This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grainger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEg.2ACIB/160 Message Board Post: My gg grandfather was Joseph Grainger born abt 1826. He married Rosannah Heath 18 June 1849, Parish Church, Tipton. His marriage certificate shows him as a miner and his father, also Joseph as a Nailor. Their children were Joseph, Mary Ann, Daniel, Noah, Samuel, Susan and William. Quite a few of the children were christened as St Thomas' Church, Dudley. I am trying to go back a generation from Joseph (1826) but I am stuck because there are so many Joseph Graingers in the area. Nay help greatly appreciated Jean

My gg grandfather was Joseph George Grainger born around the same time. (1826) Unfortunately, I have very little information on him. He had a son William Henry who was born in 1862 Ripon, Yorkshire. William married twice but I only know the name of one of his wives, my great grandmother, Alice Eliza New born 1866. I know that these Graingers were in Ripon, Yorkshire and Walthamstow, Essex but because my information is so scarce right now it is quite possible that they had many addresses. Alice and 3 of her children came to Canada about 1919. Verbal family history says that William was the only child born to Joseph but that information is not proven in any way so I do not rely on it. I only write on the off chance that you have a bit of information that might make a connection. I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks Linda