This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grimes, O'Brien Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACE/33.36.1.1.1 Message Board Post: There were two Grimes families that lived in the Sleepy Eye area. They were related. Both came from Tipperary, Ireland. My line came to Susquehanna, PA in 1835, then moved to Sibley, MN in 1852-53, then to Broiwn County in late 1860s. The other line came to Sullivan County, NY (next to Susquehanna) in about 1850, then moved to Sibley, MN in 1867, then to Brown in 1868. They lived next to each other. The confusing part is that both families were headed by a Michael Grimes Sr, one born in 1800 the other in 1801. Both had their three oldest sons named Edward, William, and Michael Jr. All six sons were born between 1832-40. Both sons William in turn had sons named William. William P b. 1869 and my grandfather William L. born 1870. The only O'Briens that I am aware of lived in Sibley County.