Wow. People who led boring lives are hard to find. If your ancestor committed a crime, this will helpful, sad to say Have you delved into newspapers? I also find that researching the person's immediate family often brings unexpected clues or substantiates the facts/relationships. Did he have siblings, children? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 30, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Susan Seifert via <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a great great grandfather who lived in NYC during the mid to late > 1800s, named Robert Grinlinton. I have very little information on him, but > will ask here, giving some of the clues I have, if anyone can make heads or > tails out of this. > > He had a daughter named ŒGeorgiana Capitola¹ (born 1867). According to her > death certificate, it looks like she was born in Illinois. We have not clues > as to the mother¹s name. > > Robert Grinlinton was found in some directories living on Spring Street, and > also on Mulberry (not at the same time!). Also, in 1864, there was a Robert > Grinlinton who was found guilty of murder, who lived on Mulberry. > > Trying to play detective, if this man was my ancestor, he was found guilty > of murder in 1864, and fathered a daughter in 1867, possibly in Illinois. > Apparently, the mother was from New York also. > > The area where Robert Grinlinton lived when he was found guilty of murder, > was known as ŒLittle Italy¹. There are other Grinlintons who moved to the > Bronx who married into Italian families. > > With a middle name of Capitola, and possibly living in ŒLittle Italy¹ could > Robert Grinlinton¹s wife (my great great grandmother) have been Italian? > Also, could it be that Robert Grinlinton moved out with his family to > Illinois after being found guilty? I don¹t know anything about what happened > after his trial, which I assumed he had. The murder took place during a > drinking brawl, and Robert Grinlinton defended himself by saying he was > acting in self defense. > > I¹ve been doing my genealogy for about 22 years now, and I am stuck on this > one, although every once in a great while, I get another possible clue. > Plus, Grinlinton is a pretty uncommon name. Haven¹t found much success with > census records except from one in NJ where Capitola lived and the census > taker wrote down that Robert Grinlinton was Scotch. > > How do I begin to research all these clues to find out more information on > this family, and if indeed they are truly my ancestors? > > Thanks for any help. > > Susan S. > Looking for Grinlinton, Guth, Gitz, Wilbur, Ennis, Dykeman > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message