The GRIMMER family
The names “SPAIN” and “HARTON” appear as second names in the family of Elizabeth Grimmer (#4). Could these possibly be surnames from somewhere back in the Grimmer family ancestry?
Generation One
Robert GRIMMER b. abt.1754, m.9 Mar 1779 in Filby, Norfolk, Elizabeth CHURCH.
Children:
- James GRIMMER b. bef 29 Aug 1780.
- Edward GRIMMER b. bef 27 Oct 1780.
Generation Two
James GRIMMER occupation Innkeeper/Gentleman, m. 20 Oct 1815, in Hessett Suffolk, Bridget UNDERWOOD.
Children:
- Elizabeth GRIMMER b. bef 10 Oct 1819.
Sarah GRIMMER b. bef 19 Nov 1820, Hessett, Suffolk, d. May 1821, Hessett, Suffolk, bur. 6 May 1821, Hessett, Suffolk.
Edward GRIMMER b. bef 27 Oct 1780, Filby, Norfolk, m. Sarah _, d. Jun/Jul 1833, Southwark, London.
Children:
Elisabeth GRIMMER b. abt 2 Mar 1813.
Robert GRIMMER b. abt 29 Jul 1814, occupation Lawyer? - James GRIMMER b. 20 Jun 1816.
Sarah GRIMMER b. abt 12 Mar 1823.
Edward GRIMMER b. aft 1823.
Generation Three
Elizabeth GRIMMER b. bef 10 Oct 1819, Hessett, Suffolk, m. 31 Oct 1843, in Greenwich, Kent, James PURR of Buxhall, Suffolk, (son of James PURR and Lydia CAUSTON) occupation Ironmonger, d. 21 Jun 1890, Sudbury, Suffolk, bur. 25 Jun 1890, Sudbury Cemetery.
Children:
Sarah Lydia Elizabeth PURR b. abt 1849.
Alfred Spain PURR b. bef 28 Mar 1854.
John James Grimmer PURR.
Lancelot Robert PURR b. Jun 1858.
Bertram Harton PURR b. bef 31 Mar 1861.
Ernest Eugene PURR b. 19 Sep 1863.
James GRIMMER b. 20 Jun 1816, London, occupation Plumber, m. 6 Feb 1843 in Marylebone, London, Mary Ann OLIVER, d. 5 Apr 1894, New Westminster, BC, Canada.
Children:
Washington GRIMMER b. abt 1851, England, occupation Farmer in BC, Canada.
Other references to the GRIMMER family:
A Grimmer family tree in Germany
Genforum – The Grimmer page
Rootsweb – The Grimmer page