When John R Grinder was born about 1847, in Poinsett, Arkansas, United States, his father, Nicholas Grinder, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Calhoun, was 30. He lived in Craig Township, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States in 1850.
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English (Middlesex and Sussex): occupational name for a grinder of grain, i.e. a miller, from Middle English grinder ‘grinder of corn, miller’ (Old English grindere), an agent noun from Old English grindan ‘to grind’. Less often it may have referred to someone who ground blades to keep their sharpness or who ground pigments, spices, and medicinal herbs to powder.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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