When Ellen Grimshaw was born about 1799, in Lancashire, England, her father, John Grimshaw, was 41 and her mother, Ellen Byrom, was 27. She married Thomas Hughes in 1823, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Up Holland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1842 and Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died in 1863, at the age of 65.
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English (Lancashire): habitational name from either of two places in Lancashire named Grimshaw, from the Old Norse personal name Grímr (see Grime ) or Old English grīma ‘specter, goblin’ + Old English sceaga ‘copse’.
English: alternatively, a habitational name from Green Shaw Head in Beamsley (Yorkshire), or another place similarly named with Middle English grene ‘green’ + shaghe ‘copse’ (Old English grēne + sceaga).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe John and Rebecca (Maddock) Hughes Family Appendix C From S George Ellsworth, Samuel Claridge Pioneering the Outposts of Zion, pp 291-295 John Hughes, Rebecca’s father, was born in Liverpool, L …
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