Welcome!
...to the website on the origins and history of the ancient
English family of Grimshaw.
Note: the Grimshaw coat of arms shown above is from the Harleian Manuscripts at the British Library in London. The image is 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 that visitation was Henry, born in 1467 and married Alice, daughter of Richard Tempest. Other records of the original Grimshaw family go back eight generations before Henry, to Walter, who was living in about 1250.
December 11, 2007. Good news for the many descendants of Lawrence and Mary (Duckworth) Grimshaw! Many of their children and grandchildren immigrated to the U.S., particularly to Utah as Mormon converts. Michael Norman Grimshaw has made an excellent case for a proposed connection of this line to the earliest recorded Grimshaw family line, that of Walter de Grimshaw of Eccleshill. Michael's hypothesis is that Thomas Grimshaw, 10th generation descendant of Walter, is the progenitor of the family line that includes Lawrence and Mary Grimshaw. Click here to see Michael's analysis and how the two lines fit together.
October 13, 2007. Extensive research by Mavis Long strongly indicates that the "Grimshaw" surname has its origins at Grimsargh, which is located northeast of Preston. The many variants of the name "Grimsargh" include some that are very close to "Grimsagh" or "Grimshagh", which, in turn, are variants of the Grimshaw name. In fact, in the numerous variants of "Grimsargh" and "Grimshaw" observed in historical works, about the only distinction between the two sets of names is the occurrence of the second "r" in Grimsargh and not in Grimshaw.
The Eccleshill branch of Grimshaws was described by Whitaker (see Reference 1 below). He shows Walter de Grimshaw at the head of this Grimshaw line. This Walter, living in 1250, is preceded by Gilbert de Grimsargh by at least one generation. If the surname "Grimshaw" originated at Grimsargh, then the Grimshaws of Eccleshill brought the name to that location rather than taking their name from a place that was there before they arrived.
Mavis Long (nee Grimshaw) has conducted extensive research on many different aspects of early Grimshaw family history throughout the area where the family originated around Pendle Hill, Preston and Blackburn. Her research on the earliest Grimshaw origins is the subject of a companion webpage and is benefiting Grimshaw researchers everywhere.
The Grimshaw family originated in Lancashire in the northwest part of England, apparently around 1000 A.D. There appear to be no records of family lines, however, for the first 200 to 250 years. It seems that the earliest recorded family was started by Walter de Grimshaw about 1250 A.D. at the Grimshaw location, about three miles southeast of central Blackburn. There are several thousand Grimshaws in England, with a strong concentration still in Lancashire. Many Grimshaws apparently migrated to Manchester during and after the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, which got its start in this part of the world. A major line of Grimshaws was also started by Edward and Dorothy (Raner) Grimshaw in Yorkshire in the early 1600s. Most of these Grimshaws were of the Quaker faith, and they contributed greatly to the out-migration of Grimshaws to many locations throughout the world.
This homepage provides a brief introduction to the Grimshaws and important locations where they started. It is recommended that the following be visited to access the more than 200 webpages now on the "Grimshaw Origins" website. Current emphasis is on the collection and posting of Grimshaw information. At some (yet unknown) future date, the website will be reorganized to be more accessible and better integrated among the webpages.
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Recently Developed Webpages: Listed near the bottom of this homepage. Tracks the addition of new webpages as they are are developed. |
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What's New: Separate webpage with reverse chronological record of new webpages and upgrades to previously posted webpages. Best place to keep track of overall progress in shedding light on the "Grimshaw story". |
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Site Map: Links to many webpages on this website can be found. Badly needs updating. |
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Overview Webpage: Intends to provide grounding on the origins of the family in Lancashire. Also badly in need of updating. |
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Other Websites of Interest to Grimshaw Researchers: Yet another out-of-date listing, located further down on this homepage. |
Dick Grimshaw has provided a nifty tool, included below, to search this website. Thanks go to Dick for providing the tool.
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Homepage Index |
The following topics are addressed on this homepage of the "Grimshaw Origins" website. Links to other webpages are provided where appropriate for each topic.
The Grimshaw Location in Eccleshill
Grimshaw Brook Envelope Factory and Paper Mill Artifacts
Attack on the Grimshaw Mill During the 1826 Power Loom Riots
Clayton Hall, Location of the Grimshaw Family for Over 350 Years
Where Are Grimshaw and Clayton-le-Moors in Relation to Blackburn?
Whitaker's Descendant Chart of the Earliest Recorded Grimshaw Family
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Clayton-le-Moors
The Grimshaw Serpent and Ooze Castle Wood
Did Walter de Grimshaw of Edisford Precede Walter of Eccleshill? Were They the Same Person?
Was Grimshaw of Celtic Origins? Or of Viking Origins?
Pendle Forest Grimshaw Line and Connection to the More Senior Eccleshill & Clayton-le-Moors Line
An Ode to the Grimshaws by "Poet" Close
Objective and Acknowledgements
What About All Those Unfinished Webpages?
Other Websites of Interest to Grimshaw Researchers
| The Grimshaw Location in Eccleshill |
The site where Walter de Grimshaw apparently lived when he started the oldest recorded Grimshaw line is located on a stream called Grimshaw Brook in its middle portion (where the Grimshaw site is). Grimshaw Brook forms the boundary between two ancient, small townships –- Eccleshill to the west and Yate and Pickup Bank to the east. Grimshaw is located on the west side of the stream just inside Eccleshill Township. A photo is shown below.
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 from Belthorn. Photo taken in May 2000.
| Grimshaw Brook Envelope Factory and Paper Mill Artifacts |
The Grimshaw location was greatly affected by development during the Industrial Revolution. The paper mill and envelope factory at the Grimshaw location are described in more detail on a companion webpage that covers the industrial history of the site. The original facility was a cotton mill called "Grimshaw Bridge Factory".
This picture shows the Grimshaw Brook Mill, an envelope factory, with a former paper-making cylinder in front. Photo taken westward, in March 1999. The closed-down paper mill is behind the person who took this photo.
Attack
on the Grimshaw Mill During the 1826 Power Loom Riots
Apparently the power loom riots of April 24 to 26, 1826 reached the Grimshaw cotton mill in Eccleshill, as described in the following newspaper article (Salem, MA, Essex Register, v. 26, issue 46, page [3] (June 8, 1826). See also a companion webpage on the power loom riots.
| Higher Grimshaw Farm |
"Higher Grimshaw Farm" is located above (southwest of) Grimshaw Brook, near the road that leads into the envelope factory. A view of Higher Grimshaw Farm, from the front side near the road, is shown below. Also shown is a close-up of the plaque near the door of the farmhouse.
Northeast view of front side of Higher Grimshaw Farm. The village of Belthorn is visible on the horizon, at the top of Yate & Pickup Bank. (The first photo on this webpage was taken from Belthorn.) Photo taken April 1999.
Plaque near the door of the farmhouse shown in above picture. Photo taken April 1999.
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Clayton Hall, Location of the Grimshaw Family for Over 350 Years |
Apparently, the earliest recorded Grimshaw family lived at the Grimshaw location in Eccleshill from its origins until the mid-1300s. The Grimshaw family then relocated to Clayton Hall, in Clayton-le-Moors northeast of Blackburn, because of a fortuitous marriage into the Clayton family. The family lived at Clayton-le-Moors for many generations until the heirs ran out in about 1715 and the estate passed to the Lomax family.
Front view of the new Clayton Hall, a facsimile of the previous estate that was torn down in 1976. The photo was taken northward from south side. Photo taken May 1999
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Where Are Grimshaw and Clayton-le-Moors in Relation to Blackburn? |
The upper two maps show the location of Blackburn to the northwest of Manchester on the left map and in the center of the right map. Grimshaw is located at the pink circle southeast of Blackburn in the right map, and Clayton-le-Moors is northeast of Blackburn town center.
Grimshaw and Clayton-le-Moors are shown in more detail in the two larger-scale maps below. The location of Clayton Hall is indicated by "Hall" to the southeast of Hyndburn Bridge in the lower right map.
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Whitaker's Descendant Chart of the Earliest Recorded Grimshaw Family |
In the 1800s Thomas Dunham Whitaker (see Reference 1) prepared an excellent descendant chart for Walter de Grimshaw, the upper portion of which is shown below.
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A major geographic feature in Clayton-le-Moors is the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, which runs very close to Clayton Hall; it is shown below. The canal is a major artifact of the Industrial Revolution. Its course through Clayton-le-Moors can be seen in the lower right map shown above.
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. Photo taken May 2000.
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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 snake in Ooze Castle Wood, about a mile southeast of the Grimshaw location.
A good candidate for "Griom's Ark", the purported den of the snake, 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.
Yate & Pickup Bank (southward view). The rock crevice that may be Griom's Ark is in Ooze Castle Wood adjacent to the small reservoir. The crevice is in the wood above the bushes in the foreground (left 1/3 of photo.) Shooter's Hill forms the horizon on the left half of the photo. Photo taken May 2000.
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 taken May 2000.
Owen made a connection between this snake and the griffin on the Grimshaw coat of arms, but the exact nature of the connection was vague in the extreme. The snake-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 snake in Grimshaw history by at least 300 years.
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Did Walter de Grimshaw of Edisford Precede Walter of Eccleshill? Were They the Same Person? |
Although Walter de Grimshaw of Eccleshill is the progenitor of the earliest recorded Grimshaw family, the family was in existence for up to 300 years before 1250, about the time Walter was born. Many researchers believe that "Grimshaw" is derived from, or has a common origin with, the community of "Grimsargh", which is located northeast of Preston. Walter Grimshaw of Edisford (which is located much closer to Grimsargh than Eccleshill) may have preceded Walter of Eccleshill, or he may have been the same chap that lived at Edisford and later moved to the location at Eccleshill. The figure below is an artifact at Edisford which may be a Grimshaw griffin associated with this Walter Grimshaw.
Artifacts emplaced in building at Edisford Hall. The figure on the left may be a Grimshaw griffin, possibly associated with Walter Grimshaw.
| Was Grimshaw of Celtic Origins? Or of Viking Origins? |
There are two competing theories (see References 2 and 3) of 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.
The 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.
| Pendle Forest Grimshaw Line and Connection to the More Senior Eccleshill & Clayton-le-Moors Line |
One of the most important Grimshaw lines to originate from the original 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. The connection of the Pendle Forest line to the more senior Eccleshill and Clayton-le-Moors Grimshaw line (as published in Thomas D. Whitaker's History of Whalley, 1875) has now been established, thanks to the work of W.J. Abram (articles in the Preston Guardian, 1877) and Farrer and Brownbill (Victoria County History of Lancashire, volume 6, "Filly Close", published 1911). The connection, and its explanation, are the subject of a webpage posted in April 2007 (click here to go to the webpage). The Irish line of Grimshaws is derived from the Pendle Forest Line, as described on a companion webpage.
| An Ode to the Grimshaws by "Poet" Close |
"Poet" Close authored two poems4 at or near the time of the marriage of John Grimshaw to Mary Jane Hutton, one of which honors the three families of Grimshaw, Hutton, and Walton. The poem is cited below:
Pedigree of Three Families:
Grimshaw, Hutton, and Walton
by "Poet" Close
The Grimshaws are an Ancient Race,
Whose warlike deeds sublime,
Historians tell in glowing lines,
All in the Olden Time.
Beneath Old Wild Boar's lofty peak,
And near Pendragon's Walls,
Where acres broad, and fertile meads,
And mount and Waterfalls,
Stretch far away up Hill and Dale,
And close to Eden Springs:
The Grimshaws were in Olden Time,
Almost like little Kings.
They hand-in-hand with Clifford's Lord;
The famous Countess Anne,
She treated them with courtesy,
Deem'd each a Gentleman.
In Warlike Times, when Cromwell blew
So many Castles down,
The Grimshaws still held fast their own,
Supporters of the Crown.
And thus in Queen Victoria's Reign,
One of this good Old Race
Has won a Virgin, pure as good,
His Hall, his Home to grace.
And from this Union of good blood
What Great Men still may spring;
One half depends on nerve and brain; -
Breeding's a wondrous thing.
The Huttons, they are sound as oak,
All reach a good old age:
The last, he made his name beloved
While on this earthly stage.
The present Squire, a man of Skill
Famous for curious knowledge;
For he was taught by Nature Wise,
Who smiles at School or College.
The Waltons, all of Crackenthorpe,
No better blood than they,
If we may trust what writers tell,
Believe all that they say:
An Ancient Family, we know,
Fam'd for its high renown;
And better still, in spite of all,
They clung unto the Crown.
But space forbids us more narrate
Of all their Pride and Beauty;
The good Old Men have pass'd away:
Old men who did their duty.
They gathr'd wealth, it roll'd up fast,
And now increasing more:
What Lands, Estates, and Fields so Green!
Increasing Grimshaw's store.
Thanks go to Gerald Brewin for contributing this poem. Mavis Long has found the following website with additional information on "Poet Close":
http://www.closeancestry.com/uk/people/content/18160811_john_close/18160811_john_close.htm
John Close, the poet, was born in 1816 in Swaledale, Yorkshire and died in 1891 in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland.
| Objective and Acknowledgements |
The main purpose of this website is to serve as a resource of information for Grimshaw family history researchers (and comprise a very interesting hobby!) Much of the information presented has been gathered during visits to libraries in England (Lancashire and Yorkshire), Ireland (Belfast) and Scotland. However, a great deal of the Grimshaw history has come from individual researchers; even the library information was obtained in many cases based on guidance and tips from other researchers. I am deeply grateful to all of them. They are generally acknowledged on the webpages where their contributions appear, and they will be listed together on a future webpage. Particular thanks go to Hilary Tulloch, not only for providing a lot of information directly, and guidance on where to look for additional data, but also for providing careful review of most of the pages on this website (changes still in progress).
Notwithstanding the contributions of many others, any errors (or oversights) are strictly the responsibility of the author.
| Would You Like to Help? |
If you have information on the Grimshaws in general, or just on your own family line that includes Grimshaws, you are invited to add it to this website. As you will see on the various pages on this website, I give credit for all contributions. Please contact the author at the following e-mail or "snail-mail" addresses:
Thomas W. Grimshaw
1308 Shannon Oaks Trail
Austin, TX 78746
512/784-1078
This website will continue to grow and expand as we learn more about this very interesting family. Since my main interest is on North American lines of Grimshaws, particular emphasis is placed on telling that part of the story.
| What About All Those Unfinished Webpages? |
As you browse this website, you will find a lot of webpages that are still under construction, as indicated by a note near the top of the page. The "Grimshaw story" is unfolding bit by bit, particularly as Grimshaw descendants and others with Grimshaw information volunteer to provide information to put on this website. In addition, this website is gradually being constructed as time permits in a busy work and family schedule; sometimes not much gets done for rather long periods. Rather than wait until each piece of the story is complete before publishing it, I have decided to put up what I get for a each new webpage (especially when new contributors come forward) in draft form and then complete the webpage when more information (or time!) becomes available. I believe that a "work in progress is better than none" when it comes to pieces of the very interesting puzzle that is the family history of the Grimshaws.
| Other Websites of Interest to Grimshaw Researchers |
As noted above, there is a lot of interest in the Grimshaw family, and many have posted genealogical and family history information on the World Wide Web. Shown below are some of the websites that I know about; this list will be expanded as I learn about more of them. Please e-mail me (thomas.w@grimshaw.com) if you know of other significant sites.
http://www.egroups.com/group/grimshaw. An egroup site started, I believe, by Tim Halstead in Yorkshire, England in about April 2000. An excellent forum for networking. Main emphasis is on English Grimshaw families.
http://www.k-telfer.freeserve.co.uk. Chris Telfer has posted many of the Grimshaw family lines in England and North America, including the following: Grimshaw (in Eccleshill), Clayton-le-Moors, Sabden, Fence, Padiham, Higham, Barrowford, Preston, Canada, America, and Ireland. His site also includes excellent photos of many of the Grimshaw sites.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/c/robert-r-micks/ODT9-0001.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lambs/index.htm. Calvin Lamb has presented one of the best and most complete descendant charts for William and Elizabeth (Lepninah) Grimshaw and their son, Zepheniah (and his many wives).
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/h/a/William-F-Ohalloran/index.html. Bill O'Halloran, like Calvin Lamb, has provided one of the most complete family trees of William and son, Zepheniah Grimshaw and his descendants as part of his family tree.
| A Few Words about Usage and Convention |
I am an American Grimshaw. As a result, this website inevitably bears an imprint of American convention. Sometimes this convention is inconsistent with that of the English, with the result that the accuracy of the information may be "called into question." Rather that take the risk of getting lost in a cross-cultural maze of usage and convention, I will apologize in advance to the English and (for the present) do the best I can here in the "American way."
| 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 recently completed webpages and pages that are still under construction.
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
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
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
Grimsargh: What Is Its Connection to the Origins of the Grimshaw Surname?
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)
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
Jim McKinney Webpages on Matthew and Eliphel (Morris) Grimshaw and Their Descendants
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
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
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"
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 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
| 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.
2McKay, James, 1888, Pendle Hill in History and Literature: Preston, Lancashire, England, Henry Davies & Co., 538 p.
3Rogers, K.H., 1991, Vikings & Surnames: York, England, William Sessions Limited, p. 15-16.
Webpage posted July 2000 - start of "Grimshaw Origins" website. Updated December 2003. Updated and reorganized June 2004. Google search tool added November 2004. Hit counter added Fall 2006. Webpage updated March 2007 with addition of maps, descendant chart, Walter Grimshaw of Edisford information, and Celtic and Viking hypotheses for origin of Grimshaw surname.