The Nova Scotia Line of Grimshaws

from Information Posted by Gail LeFort-Bignall

 

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Thanks go to Gail LeFort-Bignall for posting the information on the Novia Scotia Grimshaws on her website.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7063/

 

Gail's website information, somewhat rearranged:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7063/wga2.html#I140

 

Grimshaw, Wiliam (*1831 - )

spouse: Webster, Elizabeth (*1835 - )

----------child: Grimshaw, William Charles. (1866 - 1920)

 

Webster, Elizabeth (*1835 - )

spouse: Grimshaw, Wiliam (*1831 - )

----------child: Grimshaw, William Charles. (1866 - 1920)

 

Grimshaw, William Charles. (1866 - 1920)

b. 7 JAN 1866 in ?

d. 12 JUL 1920 in Halifax NS

father: Grimshaw, Wiliam(*1831 - )

mother: Webster, Elizabeth(*1835 - )

spouse: Veal, Helen Louise (*1868 - )

----------child: Grimshaw, Lillian (1898 - 1975)

----------child: Grimshaw, William (*1900 - )

----------child: Grimshaw, Minto (*1900 - )

----------child: Grimshaw, Ernest Cecil (*1900 - )

 

Veal, Helen Louise (*1868 - )

spouse: Grimshaw, William Charles. (1866 - 1920)

----------child: Grimshaw, Lillian (1898 - 1975)

----------child: Grimshaw, William (*1900 - )

----------child: Grimshaw, Minto (*1900 - )

----------child: Grimshaw, Ernest Cecil (*1900 - )

 

Grimshaw, Lillian (1898 - 1975)

b. 28 FEB 1898

d. 28 MAR 1975 in Delta York PA.

father: Grimshaw, William Charles.(1866 - 1920)

mother: Veal, Helen Louise(*1868 - )

spouse: LeFort, Barnabe' (1895 - )

- m. 15 FEB 1917 in Halifax

----------child: LeFort, William Ernest (1917 - 1991)

spouse: Billings, Albert D. (1893 - 1962)

- m. BEF 1 DEC 1943

 

LeFort, Barnabe' (1895 - )

b. 12 JUN 1895 in Cheticamp Cape Breton NS

father: LeFort, Marcelin(1861 - )

mother: Delaney, Cecile(1863 - 1917)

spouse: Grimshaw, Lillian (1898 - 1975)

- m. 15 FEB 1917 in Halifax

----------child: LeFort, William Ernest (1917 - 1991)

 

Billings, Albert D. (1893 - 1962)

b. 17 DEC 1893 in Maine

d. 30 JUN 1962 in WATERVILLE Maine

father: Billings, George P.(*1862 - )

mother: Chase, ELNORA(1867 - )

spouse: Myers, BERTHA (*1897 - 1993)

spouse: Grimshaw, Lillian (1898 - 1975)

- m. BEF 1 DEC 1943

 

LeFort, William Ernest (1917 - 1991)

b. 23 JUL 1917 in Halifax N.S.

d. 14 JUN 1991 in Dartmouth N.S.

father: LeFort, Barnabe'(1895 - )

mother: Grimshaw, Lillian(1898 - 1975)

spouse: White, Mary (1920 - 1990)

- m. in St. Georges Church Ang.

----------child: private

----------child: LeFort, Donald Rupert (1942 - 1997)

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: LeFort, Shirley (1948 - 1949)

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

 

White, Mary (1920 - 1990)

b. 31 JUL 1920 in Halifax N.S.

d. 17 JAN 1990 in Dartmouth N.S.

father: White, John(1895 - 1957)

mother: Pate, Honora Margarite Pottie(1895 - 1972)

spouse: LeFort, William Ernest (1917 - 1991)

- m. in St. Georges Church Ang.

----------child: private

----------child: LeFort, Donald Rupert (1942 - 1997)

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: LeFort, Shirley (1948 - 1949)

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

----------child: private

 

Grimshaw, William (*1900 - )

father: Grimshaw, William Charles.(1866 - 1920)

mother: Veal, Helen Louise(*1868 - )

 

Grimshaw, Minto (*1900 - )

father: Grimshaw, William Charles.(1866 - 1920)

mother: Veal, Helen Louise(*1868 - )

 

Grimshaw, Ernest Cecil (*1900 - )

b. in Halifax NS

father: Grimshaw, William Charles.(1866 - 1920)

mother: Veal, Helen Louise(*1868 - )

 

Gail also made a couple of postings on the Rootsweb website:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/nsqueries.html

Date: Mar 17, 1997

Name: Gail Bignell

E-Mail: gyspy@brunnet.net

Counties: Halifax, Inverness, Richmond

Surnames: POTTIE / WHITE / GRIMSHAW / LEFORT

Query: I am looking for any information on these families...Nora POTTIE was born in L'Ardios. Not sure what the dates are but it had to be between 1890-1900. She was also a twin if that helps..She married a John White and lived in Halifax after her marriage. She had 9 children.

The LEFORT name is my fathers name his father married a Lillian GRIMSHAW. His name was Barnaby LEFORT. I don't know anything else about them except that Lillian GRIMSHAW remarried a man named BILLINGS and lived in Dalta PA USA. Lillian had two children by this second marriage. If anyone has any info on these families I would love to hear from them...Thanks very much.

 

http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/nsqueries3.html

Date: February 3, 1998

Name: Gail Bignell

E-Mail: gyspy@brunnet.net

Counties: Unknown, Halifax

Surnames: GRIMSHAW / VEAL / LeFORT

Query: Looking for info on my Grandmother and her family. Her name was Lillian GRIMSHAW b. Feb. 28 1898 d.Mar.1975 married Feb. 15 1917 to Barnabe LeFORT b Jun 12 1895 Cheticamp NS. Her Father's name William GRIMSHAW, Mother's name Louisa VEAL, Lillian was born in Halifax, NS. I'm looking for info on her Parents. If you can help please email me Thank you.

 

Additional information was found on William Charles Grimshaw on the LDS Family History website:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0

North America

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William Charles Grimshaw

Male

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Event(s):

Birth: 20 JUL 1894 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Christening:

Death: 07 OCT 1943

Burial:

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Messages:

Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.

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Source Information: No source information is available.

 

 

IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0

North America

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William Charles Grimshaw

Male Family

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Event(s):

Birth: 20 JUL 1894 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Christening:

Death: 07 OCT 1943

Burial:

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Marriages:

Spouse: Ida May Wynacht Family

Marriage: 1938 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

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Messages:

Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.

 

 

IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0

North America

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Ida May Wynacht

Female Family

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Event(s):

Birth: 13 NOV 1897 Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia

Christening:

Death: 03 APR 1985

Burial:

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Marriages:

Spouse: William Charles Grimshaw Family

Marriage: 1938 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

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Messages:

Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.

 

Inferred Descendant Chart:

William Grimshaw (1831 - ) & Elizabeth Webster (1835 - )

|-----William Charles Grimshaw (2 Jan 1866 - 12 Jul 1920) & Helen Louise Veal

|-----|-----William Grimshaw (20 Jul 1894, Halifax, NS - 7 Oct 1943) & Ida May Wynacht (13 Nov 1897, Milton, Queens, NS - 3 Apr 1985). Married 1938, Liverpool, Queens, NS

|-----|-----Lillian Grimshaw* (28 Feb 1898, Halifax, NS - 28 Mar 1975, Delta York, PA) & Barnabe LeFort (12 Jun 1895, Cheticamp, NS - ). Married 15 Feb 1917 in Halifax, NS.

|-----|-----|-----William Ernest LeFort (23 Jul 1917, Halifax, NS - 14 Jun 1991, Dartmouth, NS) & Mary White (31 Jul 1920, Halifax, NS - 17 Jan 1990, Datrmouth, NS)

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----Donald Rupert LeFort (1942 - 1997)

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----Shirley LeFort (1948 - 1949)

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----|-----|-----private LeFort

|-----|-----Lillian Grimshaw* (28 Feb 1898 - 28 Mar 1975, Delta York, PA) & Albert D Billings (17 Dec 1893, Maine - 30 Jun 1962, Waterville, ME)

|-----|-----|-----|-----unknown Billings

|-----|-----|-----|-----unknown Billings

|-----|-----Minto Grimshaw (1900 - )

|-----|-----Ernest Cecil Grimshaw (1900 -

 

Military Service Record of William Charles Grimshaw:

 

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=2755143

In memory of

Sergeant Major

WILLIAM CHARLES GRIMSHAW

who died on July 12, 1920

Military Service:

Age: 54

Force: Army

Unit: Canadian Militia

Division: 66th Regt.

Additional Information:

Son of William and Elizabeth Grimshaw (nee Webster). Husband of Mrs. H. L. Grimshaw of Halifax.

Commemorated on Page 549 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. [See image below.]

Burial Information:

Cemetery:

FORT MASSEY CEMETERY (HALIFAX)

Nova Scotia,Canada

Grave Reference: S. G.

Location: Fort Massey Cemetery is located at the junction of Queen and South Streets in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is bounded to the west by Holy Cross Cemetery.

The Fort Massey Cemetery was established c. 1778, in conjunction with Fort Massey, to serve as a burial place for the garrison of the Fort. Today it contains the remains of those who served in Canada's military as well as the remains soldiers dating back to the British occupation of Halifax. In some cases relatives of military personnel and certain civilians, who had involvement with the military, were also interred there. Fort Massey Cemetery is significant for it's long history of providing a resting place for military dead.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

 

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