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grimwood Name Meaning and History

English: from the Germanic personal name Grimward, composed of grim ‘mask’, ‘helmet’ + ward ‘guard’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The grimwood name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the grimwood family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of grimwood Families in the US in 1920
Number of grimwood families
 7-12
 3-6		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 17 - Messages: 52
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Bolivia GREENWOOD => GRIMWOOD (19th century) PhiDeck 0
Suffolk Grimwoods Robert Grimwood 6
James Grimwood Nick Grimwood 5
English Surname DebbieCampbell52 1
forgotten bluemanna2000 1
NZ Grimwoods tnevin_1 2
James and Mary Ann Grimwood to Australia 1853. Graeme Grimwood 2
GRIMWOOD William and Charles, Ipswich 1881 Martin Grimwood 9
Jonathan Grimwood 1791 SandieGrimwood31 2
William T Grimwood. Sudbury,Suffolk Merv 0
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