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Celia

I am really pleased with all the information which you have found for me!

Many many thanks.

Kind Regards

Dorinda 

Celia

Many thanks for all your hard work on my behalf.  I am really pleased that I now know where my Grandmother is buried.

With regard to my Grandfather I will double check my sources over the weekend.

Have a lovely weekend.

kind regards

Dorinda

Hello Celia

The Grimshaw family I believe, were quite a well known family in the area, as you rightly say in those days everyone knew their locality and the local people well.  I know that the house they lived in had a front door on two streets (Albion and Montpelier Crescent) as it was on the corner of Albion Street, I think they lived in no 62 or 64.  Nellie and John had five sons, the eldest John was my Dad.  When I was born my parents lived there for a year or two but by then my paternal grandparents had both died and the brothers shared the house with their wives.  One wife was Inge, my Mum was Vi and another wife was Jean.  The five Grimshaw sons were John, Harry, Bob, Edgar and Peter.  They used to go to the hotel Vic and even I remember some names of people they knew (Todd family and Sixsmith, both had shops I think nearby).  I think that at one time the brothers had a small firm in New Brighton (commercial wholesalers).  Nellie was quite a character and I think after her husband died she had a 'beau' who was Norwegian (so family legend has it!).

Hope these memories make jog yours, you never know! 

Thanks again....

Dorinda

Celia

Thank you so much for the very time consuming look up on my behalf!  I appreciate your hard work very much.
I do not know why the records seem so elusive for both of my ancestors, John Roland Grimshaw died in 1949 and Ada Nellie Grimshaw died in January 1951.  She may have been just recorded as Nellie Grimshaw but other than that I have no further information which may help!  They were both living in Albion Street New Brighton at the time of their deaths.  If you have time to look up any further I would really appreciate it but please don't go to any trouble or out of your way (more than you have already).

Kind Regards

Dorinda