Immigrants from Ashton-under-Lyne to Paterson, New Jersey

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Aaron and Rosanna Grimshaw were born in England and were married in Ashton-under-Lyne in 1852. The family subsequently emigrated to New Jersey between 1860 and 1866, where Aaron and Rosanna lived out their lives in Paterson. Rosanna died in 1891, apparently of natural causes, and Aaron died by drowning in the Passaic River in 1896. Aaron remarried in late 1891 to Martha Jane Scott.

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Descendant Chart

What is Known About the Lives of Aaron and Roseanna Grimshaw?

Records and Photos of Aaron and Rosanna's Descendants

What Is Known of Aaron and Rosanna's Ancestors in England?

References

Thanks go to Margaret (Tribe) Bania and Betsy Beech for providing the information that appears on this webpage. The descendant chart, obituaries and photocopies of photos provided by others to them are greatly appreciated.

Considerable research has been accomplished on Aaron Grimshaw's family line. A descendant chart starting with Aaron's great-grandparents, John and Anne Grimshaw, is given in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Descendant chart for John and Anne Grimshaw, Aaron's great grandparents. The chart extends to Aaron and Rosanna's grandchildren (total of 7 generations); subsequent generations have been omitted because many are still living.

1. John GRIMSHAW sp: Anne GRIMSHAW (c. 4 Feb 1749-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne , Lancashire , England ; m. Abt 1767)

---|2. John GRIMSHAW (c. 26 Mar 1769-Ashton-Under-Lyne , Lancashire , England ; d. 19 May 1843-Ashton-under-Lyne , Lancashire , England ) sp: Esther HOLME (m. 26 Jul 1792 )

---|---|3. Sally GRIMSHAW (c. 1 Dec 1793-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne , Lancashire , England )

---|---|3. John GRIMSHAW (c. 5 Apr 1796-Ashton-Under-Lyne , Lancashire , England ; d. 19 May 1843-Ashton , Lancashire , England) sp: Betty MITCHELL (b. 1 Sep 1802-Ashton-Under-Lyne , Lancashire , England ; m. 1820; d. 12 Apr 1847 -A, Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. George GRIMSHAW (c. 14 Oct 1821-Ashton-Under-Lyne , Lancashire , England ) sp: Sarah (b. 1827-Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|---|5. Joseph Henry GRIMSHAW (b. 1847-Oldham, Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|---|5. Betty GRIMSHAW (b. 1849-Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|---|5. Allis GRIMSHAW (b. 1851-Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. Robert GRIMSHAW (c. 9 Nov 1823-Ashton , Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. Nancy GRIMSHAW (c. 9 Nov 1823-Ashton , Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. John Mitchell GRIMSHAW (c. 1825-Ashton, Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. Joseph Mitchell GRIMSHAW (c. 17 Feb 1828-Ashton , Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. Nancy GRIMSHAW (c. 5 Oct 1828-Ashton , Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. Robert Mitchell GRIMSHAW (c. 15 Aug 1830-Ashton , Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. John GRIMSHAW (c. 17 Mar 1832-Ashton , Lancashire , England )

---|---|---|4. Aaron GRIMSHAW (c. 14 Jul 1833-Ashton , Lancashire , England ; d. 15 Nov 1896-Browertown , Passaic , NJ )

---|---|---|4. Moses GRIMSHAW (c. 1833-Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire , England ) sp: Mary HEMMET (b. Abt 1832-Ashton-Under-Lyne,

                                    Lancashire, England; m. 4 Jul 1853 )

---|---|---|4. Aaron GRIMSHAW (c. 14 Jul 1833-Ashton , Lancashire , England ; d. 15 Nov 1896-Browertown , Passaic , NJ)  

                                  sp: Rosanna COOK (b. Dec 1836-Lancashire, England ; m. 7 Jun 1852 ; d. 11 Feb 1891-Patterson , Passaic , NJ)

---|---|---|---|5. Lucy Ellen GRIMSHAW (b. 1 Dec 1853-Ashton-under-lyne , Lancashire , Eng; d. 23 Mar 1900-Clifton , Passaic , NJ )  

                                  sp: Frederick Pellet NALDRET (c. 1 Apr 1849-Pulborough , Sussex , England ; m. 27 May 1870 ; d. 23 Sep 1895- )

---|---|---|---|---|6. William Frederick TRIBE (b. 24 Mar 1872-Patterson , Passaic , NJ ; d. 26 Jun 1953 - New York , NY ) sp: Lola Mary

                                    KAHLOW (b. 9 Nov 1892-Milwaukee , M, WI; m. 21 Mar 1919 ; d. 12 Jun 1983-Boise , Ada , ID )

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Ruby Lola TRIBE (b. 9 Dec 1915-Richmond , Contra Costa, CA; d. 13 Aug 1990-Boise , Ada , ID ) sp: Charles

                                   Henry SCHWARTZ (b. 12 Apr 1915-West New York , H, NJ; m. 22 Jul 1950 ; d. 21 Aug 1975- )

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. William James TRIBE (b. 18 Jan 1920-Seattle . King, WA; d. 17 Oct 2001-Portland , Multnomah , OR ) sp: Irene

                                    Stella RHEINHARDT (b. 21 Apr 1921-Newark , Essex , NJ ; m. 22 Feb 1946 )

---|---|---|---|---|6. James Emanuel TRIBE (b. Jun 1873-NJ; d. Jun 1903-NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Edward Barret TRIBE (b. 19 Nov 1877-Patterson, Passaic, NJ; d. 1 Mar 1924-Pekin, Tazewell, IL) sp: Ruth POLK 

                                    (b. 18 Apr 1880-Little Rock, Pulaski, AR; m. 19 Jul 1905; d. 1 Oct 1925-Omaha, Douglas, NB)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Edward Barrett TRIBE Jr. (b. 16 Jan 1915-Baltimore, Baltimore, MD; d. 26 Apr 1977-Binghamton , Broome ,

---|---|---|---|5. Lucy Ellen GRIMSHAW (b. 1 Dec 1853-Ashton-under-lyne, Lancashire , Eng; d. 23 Mar 1900-Clifton, Passaic , NJ )  

                                    2nd sp: Louis A. NICHOLS (b. Mar 1872-NJ; m. 15 Dec 1897 )

---|---|---|---|5. George Thomas GRIMSHAW (b. 1855-England; d. 15 Mar 1907-NJ ) sp: Martha Ellen CRAWFORD (b. 1863-NJ; 

                                    m. 22 Mar 1891 )

---|---|---|---|5. Emily GRIMSHAW (b. 5 Jun 1858-England ; d. 7 Jan 1945-Patterson , Passaic , NJ ) sp: Richard THOMPSON 

                                    (b. 1855-Patterson, Passaic , NJ ; m. 15 Oct 1878 ; d. 3 Dec 1937-NJ )

---|---|---|---|---|6. Jennie THOMPSON (b. 17 Jun 1879-Patterson , Passaic , NJ ; d. 27 Apr 1912-Patterson , Passaic , NJ )  

                                    sp: Martin Mesler

---|---|---|---|---|6. Charles THOMPSON (b. Abt 1881-NJ; d. 2 Aug 1899 )

---|---|---|---|---|6. Richard THOMPSON (b. 26 Sep 1884-Paterson, Passaic, NJ ; d. 3 Jul 1949-Paterson, Passaic , NJ )  

                                    sp: Cora Touw

---|---|---|---|---|6. Aaron THOMPSON (d. 24 Jan 1950-NJ )

---|---|---|---|---|6. Frederick THOMPSON (b. Abt. 1887; d. 18 May 1897-NJ )

---|---|---|---|5. Hannah GRIMSHAW (b. 10 Jul 1860-Dukinfield , Cheshire , England ; d. 23 Nov 1908-Patterson , Passaic , NJ )  

                                    sp: Robert WHITE (b. 1851-Ireland; m. 14 Apr 1879 ; d. Abt 1880)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Rosanna WHITE (b. Mar 1880-Patterson, Passaic , NJ ; d. 22 Oct 1946-Dania , , FL) sp: Charles Butte

---|---|---|---|---|6. Charles J. WHITE (b. Aug 1881-Patterson, Passaic , NJ ; d. 9 Feb 1951-Patterson , Passaic , NJ )  

                                    sp: Alice Baily or Bally

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Kathleen WHITE sp: J. W. Chapman

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Edward (Ted) WHITE

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Charles J. WHITE Jr. sp: Kitty Cross

---|---|---|---|---|6. Mary A. WHITE (b. 13 Jan 1883-Paterson , Passaic , NJ ; d. 14 Aug 1978 ) sp: William Arthur Findlow

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Chester Findlow (b. Abt 1906-NJ; d. Jun 1907)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Nan Findlow

---|---|---|---|---|6. Robert A. WHITE (b. Mar 1885-Patterson, Passaic , NJ ; d. 27 Jul 1916-Saratoga Springs, Saratoga , NY)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Ellen M. WHITE (b. Dec 1887-NJ; d. 26 Jul 1974 ) sp: William J. Conlon (b. Abt 1883-Ireland; d. 24 Jul 1964-

                                    Paterson , Passaic , NJ )

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Ruth Conlon (b. 29 Jan 1911-Paterson , Passaic , NJ ; d. 6 Aug 1981-NJ ) sp: Thomas Hagen

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Eileen Conlon sp: George Abraham

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. William Conlon (b. 1 Jan 1915-NJ ; d. 13 Jan 1915-NJ )

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Charles J. Conlon sp: Benjamin ROSENSTEIN (b. 16 Sep 1880-Patterson, Passaic, NJ; m. Bef 1894; 

                                    d. 1 Nov 1953-Newark, Essex, NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Benjamin ROSENSTEIN (b. Nov 1894-NJ) sp: Myrtle Burrell

---|---|---|---|---|6. Robert Edward ROSENSTEIN (b. May 1896-NJ) sp: Florence

---|---|---|---|---|6. Emily ROSENSTEIN (b. Jan 1898-NJ; d. Mar 1898-NJ)

---|---|---|---|5. Jess GRIMSHAW (b. 1866-NJ; d. 10 Dec 1905-Totowa, Passaic, NJ) sp: George Barnford SHAW 

                                    (b. Feb 1865-England; m. 1 Nov 1884; d. 24 Oct 1924-Passaic, Passaic, NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Annie SHAW (b. 13 Nov 1885-NJ) sp: Walter Slater

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Ruth Slater

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Mamie Slater

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Charles Slater

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Jesse Slater

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Walter Slater Jr.

---|---|---|---|---|6. Emma SHAW (b. 1888-NJ; d. Apr 1891-NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Ruth R. SHAW (b. 31 Mar 1890-Patterson, Passaic, NJ; d. Dec 1893-NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|6. George Barnford SHAW Jr. (b. Feb 1893-NJ; d. 29 Mar 1936-Paterson, Passaic, NJ) sp: Nettie Bilson

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Harold Chester SHAW (b. 22 Oct 1914-Paterson, Passaic, NJ) sp: Mary Veronica Bernadette Bolen 

                                    (b. 24 Sep 1917-Paterson, Passaic, NJ; m. 2 Feb 1935)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Robert Barnford SHAW (b. Aug 1895-Patterson, Passaic, NJ) sp: Nellie Helen Haley (b. Abt 1899)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Jessie SHAW (b. Jun 1917-Wallington, Bergen, NJ; d. 11 Apr 1924-Passaic, Passaic, NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Lavina Blanche SHAW (b. 2 May 1919-Wallington, Bergen, NJ; d. Apr 1924-Wallington, Bergen, NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|6. William SHAW (b. Dec 1897-NJ) sp: Anne

---|---|---|---|---|6. Ellen SHAW (b. Mar 1900-NJ) sp: Arthur Glaser

---|---|---|---|---|6. Walter SHAW (b. Aft 1901-NJ)

---|---|---|---|5. Aaron GRIMSHAW (b. 15 Aug 1868-Patterson, Passaic, NJ; d. 23 Apr 1940-Patterson, Passaic, NJ)  

                                    sp: Sarah Jane BIRDSALL (b. 6 Nov 1873-Middletown, O, NY; m. 29 Aug 1888; d. 25 Mar 1954-Bronx, New York, NY)

---|---|---|---|---|6. William Edward GRIMSHAW (b. 22 Sep 1889-Patterson, Passaic, NJ; d. 21 Sep 1964)  

                                    sp: Dorothea Katherine Schott (b. 12 Jun 1890-New York, NY; m. Abt 10 Sep 1911; d. 20 Oct 1965)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Ruth Josephine GRIMSHAW (b. 1 May 1913-New York, NY; d. 1950) sp: Raymond William Cline 

                                    (b. 10 May 1895; m. 21 Jul 1934; d. Abt 1950)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Howard August GRIMSHAW (b. 10 Dec 1915-New York, NY; d. 31 Dec 1948) sp: Marie Herdman

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Dorothy Vera GRIMSHAW (b. 26 Jun 1922-Pleasantville, NY; d. Abt 1980) sp: Sven Bramwell Wiberg 

                                    (b. 20 Oct 1907-Stockholm, Sweden; m. 28 Jul 1942; d. Abt 1980)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Hannah GRIMSHAW (b. 6 Nov 1891-NJ; d. May 1988) sp: George RUNGE

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Robert RUNGE sp: Vernamae Eaton

---|---|---|---|---|6. Blanche GRIMSHAW (b. 9 Dec 1893-NJ; d. 14 Sep 1988-St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL) sp: August FELBECK

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Blanche FELBECK sp: Alvar Bernhardd Wallin (b. 14 Nov 1919-Bronx, NY)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Aaron orAugust GRIMSHAW (b. 3 Sep 1896-Wayne, Passaic, NJ; d. 25 Jul 1980-Bronx, NY)  

                                    sp: Mary Jane Lenihan (aka Grace or Mary Grace) (b. 21 Apr 1896-NY, NY; m. 22 Dec 1916; d. 7 Dec 1982-)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Rita June GRIMSHAW (b. 22 Jun 1918-New York, NY) sp: William James Hegarty Jr. 

                                    (b. 7 Apr 1919-NY, NY; m. 30 Jun 1940)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Roger Vincent GRIMSHAW (b. 25 Aug 1920-New York, NY; d. 24 Aug 1998-Ft. Lauderdale, Broward, FL)

                                    sp: Frances Grace DE VITA (b. 18 Jan 1921; m. 2 Feb 1947)

---|---|---|---|5. Mary Etta GRIMSHAW (b. 1 Oct 1871-Patterson, Passaic, NJ; d. 30 Sep 1952-Totowa, Passaic, NJ)  

                                    sp: Anton MULLENBERG (b. 8 Mar 1858-N, Germany; m. 24 Dec 1888; d. 20 Nov 1937-NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Sybilla MULLENBERG (b. 12 Jun 1890-NJ; d. 10 Apr 1983-NJ) sp: Louis Emil Hunziker Jr. 

                                    (m. 20 Sep 1916;b. 2 Jul 1959-Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa, Passaic, NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Louis Anton Hunziker (b. 18 Aug 1917-Totowa, Passaic, NJ) sp: Catherine Bernadette Dutcher 

                                    (b. 28 Aug 1917-Totowa, Passaic, NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Jessie MULLENBERG (b. 30 Aug 1893-NJ) sp: Richard Schink (b. 3 May 1898; d. 19 Sep 1961)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Richard Schink Jr. (b. 13 May 1923-Totowa, Passaic, NJ)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Donald Schink (b. 31 Oct 1924-Totowa, Passaic, NJ)

---|---|---|---|5. GRIMSHAW (b. 5 Mar 1877-Patterson, Passaic, NJ; d. 5 Mar 1877-Patterson, Passaic, NJ)

---|---|---|4. Aaron GRIMSHAW (c. 14 Jul 1833-Ashton , Lancashire , England ; d. 15 Nov 1896-Browertown , Passaic , NJ)  

                                    Second sp: Martha Jane SCOTT (b. 1857-USA; m. 18 Dec 1891)

---|---|3. Sally GRIMSHAW (c. 10 Aug 1800-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England)

---|---|3. George GRIMSHAW (c. 14 Aug 1803-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England)

---|---|3. Robert GRIMSHAW (c. 12 Jan 1806-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England)

---|---|3. Robert GRIMSHAW (c. 12 Jul 1807-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England)

---|---|3. Kitty GRIMSHAW (c. 12 Jul 1807-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England)

---|---|3. Lucy GRIMSHAW (c. 7 May 1810-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England)

---|---|3. Robert GRIMSHAW (c. 23 Feb 1814-St. Michael, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England) sp: Eliza Rowland (m. 4 Dec 1837)

---|---|---|4. Alice GRIMSHAW (b. 1840-Dukinfield, Cheshire, England)

---|---|---|4. Samuel GRIMSHAW (b. 30 Oct 1842)

---|---|---|4. Thomas GRIMSHAW (b. 15 Nov 1844-Dukinfield, Cheshire, England) sp: Sarah Wilson(widow of Fisher) (m. 23 Feb 1868)

---|---|---|---|5. Eliza GRIMSHAW (b. 1869-Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England)

---|---|---|---|5. Elizabeth Alice GRIMSHAW (b. 19 Mar 1873-Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England)  

                                    sp: Samuel Harrison (b. 17 Apr 1869-Saddleworth, Yorkshire, Engalnd)

---|---|---|---|---|6. Alice Harrison

---|---|---|---|---|6. Annie Harrison (b. 16 Jan 1900-Dukinfield, Cheshire, England) sp: Joseph Whitfield 

                                    (b. 30 Jun 1896-Marple, Cheshire, England)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Alice Jean Whitfield (b. 1927-Dukinfield, Cheshire, England)

---|---|---|---|---|---|7. Derek Whitfield (b. 26 Mar 1933-Dukinfield, Cheshire, England)

---|---|---|4. Peter GRIMSHAW (b. 1847)

---|2. Lucy BUTTERWORTH

---|2. Robert BUTTERWORTH  

Aaron and Rosanna were married on June 7, 1852, at Holy Trinity Church in Ashton-under-Lyne. A photo of Aaron is shown in Figure 2, and an image of their marriage record appears in Figure 3. Aaron was a carpenter, specifically a joiner. Ashton-under-Lyne is located east of Manchester, as shown in Figure 4.

Not much has apparently been recorded of Aaron and Roseanna's life in Paterson. The 1880 census of Paterson (see Figure 5 below) showed that Aaron was a retail liquor dealer. Roseanna died in 1891, and Aaron in 1896; both are buried in Laurel Grove cemetery. Two obituaries for Aaron (somewhat hard to read in the copies) are shown below; images of their death certificates are shown in Figure 6.

Paterson Evening Press, November 16, 1896:

AARON GRIMSHAW DROWNED.

Walking Along the River Bank He Fell Into the Stream.

Aaron Grimshaw of Browertown, father of the well known George Grimshaw, et with death by drowning on Saturday night. Grimshaw is about 68 years old and had been on a visit to his daughter in this city. He boarded a white line car for his home at half past nine o'clock in the evening. He got off the car at Browertown and started for his home. It is supposed that he lost his footing on the river bank and rolled into the water in the dark. He was probablyh too weak to ake any struggle or outcry for help, or if he did no one ever heard him as there are no houses very near. The body was found floating in the river yesterday by a man crossing the Browertown bridge. He notified County Physician Johnson, who ordered "Dufford A.? Vandervort to remove the remains to the morgue.

The drowned man's daughter calle at the morgue yesterday and recognized the body as that of her father. County Physician Johnson will grant a certificate, as the cause of death was doubtless purely accidental. The family will take charge of the remains today. The deceased leaves seven children, all adults, and a wife.

Paterson Daily Press, November 16, 1896:

AARON GRIMSHAW DROWNED

Fate of a Browertown Man Who Had ___ ___ a Visit to Paterson.

Aaron Grimshaw, 68 years old, of Browertown, was drowned in the river there Saturday night. Grimshaw was the father of the well known ____, George Grimshaw, who had figured in various ____ for a number of years, primarily as ___boy for a clothing firm, The older Grimshaw had come to Paterson to visit his daughter, who lives here, and he started for home, taking a car on the white line. It is believed that the old man lost his way after getting out of the car, fell into the river and was unable to swim. The body was noticed in the water yesterday by a man crossing the bridge at Jackson avenue. It was ____ and County Physician Johnson ____ ____ ____ and ordered it taken to the ____ ____ morgue. Later the remains were identified by Grimshaw's daughter, and taken in charge by his family. Grimshaw leaves seven adult children and a wife. County Physician Johnson will grant a certificate.