Grimshaw Family History
Grimshaw Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places in Lancashire,
named Grimshaw, from the Old Norse personal name Grímr (see
Grime) or Old English grima ‘specter’, ‘goblin’ + Old
English sceaga ‘copse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Grimshaw Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Grimshaw families
 40 - 78  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Grimshaw families
|
1,824 - 3,646 609 - 1,823 |
1 - 608 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Grimshaw families
|
16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Grimshaw census records
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Grimshaw Family Origin
Grimshaw Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Grimshaw
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Grimshaw Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Grimshaw census records
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Grimshaw Civil War Service Records
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