The Family of: James Grimshaw

• Born: Cir 1823, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
• Marriage: Miss Alice Monks [35] on 8 Oct 1845 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK ¹
• Died: 27 Jun 1902, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK aged 79 ²

  General Notes:

Also living in the 1851 Census household are Mary Wilcock (Mother-in Law) together with John and Hannah Wilcock (Brother and Sister-in-Law). They are from Liverpool and they are also shown in the 1841 Census as living with Alice Monks. Alice was a Spinster at marriage and the probable relationship is Alice was Half Sister to John and Hannah Wilcock (ie. Alice was the product of Mary's first marriage to William Monks and Mary then later remarried, or cohabited with, William Wilcock). William Monks would have died prior to 1834 in view of Hannah Wilcock's birth c.1835.
The alternative is that James Grimshaw was previously associated with a Wilcock by which a child was born (say Jonathan) and this would explain the Wilcock family being in the 1851 Census household.
James Grimshaw is shown in the Census of 1841 and is identified as being the correct one by Simeon Leyland who is staying at the same address (Simeon Leyland was a Witness at the marriage of James Grimshaw to Alice Monks). Thomas Grimshaw, at the same address, is assumed to be his grandfather.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 6 Jun 1841. ³ Cannon Street, Bolton, Lancashire at time of Census.

• Residence, 8 Oct 1845. Great Bolton, Lancashire at time of marriage to Alice.

• Occupation, 8 Oct 1845. Spinner at time of marriage to Alice Monks.

• Residence, 23 Apr 1846. Back Blackburn Street, Bolton with wife at time of birth of daughter Mary.

• Occupation, 23 Apr 1846. Piecer at time of birth of daughter Mary.

• Residence, 29 Aug 1848. Houghton Street, Bolton with wife and family at time of birth of son William.

• Occupation, 29 Aug 1848. Labourer.

• Residence, 30 Mar 1851. ⁴ 7, Pump Street, Bolton, Lancashire at time of Census.

• Occupation, 30 Mar 1851. Labourer at Foundry.

• Residence, 5 Nov 1859. 26, Shaw Street, Bolton, Lancashire at time of son Jonathan's death.

• Occupation, 5 Nov 1859. Ironfounder's Labourer .

• Residence, 7 Apr 1861. ⁵ 41, Shaw Street, Bolton, Lancashire at time of Census.

• Occupation, 7 Apr 1861. Foundry Labourer (Cotton).

• Occupation, 18 Feb 1871. Labourer at time of daughter Mary's marriage to Thomas Turner.

• Residence, 2 Apr 1871. ⁶ 40, Houghton Street, Bolton, Lancashire at time of Census.

• Occupation, 2 Apr 1871. Labourer in Ironworks.

• Occupation, 12 Aug 1871. Labourer at time of son William's marriage to Sarah Ann Booth.

• Residence, 3 Apr 1881. ⁷ 40, Houghton Street, Lancashire at time of Census.

• Occupation, 3 Apr 1881. General Labourer.

• Occupation, 1 Jan 1886. ⁸ Labourer at time of son James's marriage to Sarah Ann Griffith.

• Occupation, 27 Nov 1886. ⁹ Labourer at time of marriage of son Henry to Martha.

• Occupation, 16 Aug 1890. Labourer at time of son William's second marriage.

• Residence, 5 Apr 1891. ¹⁰ 4, Peel Street, Bolton, Lancashire at time of Census.

• Occupation, 5 Apr 1891. Labourer in Foundry.

• Residence, 31 Mar 1901. ¹¹ 20, Hammond Street, Bolton, Lancashire at time of Census.

• Occupation, 31 Mar 1901. Labourer in Ironworks.

• Residence, 27 Jun 1902. 20, Hammond Street, Bolton, Lancashire at time of accidental death.

• Occupation, 27 Jun 1902. Foundry Labourer.

James married Miss Alice Monks [35] [MRIN: 13], daughter of Mr. William Monks [110] and Miss Mary [167], on 8 Oct 1845 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK.¹ (Miss Alice Monks [35] was born circa 1824 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK, christened on 6 Dec 1824 in St. Peter, Liverpool, , Lancashire, England and died on 16 Oct 1899 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK ¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage, 8 Oct 1845. Marriage at The Parish Church, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire.

• Witnesses, 8 Oct 1845. Simeon Leyland and James Liptrot.