Good morning David - many thanks for this. It is instances such as this that help make this hobby interesting. I shall have a look so as to understand this "adoption" of the name. regards - Chris -----Original Message----- From: Sherlock Holmes [mailto:grimason@kinect.co.nz] Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 8:53 PM To: christopher.gray@gray-ons.org; goons@rootsweb.com Subject: A Grey Case Hi Chris, I have found a Grey family by adoption of the surname. What I have found is that the family started off as a Gruneison family as such in about 1811 in the Marylebone, London, England area with one Francis Christian Gruneison. Sometime post the 1911 Census of England it appears that the family adopted the Grey surname, I suspect it may have had something to do with the First World War. All this information on the family can be found on Ancestry.com How did I get onto the case, well, Rachel Gruneison used the Grimison surname on marriage on the 29 Jun 1879 at Clerkenwell, Islington, London, England when she married William Wimhurst. Regards, David J Grimshaw (or is it Grimason?) Genealogical Researcher of the "Grimason" surname and variations of the "Grimason" surname World Wide. A One Name study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS): 6138 formerly 2962 The "Sherlock Holmes" of this family according to some.