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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 An overall outline for the website (currently out of date) is provided on a companion webpage.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 2004

 

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

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.