Grimshaw, Stanley R., South China, ME, (EAG-7)

South China, Maine

Oct. 26, 1979

Dear Mr. Grimshaw

I admire your efforts in tracing … our genealogy, but am afraid I have little to offer. Due to a difference [in] our religion, I know very little about my father’s family.

I believe he had a twin brother, at least he had a brother named Joseph, whereabouts unknown. He had two sisters: Elizabeth Welsh [John]; Annie Goodwin [Harry]. Elizabeth lived in Dover, N.H. [She] had a large family, only three that [I] knew. John, Velma & Raymond.

Annie lived in Kennebunk, Maine. [She] had two children, I never met.

My father, John, born 1888, died 1950. My mother, Carrie, born 1891, died 1946. Lived in Augusta most of life.

There were eight members of my family.

Donald, born 1913, wife Alexandria Roussell, son Gary born July 1940.

Mildred Zientara [Thadius], born 1915, no family.

Stanley, 307-17, wife Pauline Hemphill, 5-21-17, daughter, Sandra Thomas, 5-10-44, son, Richard, 11-18-47.

Marjorie Dennett [Donald], born 1919, 5 children.

Jane Cunningham [Damon], 4 boys.

Madeline – unmarried.

Dorothy Hart [Byron], 3 children.

Gail Woodward [Edwin], son Michael, dau Brenda.

Four of us are g-parents, if you want the latest up-date.

Our whole family live in and around Augusta. Afraid I have lost track of the girls birthdates. Since the death of our parents I see very little of the girls, but Donald & I are very close. Perhaps he has some further information for you.

Good luck in your endeavor.

Stanley R. Grimshaw

Grimshaw, Norman – Rutland, Vt – (EAG 8)

Rutland, Vt

10/16/1979

Dear Mr. Grimshaw,

Recently I received your inquiry concerning your family tree and I was very much interested until I showed it to my mother who is 89 years old this month.

She went over the chart that you sent me, but said that there is no way that the two Grimshaw families are related.

Our Grimshaw family originated in Manchester, England. My father’s father was named Edward and my father was named Hugh Edward. He married my mother who was born in Stowe, Vt and her name was Francis Gates Stockwell.

Sorry I wouldn’t help you more.

Good luck

Regards

Norman Grimshaw

64 Bellevue Ave.

Rutland, Vt 05701

Grimshaw, M., Rennemede, NJ, (EAG-12)

609 Central Ave.

Runnemede, N.J. 08078

(no date)

E. A. Grimshaw

I’m sorry I can not help you. My husband’s parents were separated before I met him. I will tell you what I know of his family. I am sending your letter to my sister-in-law in Phila. She is the only one living in this family. She said if she can help you she will .write to you. Mrs. Thelma Symnoski.

My father-in-law was:

John Grimshaw – Helen Kippling 4 children

Born 1850 Phila., Pa

Died 1960

Helen Grimshaw – MeGee 1 child, June

Born 11-1906 Phila.

Died

Alice Grimshaw – Mathew Weber No children

Born 5-19-1908 Phila.

Died 5-17-1968 Phila.

Thelma Grimshaw – Stanley Symnoski No children

Born 9-14-1909 Phila

Joseph Grimshaw – Mary Hatfield 1 child, Mary Carole

Born 8-29-16 Phila.

Died 7-30-68

Cousin to John Grimshaw, Samuel Grimshaw, 1 child, Samuel Grimshaw, Jr., 1 child to Jr. – Richard Grimshaw

Sincerely,

Mary C. Grimshaw

Dixon, Robert A. – Bolton, Connecticut – (EAG 14)

January 21, 1980

Dear Mr. Grimshaw,

Recently my cousin, Norman Grimshaw of Lullow, Vermont, sent me your letter to him which told of your attempt to trace the Grimshaw genealogy. I have reviewed your "family tree" and see no name that I recognize.

I, too, am trying to trace the Grimshaws, but am having difficulty in doing so. My mother was a Grimshaw. Her name was Ada Mary Grimshaw, born September 15, 1892. She married twice to Arthur Dixon and Raymond Barker, and died July 22, 1978. (She was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut). Her father (my grandfather) was Edward Grimshaw who was born April 24, 1857 in Prestich, England. On October 13, 1881, he married Mary Ann Heywood. They had 6 children, Hugh, Walter, Sarah Ellen, May, Clara, and my mother, Ada.

Edward died December 27, 1924 in Hartford, Connecticut and is buried in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

I know that his parents were John and Sarah Walker Grimshaw, but I have been unable to learn any more about them. Letters of inquiry to various people in Prestwich, England have not brought any satisfactory responses.

If you have learned anything of this line of Grimshaws, I’d appreciate your sharing it with me. I, in turn, will keep your "tree" in my file and check it against anything I uncover – and, of course, advise you of any findings.

Thank you – and best wishes,

Robert A. Dixon

17 Rolling Hills Trail

Bolton, Connecticut 06040