Grimshaw Origins and History
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...to the website on the origins and history of the ancient
English family of Grimshaw.
A Grimshaw coat of arms from about 1567 is shown above. A description is provided further down on this webpage.
The Grimshaw surname originated in Lancashire in the northern part of England, apparently around 1000 A.D. There appear to be few records of Grimshaw family lines for the first 200 to 250 years. However, it is highly probable that the family's roots are connected to the town of Grimsargh, which is a short distance northeast of Preston. The earliest recorded Grimshaw was Gilbert, father of William Grimshaw, who held the Manor of Grimsargh in thenage in 1242.
The Grimshaw surname originated near Preston which is in northern England. Preston's location (indicated by orange circle) is shown in relation to Liverpool, Manchester, Blackburn and Leeds, all of which were important in Grimshaw family history. Map source: Bing Maps.
Two Grimshaws who were apparently contemporaries (mid 1200s) of William Grimshaw (son of Gilbert) had the same name -- Walter -- but lived at different locations, one at Eccleshill southeast of Blackburn, and the other at Edisford, near Clitheroe (northeast of Blackburn). Many descendants of Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill have been recorded, but none have yet been found for Walter Grimshaw of Edisford. The place name "Grimshaw" remains at Eccleshill to the present but this is not the case at Edisford.
The Eccleshill location of Walter Grimshaw has the place name "Grimshaw" and is now marked by Higher Grimshaw Farm (shown below) and Grimshaw Brook Mill, an envelope factory and closed-down paper mill. The plaque is near the entrance to the farmhouse in the upper photo. The hill behind the farm is Yate and Pickup Bank, with the community of Belthorn clearly visible at the top of the hill.
Edisford Hall, where another Walter Grimshaw lived in the mid 1200s, is located just across the Ribble River from Clitheroe. The hall is well marked as shown below. The plaque is on the corner of the house in the upper photo.
Many branches have emerged in the Grimshaw family in the decades and centuries after its origination, many of them traceable to the descendants of Walter de Grimshaw of Eccleshill. A number of Grimshaws participated in the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, which got its start in cotton weaving in this part of Lancashire. Many Grimshaw descendants contributed to the waves of emigration to the New World and other parts of the globe. Numerous fields in the arts and sciences – and the spiritual realm – have benefited from the talents of Grimshaw descendants, including evangelism, painting, history, engineering, and entomology.
This website seeks to tell portions of the “Grimshaw story”. A few highlights are presented on this homepage.
Click below for webpages with more information on various aspects of Grimshaw origins and history. These topics are generally of greatest interest to Grimshaw researchers. Each of these webpages in turn contains links to other specific webpages on the topic. There are a total of more than 350 webpages on this website covering various aspects of the Grimshaw story.
Origins of the Grimshaw Surname
Early Grimshaw Family Lines in England and Ireland
Involvement of Grimshaws in the Industrial Revolution
Grimshaw Immigrants to the New World and Around the Globe
More detail on this website, and how it has been developed, is available on a companion webpage, “About This Website”. Information on the website author (who works on this Grimshaw Origins and History website as a hobby) is also available on that webpage. (Note: the convention of using “companion webpage” with a hyperlink is used throughout this website).
One of the main ways that the interesting story of the Grimshaws is being assembled is through the generous contribution of information and images from many sources, mostly be emails. The website author is deeply indebted to each of these contributors. A “hall of fame” for website contributors is being prepared on a companion webpage.
This homepage includes several of the most significant or interesting aspects of the origins and history of the Grimshaw family below. More detail on the following topics can be found by using the hyperlinks in each topic (in preparation).
Where in England Did the Grimshaw Family Name Originate?
Who Were the Earliest Recorded Individuals and Families?
Where Is the Grimshaw Location?
Clayton Hall, Location of the Grimshaw Family for Over 350 Years
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Clayton-le-Moors
Grimshaw Coats of Arms
The Grimshaw Serpent and Ooze Castle Wood
Early Grimshaws at Cliviger
The Pendle Forest Line of Grimshaws
The Audenshaw Grimshaw Line
The "Yorkshire" Line of Grimshaws
The " Irish" Line of Grimshaws
Recently Developed Webpages
What's New and Website Search Tool
 | Where in England Did the Grimshaw Family Name Originate? |
The name “Grimshaw” probably started about the time surnames were beginning to be used in England. As noted above, the first Grimshaws apparently lived in an area near the present community of Grimsargh, which is located a few miles northeast of Preston and northwest of Blackburn in Lancashire.
Map of area around Preston and Blackburn showing the location of Grimsargh northeast of Preston. Other locations of importance to the family history (Clitheroe, Grimshaw Location, Clayton-le-Moors) are also indicated. Map source: Bing Maps.
| Who Were the Earliest Recorded Individuals and Families? |
Thomas Dunham Whitaker, in his “History of Whalley”1, did a remarkable job of recording early Grimshaw families and is perhaps the foremost author for Grimshaw history. He developed an excellent descendant chart for Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill, who lived around 1250 AD. Other early Grimshaw families, such as William Grimshaw of Grimsargh and Walter Grimshaw of Edisford, have not been similarly recorded. The upper portion of Whitaker’s descendant chart for Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill includes the first 10 generations (after Walter).
Upper portion of Whitaker's descendant chart for Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill showing 10 generations. The lower portion of the chart (not included here) shows an additional four generations.
| Where Is the Grimshaw Location? |
The place name “Grimshaw” is in Eccleshill, about three miles southeast of central Blackburn (see map above). Walter Grimshaw and his descendants apparently lived here for five generations, until the about 1370, when a move was made to Clayton-le-Moors. The location is on a stream called Grimshaw Brook, which forms the boundary between two ancient, small townships –- Eccleshill to the west and Yate and Pickup Bank to the east. It has had an eventful history. Grimshaw Brook provided a source of water power, and mills for various purposes have been constructed. Currently the site is occupied by a closed-down paper mill and a small factory for paper envelops.
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 (Yate and Pickup Bank) from Belthorn. Photo taken by website author in May 2000.
The Grimshaw location was greatly affected by development during the Industrial Revolution. As noted, the original facility constructed there was a cotton mill called "Grimshaw Bridge Factory". The site now has an envelope factory and closed-down paper mill.
Grimshaw Brook Mill, an envelope factory, with a former paper-making cylinder in front. Photo taken by the website author in March 1999. The closed-down paper mill was behind the website author when he took this photo.
The power loom riots of April 24 to 26, 1826 reached the Grimshaw cotton mill in Eccleshill, as described in the following newspaper article.
Report of attacks on Grimshaw mill in April 1826. Source: Salem, MA, Essex Register, v. 26, issue 46, page [3] (June 8, 1826).
"Higher Grimshaw Farm" (also shown further up on this webpage) is located above (southwest of) Grimshaw Brook, near the road that leads into the envelope factory.
Northeast view of front side of Higher Grimshaw Farm. The village of Belthorn is visible on the horizon, at the top of Yate and Pickup Bank. (The photo of the Grimshaw location shown above was taken from Belthorn.) Photo taken by the website author in April 1999.
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Clayton Hall, Location of the Grimshaw Family for Over 350 Years |
The Grimshaw family lived at the Grimshaw location in Eccleshill from its origins until at least the mid-1300s. Because of a fortuitous marriage into the Clayton family by Adam Grimshaw sometime after 1368, the family relocated to Clayton Hall in Clayton-le-Moors, northeast of Blackburn (see map above). The family lived there for many generations until the heirs ran out in about 1715 and the estate passed to the Lomax family. Clayton Hall was demolished in 1977, One of the reasons for its demise was reported to be subsidence resulting from collapse of coal mine voids beneath the hall that had weakened the structure. There was apparently an earlier Clayton Hall that was replaced the one shown below.
Photo of former Clayton Hall from Pollard, 19782. The view is northward on the south side of the hall.
A portion of Clayton Hall has been re-constucted in recent years at the original site. This would therefore be the third Clayton Hall at this location.
Front view of the new Clayton Hall, a facsimile of the previous one that was torn down in 1977. The photo was taken northward from south side, the same angle as the above photo of the previous Clayton Hall. Photo taken by the website author in May 1999.
Robert Eaton, a retired schoolteacher living in the Clayton-le-Moors area, provided a "guided tour" of the Clayton Hall grounds to the webpage author and several others in May 2000. He described the history and features of the hall and related how he had grown up in the area when the manor was an abandoned derelict and had spent many happy hours as a youth playing in the old "haunted house." Robert made many sketches and paintings of Clayton Hall not long before it was demolished in 1977.
Example of Robert Eaton painting of Clayton Hall, now in the possession of Jack Frane, who kindly provided the following image of the painting. The view of Clayton Hall is generally to the northwest.
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A major geographic feature in Clayton-le-Moors is the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, an artifact of the Industrial Revolution that runs very close to Clayton Hall.
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. Pendle Hill can be seen on the horizon above the canal. Photo taken by the website author in May 2000.
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Grimshaw Coats of Arms |
Members of the Grimshaw family have had coats of arms since the Clayton Hall days, always with a griffin as the central feature. One of the most attractive renditions of a Grimshaw coat of arms appears in the Harleian Manuscripts at the British Library in London. This rendition is displayed at the top of this webpage.
Grimshaw coat of arms 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 the 1567 visitation was Henry, born in 1467 and married Alice, daughter of Richard Tempest. Whitaker’s descendant chart for of the original Grimshaw family go back eight generations before Henry, to Walter, who was living in about 1250.
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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.
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 of the website author taken by his spouse in May 2000.
Yate & Pickup Bank (southward view). The rock crevice that may be Griom's Ark is in Ooze Castle Wood adjacent to the small reservoir. Shooter's Hill forms the horizon on the left half of the photo. Photo taken by the website author in 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.
| Competing Theories on the Origin of the Grimshaw Surname -- Celtic or Viking |
There are two competing theories concerning 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 theory for a 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.
| Early Grimshaws at Cliviger |
Cliviger is located a short distance southeast of Burnley in Lancashire. Grimshaws apparently arrived there quite early in the family's history, probably around 1300 A.D. Research by Mavis Long indicates that two Grimshaws, Richard and Adam, were identified as tenants at Cliviger in 13104. Mavis hypothesizes that these two Grimshaws were brothers and were the sons of Walter de Grimshaw, head of the earliest recorded Grimshaw family line.
Mavis' hypothesis that Adam and Richard were the sons of Walter de Grimshaw is illustrated in the descendant chart of the earliest recorded Grimshaw family Dunham's "History of Whalley"3 (described above on this homepage):
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The Pendle Forest Line of Grimshaws |
One of the most important Grimshaw lines to originate from the oldest recorded 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. An extensive descendant chart was published in Whitaker's "History of Whalley"1. The Pendle Forest Grimshaw line is junior to the earliest recorded Eccleshill and Clayton-le-Moors line, but the connection was not clearly indicated in Whitaker's work. This connection has now been established, at least on a preliminary basis, as a result of research for this website.
The following image of the coat of arms for the Pendle Forest line of Grimshaws was included in Whitaker's descendant chart for the line as published in his "History of Whalley". The coat of arms consists of two images of a ducally crowned griffin.
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The Audenshaw Grimshaw Line |
This line is referred to as the "Audenshaw" line because that was how it was referred to in a well-known reference5 because of it's geographic location southeast of Manchester. Subsequent research has added substantially to the descendant chart in that reference. The earliest known progenitor was George Grimshaw who was born in 1600 and married Emme Telier or Taylor. Connection to more senior Grimshaw lines, such as that at Clayton-le-Moors, has not yet been established. George Grimshaw, earliest recorded progenitor of the Audenshaw line, had a birthdate of 1600, He would therefore have been a contemporary of approximately the 13th generation of Grimshaws descended from Walter de Grimshaw (Thomas, John, Ann, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, Mary, Jane, Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Katherine) in Whitaker's descendant chart (described above).
The Griffin in the Grimshaw Coat of Arms appears prominently in a plaque in a church near Audenshaw. The plaque is dedicated to the memory of John Grimshaw, a descendant in the Audenshaw line of Grimshaws.
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The "Yorkshire" Line of Grimshaws |
An important Grimshaw family, in terms of descendant family lines, was the family of Edward Grimshaw and Dorytye (Dorothy) Raner, who were married in 1602. They started a line of Grimshaws in Yorkshire that is one of the largest, and best documented, in the world. The connection of this line to the Eccleshill/Clayton-le-Moors line or Pendle Forest line has not been established. The Yorkshire Grimshaw line had strong Quaker connections going back to the early 1600s. The family lived at Ivy House, starting with Abraham Grimshaw, son of Edward and Dorothy. He was a clothier and had a small farm and became discontent with the English church. Many descendants of this line of Grimshaws emigrated to America, perhaps seeking greater religious freedom.
Early members of the Yorkshire line of Grimshaws became Quakers and lived at Ivy House, apparently for more than 300 years. This photo of Ivy House was taken by Enid Sheldon in 1996.
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The "Irish" Line of Grimshaws |
Nicholas Grimshaw was from Blackburn and apparently emigrated to Ireland in about 1776. Nicholas and Mary Wrigley were married in Manchester in 1768. Nicholas was the son of Nicholas and Susan (Briercliffe) Grimshaw and the grandson of Nicholas Grimshaw and Anne Grimshaw (of Oakenshaw), who are described in the Pendle Forest line of Grimshaws in Whitaker's "History of Whalley". Whitaker also included a separate (and extensive) descendant chart for Nicholas and Mary (Wrigley) Grimshaw. The Irish line of Grimshaws has included some of the more prominent members of the Grimshaw family.
Nicholas Grimshaw started the cotton textile industry in Ireland when he built the first cotton twist mill in 1784.
| 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.
2Pollard, Louie, 1978, Great Harwood Gleanings: Lancashire County Library and Leisure Committee, unk p.
3Ainsworth, Richard, 1928, The Old Homesteads of Accrington & District, Embracing Accrington, Baxenden, Stonefold, Oswaldtwistle, Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Rishton, Hapton, Huncoat, Read, Simonstone, Altham, Whalley: Accrington, Wardleworth Limited, unk p.
4Farrer, William & J. Brownbill (eds), 1911, Victoria County History of Lancaster, Volume 6, p. 478-487. Online. Available: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53156. Date accessed: 13 May 2008.
5Skeet, F.J.A., 1906, A History of the Families of Skeet, Widdrington, Wilby, Murray, Blake, Grimshaw, and Others: London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 179 p.
| 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 many of the webpages on this website, listed in reverse order of development.
Early Grimshaw Research Reports, Antecedents to the "Grimshaw Origins" Website
About the "Grimshaw Origins" Website
New Homepage for "Grimshaw Origins"
Agnes Grimshaw of Gorton, Participant in the Founding of the Colony of Rhode Island
Douglas W Grimshaw, Artist and Ham Radio Operator in Hartford, Connecticut
Robert and Mary Elizabeth Ashton (Shaw) Grimshaw, Possible Immigrants to Ontario after 1907
Analysis of Beatrice Grimshaw's Work by Academicians
HC Grimshaw, Researcher at Britian's Safety in Mines Research Establishment in the 1950s
Manchester, England, the First Industrial City, in "Cities in Civilization" by Peter Hall
Mortimer Grimshaw, "Thunderer of Lancashire" -- Labor Activist of the Mid-1800s
Robert Grimshaw, Builder of Manchester Loom Mill that was Destroyed by Arson in about 1790
George and Judy (Berger) Grimshaw
Grimshaw Entries in Parish Records of Churches in the Manchester Area
Rex Grimshaw, Clay Expert from Rawdon, Near Leeds in Yorkshire
Harry and Jemmy Grimshaw, Successful Jockeys in the 1860s and 1870s
Eddie Grimshaw, Child Laborer in Textile Mill in Ludlow Massachusetts in 1910
Jeremiah and Martha (Bennett) Rogers, Immigrants from Iowa to Brule County, South Dakota
Freda and Joe Bice Trip to Mexico in about 1951 - Supplement to Charles and Rebecca Bice Webpage
Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw - a Farce in One Act. A Play First Staged in 1851 in England
Frank Barstow Grimshaw, Immigrant to New Jersey from Cheshire; Originally from Audenshaw Area
William R Grimshaw, Migrant to Tulsa, Oklahoma from New Jersey
Articles on Beatrice Grimshaw in Hecate, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation
Philip Grimshaw, Born on the ship "The Seven Sisters" and Settled in Scotland
William Grimshaw, Tattoo Artist Operating in Norfolk, Virginia, in the 1880s or 1940s and 1950s
Charles and Dora (Porter) Cummings
Jay and Bessie (Cummings) Rogers, Immigrants to South Dakota from Iowa
Richard and Anna (Grassman) Sehnert, Immigrants to South Dakota from Germany
Claude Walter and Phyllis Lorraine (Rogers) Grimshaw, South Dakota Natives
Samuel Grimshaw, Immigrant to New Brunswick and Ohio, Married Alice McFarlane
James Grimshaw, Slave Holder from Tobago, Island in the Caribbean
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
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