Hi Dee, I had a look for William but unfortunately had no luck finding him in the 1871 or 1881 Census or a burial for him in the Cornwall OPC database. I saw that Grace was listed as married in the 1871 and 1881 Census and a widow in the 1891 Census so it might be worthwhile to trawl through Luxulyan, St. Austell and Treverbyn parish registers on Familysearch to see if his burial was missed. I found these announcements in the newspaper for your family - Royal Cornwall Gazette dated 03 May 1866 page 5: Marriages: GROSE - LAY - At Luxulyan, April 28, by the Rev. C. E. Hosken, Mr William Grose, of the parish of Treverbyn, to Grace, only daughter of Mr Joseph Lay, of Rosemelling, Luxulyan. Royal Cornwall Gazette dated 26 March 1870 page 4: Births: GROSE - At Bridges, Luxulyan, March 21, the wife of Mr. William Grose, of a daughter. Royal Cornwall Gazette dated 11 May 1877 page 5: Deaths: GROSE - At Bridges, Luxulyan, May 5, Mr. John Grose, aged 69. Cheers, Jen. > On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 9:39 AM, Dee Edwards via > <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> On Sep 24, 2014, at 2:31 AM, dee edwards <dee@macace.net> wrote: >>> After several years when living family, work etc kept me busy, I’m back >>> researching my GROSE roots. >>> >>> I have traced a great number of the branches my GROSE family around >>> Luxulyan, back to George GROSE d. 1692. But I have a brick wall about >>> the death & whereabouts of my great great grandfather, William GROSE. >>> >>> William GROSE born 11.04.1840 (St Austell), baptised 07.06.1846 St >>> Austell s/o John GROSE (b01.01.1807 d 16.03.1881 St Austell) & Mary (nee >>> WARRICK b 14.10.1798 d 13.03.1872) >>> >>> William GROSE married Grace LAY/LEY (b 1845, bap 28.06.1850 Luxulyan) on >>> 24.04.1866 in Luxulyan >>> Children: >>> William Ley GROSE b 30.09.1866 (M Tryphosa RICHARDS June 1887) >>> Joseph Henry GROSE (b 26.06.1868 Canamaning St Austell, married >>> (08.05.1892 Luxulyan) Ann Sophia ROACH (b 27.03 1873 Luxulyan) - my >>> great grandfather. >>> Mary Ley GROSE (b26.06.1870 Luxulyan, d 11.06.1871 Bridges Luxulyan) >>> also Edith Higman GROSE d 18.03.1890 reported by Henry GROSE >>> ‘stepbrother’ - illegitimate daughter of Grace GROSE & John HIGMAN) >>> >>> William GROSE doesn’t appear on the 1871 census in Cornwall, or >>> subsequent censuses anywhere. I think he left sometime 1869/70. I >>> suspect that Mary Ley GROSE was illegitimate - her birth was registered >>> by her mother, the death was reported by Benjamin STURTRIDGE of Pelyn >>> Tors, Lanlivery (4 miles away) ‘in attendance'. I can’t find a >>> connection between GROSE & STURTRIDGE. I have got Grace GROSE’s history >>> from 1970 onwards (she worked at Bodmin hospital etc) to her death >>> 16.11.1911 in Roche. >>> >>> I have searched boat lists to Oz, US & Canadian sources but can find >>> nothing. Cousins did emigrate to Australia - I’ve been sent an obituary >>> of one who was a saddler in Ballarat. >>> >>> So if anyone knows about William GROSE b 11.04.1840 after 1870, I’d love >>> to know! By profession he was a carpenter, as was his father.