance southeast of Burnley in Lancashire.
Grimshaws apparently arrived there quite early in the family's history, probably
around 1300 A.D. Research by Mavis Long indicates that two Grimshaws, Richard
and Adam, were identified as tenants at Cliviger in 13104. Mavis hypothesizes that these two
Grimshaws were brothers and were the sons of Walter de Grimshaw, head of the
earliest recorded Grimshaw family line. Click here
for the webpage on the early Grimshaws at Cliviger.
Mavis' hypothesis that Adam and Richard were the sons of Walter de Grimshaw
is illustrated in the descendant chart of the earliest recorded Grimshaw family Dunham's "History of
Whalley"3 (described above on this homepage):
|
The Pendle Forest Line of Grimshaws |
One of the most important Grimshaw lines to originate from the
oldest recorded
Grimshaw family tree was the "Pendle Forest" line, which was located
at Heyhouses on Pendle Hill and in the area on the east side of the hill. An
extensive descendant chart was published in Whitaker's "History of
Whalley"1. The Pendle Forest Grimshaw line is junior to the earliest recorded
Eccleshill and Clayton-le-Moors line, but the connection was not clearly
indicated in Whitaker's work. This connection has now been established, at least
on a preliminary basis, as a result of research for this website. Click here
for the webpage on the Pendle Forest line of Grimshaws.
The following image of the coat of arms for the
Pendle Forest line of Grimshaws was included in Whitaker's descendant chart for
the line as published in his "History of Whalley". The coat of arms
consists of two images of a ducally crowned griffin.
|
The Audenshaw Grimshaw Line |
This line is referred to as the "Audenshaw" line
because that was how it was referred to in a well-known reference5
because of it's geographic location southeast of Manchester. Subsequent research
has added substantially to the descendant chart in that reference. The earliest known progenitor was George Grimshaw who was born in 1600 and
married Emme Telier or Taylor. Connection to more senior Grimshaw lines, such as
that at Clayton-le-Moors, has not yet been established. George Grimshaw,
earliest recorded progenitor of the Audenshaw line, had a birthdate of 1600, He
would therefore have been a contemporary of approximately the 13th generation of Grimshaws
descended from Walter de Grimshaw (Thomas, John, Ann, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas,
Mary, Jane, Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Katherine) in Whitaker's
descendant chart (described above). Click here
for the webpage on the Audenshaw line of Grimshaws.
The Griffin in the Grimshaw Coat of Arms appears
prominently in a plaque in a church near Audenshaw. The plaque is dedicated to
the memory of John Grimshaw, a descendant in the Audenshaw line of Grimshaws.
|
The "Yorkshire" Line of Grimshaws |
An important Grimshaw family, in terms of descendant family lines, was the
family of Edward Grimshaw and Dorytye (Dorothy) Raner, who were married in 1602.
They started a line of Grimshaws in Yorkshire that is one of the largest, and
best documented, in the world. The connection of this line to the Eccleshill/Clayton-le-Moors
line or Pendle Forest line has not been established. The Yorkshire Grimshaw line
had strong Quaker connections going back to the early 1600s. The family lived at
Ivy House, starting with Abraham Grimshaw, son of Edward and Dorothy. He was a
clothier and had a small farm and became discontent with the English church.
Many descendants of this line of Grimshaws emigrated to America, perhaps seeking
greater religious freedom. Click here for
the webpage on the Yorkshire line of Grimshaws.
Early members of the
Yorkshire line of Grimshaws became Quakers and lived at Ivy House, apparently
for more than 300 years. This photo of Ivy House was taken by Enid Sheldon in
1996.
|
The "Irish" Line of Grimshaws |
Nicholas Grimshaw was from Blackburn and apparently emigrated to Ireland in about 1776.
Nicholas and Mary Wrigley were married in Manchester in 1768. Nicholas was the son of Nicholas and
Susan (Briercliffe) Grimshaw and the grandson of Nicholas
Grimshaw and Anne Grimshaw (of Oakenshaw), who are described in the
Pendle Forest line of Grimshaws in Whitaker's "History of Whalley".
Whitaker also included a separate (and extensive) descendant chart for Nicholas
and Mary (Wrigley) Grimshaw. The Irish line of Grimshaws has included some of the more prominent members
of the Grimshaw family. Click here for the
webpage on the Irish Grimshaw line.
Nicholas Grimshaw started
the cotton
textile industry in Ireland when he built the first cotton twist mill in 1784.
| References |
1Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, 1872, An History of the Original Parish
of Whalley, and Honor of Clitheroe (Revised and enlarged by John G. Nichols and
Ponsonby A. Lyons): London, George Routledge and Sons, 4th Edition; v. I, 362
p.; v. II, 622 p. Earlier editions were published in 1800, 1806, and 1825.
2Pollard, Louie, 1978, Great Harwood Gleanings: Lancashire County
Library and Leisure Committee, unk p.
3Ainsworth, Richard, 1928, The Old Homesteads of Accrington &
District, Embracing Accrington, Baxenden, Stonefold, Oswaldtwistle, Church,
Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Rishton, Hapton, Huncoat, Read, Simonstone,
Altham, Whalley: Accrington, Wardleworth Limited, unk p.
4Farrer, William & J. Brownbill (eds), 1911, Victoria County
History of Lancaster, Volume 6, p. 478-487. Online. Available: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53156.
Date accessed: 13 May 2008.
5Skeet, F.J.A., 1906, A History of the Families of Skeet,
Widdrington, Wilby, Murray, Blake, Grimshaw, and Others: London, Mitchell,
Hughes and Clarke, 179 p.
| Recently Developed Webpages |
Progress of the development of this website is tracked on a companion
webpage, "What's New?" For quick access, the following links are
provided for many of the webpages on this website, listed in reverse order of
development.
William
Grimshaw, Immigrant to Manhattan, New York Who Married Elizabeth Carroll
Frank
and Emily (Fielding) Grimshaw, immigrants to Magog, Quebec, Canada in 1927-28
William
C Grimshaw, U.S. Army Major Who Immigrated from England to Tennessee and then
Missouri
Enid
(Grimshaw) Clay
William
Henry and Hannah (Benton) Grimshaw, Immigrants to Wisconsin from
Ashton-under-Lyne
John
Henry Grimshaw, Immigrant to New South Wales from Ashton-under-Lyne in about
1878
Christopher Grimshaw and Jane
Annear, Married in Truro, Cornwall and Emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1848
Nicholas Grimshaw of
Wiswell, Progenitor of a Line of Grimshaws as Researched by Dorinda Boag and Merilyn Tarplee
William Grimshaw, Immigrant to
New York City, Married Jennie Attridge
John Grimshaw, Immigrant from England
to Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Married Flora Fraser, from Malta
Robert Henry Grimshaw, Immigrant to New Zealand Who Was Actually a
"Grimason" from Ireland
Ernest Grimshaw, Author of "The Teacher Librarian", Published in London in About 1952
Benjamin and Annie (Marsh)
Grimshaw, Immigrants to New York from Oswaldtwistle Area, Lancashire
Edward and Mary Ann (Heywood)
Grimshaw, Married in Oldham, Lancashire and Emigrated to Vermont
Captain John Grimshaw, Alleged Victim of Libel by Archibald Prentice, Manchester, 1831
James Grimshaw, Minister of
the Gospel in Lancaster, Preached Sermon "Rest from Rebels:
Or, the Blessing and Duty of Churches" on May 8, 1716
William Grimshaw, Convicted of
Burglary in London and Sentenced to Death on March 14, 1801
John Grimshaw, Ropemaker and
Inventor from Sunderland, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William Dakin Grimshaw,
Inventor Par Excellence, Residing in England and the U.S.
George
and Hannah (Harrison) Grimshaw, Mormon Immigrants to Parowan, Utah, Arriving in About 1862
Early Grimshaw Research
Reports, Antecedents to the "Grimshaw Origins" Website
About the "Grimshaw
Origins" Website
New Homepage for "Grimshaw
Origins"
Agnes Grimshaw of Gorton,
Participant in the Founding of the Colony of Rhode Island
Douglas W Grimshaw, Artist and
Ham Radio Operator in Hartford, Connecticut
Simeon and Charlotte (Harrison)
Grimshaw, Immigrants to New Jersey from Yorkshire between 1880 and 1884
Robert and Mary Elizabeth Ashton
(Shaw) Grimshaw, Possible Immigrants to Ontario after 1907
Analysis of Beatrice
Grimshaw's Work by Academicians
Henry Ewart Grimshaw, Columbia
University Graduate with Thesis on Hand-Loom Weavers in England in the 19th
Century
HC Grimshaw, Researcher at
Britian's Safety in Mines Research Establishment in the 1950s
Manchester, England, the
First Industrial City, in "Cities in Civilization" by Peter
Hall
Mortimer Grimshaw,
"Thunderer of Lancashire" -- Labor Activist of the Mid-1800s
Robert Grimshaw, Builder of
Manchester Loom Mill that was Destroyed by Arson in about 1790
George and Judy (Berger) Grimshaw
Grimshaw Entries in Parish
Records of Churches in the Manchester Area
Rex Grimshaw, Clay Expert from
Rawdon, Near Leeds in Yorkshire
Harry and Jemmy Grimshaw, Successful Jockeys in the 1860s and
1870s
Eddie Grimshaw, Child Laborer in
Textile Mill in Ludlow Massachusetts in 1910
Edmund Grimshaw Married Margaret
Peel, Who Was Related to Sir Robert Peel, Originator of Domestic Police
Jeremiah and Martha (Bennett)
Rogers, Immigrants from Iowa to Brule County, South Dakota
Freda and Joe Bice Trip to Mexico
in about 1951 - Supplement to Charles and Rebecca Bice Webpage
Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw -
a Farce in One Act. A Play First Staged in 1851 in England
Frank Barstow Grimshaw, Immigrant
to New Jersey from Cheshire; Originally from Audenshaw Area
William R Grimshaw, Migrant
to Tulsa, Oklahoma from New Jersey
Articles on Beatrice Grimshaw in Hecate, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation
Beatrice Grimshaw's
"In the Savage South Seas", 1908 National Geographic Article
Abstracted from "Fiji and Its Possibilities"
Philip Grimshaw, Born on the ship "The Seven Sisters"
and Settled in Scotland
William Grimshaw, Tattoo Artist
Operating in Norfolk, Virginia, in the 1880s or 1940s and 1950s
Charles Henry and Rebecca
(Richmond) Bice, Immigrants to South Dakota from Ohio; Grandparents of Joseph
Ornan Bice
Freda Elaine (Sehnert) Bice,
Immigrant to South Dakota from Germany; Married to Walter Claude Grimshaw and
Joseph Ornan Bice
Charles and Dora (Porter)
Cummings
Jay and Bessie (Cummings) Rogers,
Immigrants to South Dakota from Iowa
Richard and Anna (Grassman)
Sehnert, Immigrants to South Dakota from Germany
Claude
Walter and Phyllis Lorraine (Rogers) Grimshaw, South Dakota Natives
Samuel Grimshaw, Immigrant to New
Brunswick and Ohio, Married Alice McFarlane
The Dorothy (Zastrow) Grimshaw
Photo Album, Invaluable Source of Photos of John James and Mary Ann (Mahoney)
Grimshaw and Descendants
James Grimshaw, Slave Holder from
Tobago, Island in the Caribbean
Early Presence of Grimshaws at
Cliviger, Near Burnley in Lancashire
Beatrice Grimshaw Articles
Published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1906 and 1908
Major-General Harry Grimshaw,
Career British Military Officer Born in India
"Sabden, Past & Present: a
Photographic History" by Audrey Barrett and David Eaves
William and Elizabeth (Zephaniah)
Grimshaw Descendants by Barbara Bonner - Webpage Update and Replacement
Nicholas Grimshaw of Ireland -
Family History Information Developed by Hilary Tulloch
David Grimshaw, Descendant of a
Family Line from Prestwich, near Manchester
Connection of the Lawrence
and Mary (Duckworth) Grimshaw Line to the Earliest Recorded Grimshaw Line
Terry Micks' Descendant
Information for George and Charlotte (Menard) Grimshaw
Levi and Hannah (Towne) Grimshaw,
Progenitors of a Major Line of Grimshaws in New York
Woody Grimshaw, Basketball
Player for Brown University and the Providence Steamrollers in the 1940s
Soto Grimshaw, Argentinian
Naturalist, Explorer and Gaucho
Elizabeth (Grimshaw) and
James Cayton, from Cockerham and Immigrants to Nebraska
Link to New Webpage for William
Grimshaw of Haworth
Link to New Webpage for Atkinson
Grimshaw, Noted Painter
Percy H Grimshaw, Insect Specialist with
the Royal Museum of Scotland at Edinburgh
Sydney Grimshaw, Inventor Living in
North Haven, Connecticut
Austin Grimshaw, Dean of the
University of Washington School of Business
John L. Grimshaw, World War II
Fighter Pilot in the 384th Fighter Squadron, Based in Honington, England
Grimshaws on the Isle of Man -
Progenitors of Three Lines of Immigrants to the U.S.
Replacement Page for Christopher
Telfer's Research into the Grimshaw Families
William and Rachel
(Nelson) Grimshaw, Progenitors of a Family of Grimshaws in Yorkshire
The Complete Banjo Works of
Emile Grimshaw, by David Price
"History of Whalley" by
Thomas Dunham Whitaker: a Critical Source of Grimshaw Information
Connection of Pendle
Forest Line of Grimshaws to Its Parent Eccleshill/Clayton-le-Moors Grimshaw Line
Grimsargh: What Is Its
Connection to the Origins of the Grimshaw Surname?
The Coucher Book of Whalley
Possible Grimshaws in "Lancashire
Inquests, Extents, and Feudal Aids" for AD 1205 to AD 1355, Edited by
William Farrer and Published in 3 Volumes in 1903, 1907 and 1915-16
Mavis Long's Grimshaw Research, Focused on the Grimsargh Area
West of Pendle Hill
Edward Baines' 1870 History of
Lancaster - Grimshaw-Related Excerpts
Robert E Grimshaw Submittals to the
New York Times from 1905 to 1942
Grimshaws in the Abram area, near
Wigan in Lancashire
Grimshaw-Related Articles
Published in the New York Times, 1851 to 1980
"Dark Mysteries of Papua"
by Beatrice Grimshaw, Published in the New York Times, February 4, 1923
John and Jane (Seavey) Grimshaw,
Progenitors of a Grimshaw Line in the Northeastern U.S.
Edwin or Edward and Mary (McKee)
Grimshaw, Met and Married in Dover, New Hampshire
Owen and Elizabeth Grimshaw,
Immigrants to Missouri from England through New Orleans
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
Thomas Grimshaw, Progenitor of
an Early Grimshaw Family Line in the Oswaldtwistle Area, Lancashire
John and Jane Grimshaw, Progenitors of
a Grimshaw Line in Lancashire
Charles and Eliza (Waterworth)
Grimshaw, Descendants of Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw
The Halifax, Nova Scotia Line of
Grimshaws
Samuel Grimshaw of Richmond
(Henrico County), Virginia
Henry and Julia Grimshaw, Early
Settlers in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Grimshaws in the
"Find-A-Grave" website (229 entries)
Jonathan and Betsey (Willoby)
Grimshaw of Washington County, Pennsylvania and Parents of Richard Grimshaw of
Scioto County, Ohio
"Young Blood: a History of the 1st
Battalion, 27th Marines, (Vietnam) 1968" by Gary Jarvis, with Details of
the Death of Corpsman Danny Grimshaw
Ann Grimshaw, Creator of
Cross-Stitch Sampler at Ackworth School in 1818
Charles David and Mary Jane
(Edmondson) Grimshaw, Immigrants to Guelph, Ontario from Yorkshire
Alexander Eli Grimshaw, Immigrant
to Wisconsin from Wolfe Island, Ontario
Eli George Grimshaw, Immigrant to
Wisconsin from Wolfe Island, Ontario
Celtic Origins of the
Grimshaw Surname near Pendle Hill
Grimshaw Immigrants to Missouri
from Scioto County, Ohio
The "Accrington Pals",
World War I Regiment Decimated in the Battle of the Somme
John Henry and Elizabeth (Scholes)
Grimshaw, Immigrants to New Jersey from Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Jim McKinney Webpages on Matthew and
Eliphel (Morris) Grimshaw and Their Descendants
Barbara Bonner's Family History of
the Descendants of William and Elizabeth (Zephaniah) Grimshaw of New Hampshire
Scotland Grimshaw Families as
Recorded by David J Grimshaw of New Zealand
Distribution of the Grimshaw
Surname in England in 1881 and 1998
John and Philip Grimshaw, Immigrants
to New York from the Isle of Man
Encyclopedia of American Quaker
Genealogy - a Rich Source of Grimshaw Immigrant Information
Riley and Margaret (Briggs) Grimshaw,
Parents of Three Immigrants to Rhode Island
Albert Harvey Grimshaw, Noted
Researcher on Textile Dyes
Samuel and Hannah Grimshaw, Quaker
Immigrants to Brooklyn from Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William and Alice (Longworth)
Grimshaw of Lower Darwen, near Blackburn in Lancashire
John and Maria (Haworth) Grimshaw,
Immigrants to Massachusetts from Lancashire in about 1910
Quaker Meeting House at Rawdon
-- a Website by Joanna Guise with Important Information on the descendants of
Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw
Abraham and Sarah Grimshaw, Quaker
Immigrants to the Toronto Area from Yorkshire
William and Dora (Tinley) Grimshaws,
Settlers in Detroit, Michigan
James B and Mary (Coax) Grimshaw, Early
Grimshaw Couple in Pennsylvania
Henry H. Grimshaw, Immigrant from
England to New York, Then Ohio, and Finally Kansas
Ivan Gerould Grimshaw, Librarian, Author, and
Immigrant from Yorkshire
Ralph Grimshaw, sheep specialist at Ohio State
University
Henry and Rebecca Grimshaw, Immigrants to Kane
County, Illinois
Grunshaw Family Lines in America
Maria (Grimshaw) and Joseph Yewdall, an Example
of an Expanded Family Line in the Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw Line
Thomas and Onnar (Radden) Grimshaw, an Early
Grimshaw Couple in Virginia
Caleb Grimshaw, Transatlantic
Shipping Pioneer of the 1800s in Liverpool
Charles and Elizabeth (Bartington)
Grimshaw, Emigrants from Salford to Montreal in 1900
Thomas Grimshawe's Diary of Trip to Canada in
1850 in Advance of Emigration There in 1852
Seaman John Grimshaw, Chronicler of the Battle
of the Nile from Aboard Horatio Nelson's Flagship
"Bob Grimshaw", an
epicactus variety created by Wressey Cocke
Aaron and Joshua Grimshaw, Brothers Who Emigrated
from Wakefield to Australia in about 1840
Isaac Spice and Lettuce or Letitia Grishaw,
Virginia Natives Who Migrated to Kentucky and Indiana
Isaac and Hannah (Worrall) Grimshaw, Early
Immigrants to New York
George and Rebecca (Kennedy) Grimshaw,
Immigrants to St. Louis Missouri
Quaker Records of Grimshaws in the Yorkshire
Region, by Sharon Wilbur
Grimshaw Silk Mill, Reading, Pennsylvania -
Built in 1887, Destroyed by Cyclone in 1889
Nicholas Grimshaw of Sabden, Builder of Some
40 Cottages in That Community
Phill Grimshaw, Type Font Designer from England
The Grimshaws of Churck Kirk, including Stanhill
and Ostwaldthistle
Nicholas Grimshaw, Architect: World
Renowned, and Knighted in 2002 for His Work
Walter Grimshaw, Chess Player Par
Excellence
Caleb Grimshaw & Company,
Liverpool-Based Passenger and Freight Commissioning Firm
Leah Nadine (Grimshaw) and Delbert H.
Driggs
James and Rebecca (Bullough) Grimshaw, Settlers in Rhode
Island from Wigan in Lancashire
U.S. Marines in Vietnam, The Defining Year:
1968 (Companion Webpage to Danny Grimshaw's)
John Thomas and Arvilla (Whitesell) Grimshaw,
Settlers at Detroit, Michigan
Beatrice Grimshaw: Bibliography of
Works from the "Pulp Rack" Website
Francis and Frances ("Fanney")
Grimshaw, Settlers at East Hampton, Long Island, New York
Grimshaw, Baxter, & J.J. Elliott Ltd,
English Clockmaking Firm in London and Nottingham
John Grimshaw, M.D., Author of "The People's
Medical Guide" and Other Medical Books
Conrad Grimshaw, American Veteran of the Korean
War
Jackson Grimshaw, Prominent Attorney and
Abraham Lincoln Supporter from Quincy, Illinois
William A. Grimshaw's "History of Pike
County, Illinois", July 4 1876 -- Full Text
"Doctor Grimshawe's
Secret", by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Upgrade and Additions
Grimshaw Entries in "The Y2K Grimshaw
Yearbook"
Grimshaws in Heritage Quest, a Database of County
Histories, Family Histories, Directories and Other Sources
William and Emily (Brown) Grimshaw,
Immigrants to Staten Island, New York
John C. Stewart's Diaries on His
Visit with the Irish Grimshaws in 1865
Grimshaws in the Family and Local
Histories Database of Ancestry.com
Grimshaws Listed in the 1910 U.S. Census
Danny Lee Grimshaw, Vietnam War Casualty from
the State of Washington
Emile Grimshaw, Noted Banjo Player,
Teacher, Composer and Builder
John and Mary Ellen (Wignall) Grimshaw,
Immigrants to Massachusetts from Yorkshire
C. Grant Grimshaw Elementary
School, Lafayette, New York
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation
Grimshaw Obituaries in
"America's Obituaries & Death Notices"
Samuel and Mary (Shackleton)
Grimshaw, Parents of Immigrants to Jefferson Co, Ohio from Yorkshire
Samuel Grimshaw, Recipient of Medal
of Honor in the U.S. Civil War
William and Phoebe Grimshaw of Lawrence
County, Ohio
Ann (Grimshaw) and Samuel Entwistle
Trappes-Lomax, 1926, History of
Clayton-le-Moors
James and Ellen (Cotterill) Grimshaw
James and Katherine (Barnett) Grimshaw
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