I have the following information for my Grindell/Grindalls and have included most of my assumptions and what they are based upon.i would love to hear from anyone one who add further deatil; confirm or disprove; or of course is related.

1.Thomas Grindell (a carpenter on his sons marriage cert) married Mary Ann
Jones 24 Feb 1845 Newland GLO
A Mary Ann Grindle death registered June 1847 monmouth Is this her??
??He may have remarried to Elizabeth Ruck Mar 1/4 1859 Monmouth
A possible death for Elizabeth is Sept 1/4 1885 Ross age 83 born about 1801
A poosible death for 1.Thos sen is june1/4 1874 Monmouth died age 75

*Thomas (Junior)I believe to have been born 1845-46 Im basing this on age at marriage 27 & age on shipping list 30 in July 1876

1851 census I havent found a definite 1.Thomas or*his son or Elizabeth Ruck
A possible 1.Thomas is Thomas Grindle b abt 1796 a lodger with the Keal
Family(head was a carpenter) of West Dean He was unmarried, a Sawyer and
born in Goodrich Hereford.
1851 cen Jane Ruck b 1834 little Morton, a tinplate cleaner is a visitor at her sisters place of work Sophia Ruckb 1841 Bicknor is a nursemaid for William and MaryAnn Cooper The sisters are indexed as Buck but it reads Ruck on the census pages

1861 census Ellwood, West Dean
1.Thos Head b 1801 Goodrich Herefordshire Mar a Carpenter
Elizabeth Wife b 1803 Glowstone Herefordshire carpenters wife
Jane Dau b 1836 Brelstone Marstow herefordshire unm
Sophia Dau b 1842 West Dean unm
*Thomas Son b 1846 West Dean a Coal Miner

The iteresting thing is that Thomas seems to also be enumerated with this
family. the familys do seem to have some connection as the Merrys daughter Sarah Ann is with Grindell family above:
Goodrich - Ross address Copper Hill Cliff Cottage
John Merry b1813 Head mar Ag Lab all born Goodrich; Ann Merry b 1815 Wife
mar ; Ellen daughter b 1841 Gen Serv; William b 1851 scholar; Elizabeth b
1856 scholar ; Emma Jones visitor age 4 b Whitchurch; 1.Thomas Grindle
Brother in law mar age 57 a carpenter (journeyman) and John James lodger age
21 Ag Lab born Goodrich

1871 census Clearwell, Ellwood, West Dean
1.Thos Grindall age 69 Head, Carpenter b Goodvich Herefordshire
Elizabeth age 68 wife b Goodvich Herefordshire
*Thomas age 27 son b West dean a coal miner unm
Sarah Price age 13 b Brecknockshire not attending school

*Thomas jnr married on 29 July 1872 at Baptist Chapel in Coleford to Ellen
Jones daughter of John Jones and Elizabeth Pinder. They left england with
two children Elizabeth - Bessie born 1874 died 19 jan 1884 and James b 1876
and had 4 more children Thomas b1878 William John b 1880 Charles b 1882
Helen Ada or Ida b 1884 and Mary b 1886 (My Great Grandmother) here in NZ
where they settled in Geraldine.

There was also a John Grindell b abt abt 1819 and died 1903 in Geraldine. I presume he was related to my Thomas. Although his spelling seemed to alternate between Grindall and Grindell.

If you come across a Lucy G in New Zealand , then this is probably the family in 1851 ( from the Collafield "cluster", which has links to the Littledean RUCK family )

1851
GRINDLE John 32 Head Iron Miner East Dean
GRINDLE Lucy 22 Wife East Dean
GRINDLE Reuben 1 Son East Dean

1841
GRINDAL Joseph 28 Coal Miner yes
John 20 yes
Charles 19 yes
Sophia 17 yes
Susan 15 yes
George 13 yes
William 9 yes
Collafield HO107/364b Vol 8 Folio 9

Reuben Born Westbury on S June 1850 Vol 11 Page 511
Reuben Death Westbury on S Dec 1866 Vol 6a Page 128 aged 16

1861
John Grindell abt 1819 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean Gloucestershire
Lucy Grindell abt 1828 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean Gloucestershire
Dinah Grindell abt 1853 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
Fred Grindell abt 1855 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
Milson Grindell abt 1857 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
Pheobe Grindell abt 1860 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
Reuben Grindell abt 1850 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire

Suspect they left Gloucestershire pre 1871 (?) Children are found in 1871 but with a Joseph ( probably John's brother)

another Grindel / Ruck link in Ellwood ??

<Ruck transcribed as Roch>

1851 Dark Hill ( not far from Ellwood)
John Grindel abt 1785 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Head West Dean Gloucestershire
Alice Grindel abt 1791 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife West Dean Gloucestershire
Rebecca Grindel abt 1823 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Grindel abt 1850 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Granddaughter West Dean Gloucestershire
Ellen Maria Scott abt 1848 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England at Nurse West Dean Gloucestershire
John Roch abt 1821 Bristol St James Sister-in-law (!) West Dean Gloucestershire
Ellen Roch abt 1827 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean Gloucestershire

Alice G is widowed by 1861

Alice was probably Alice Jones, marriage Newland August 1821

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ALICE JONES
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 15 AUG 1790 Newland, Gloucester, England
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Parents:
Father: JNO JONES
Mother: REBECA
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.
The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C036202 1560 - 1565 0423272 Film 6911882 Film
C036202 1583 - 1812 0425476 Film NONE
Sheet: 00

I suspect this "Rock" is a variant of Ruck

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THOMAS GRINDEL
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Marriages:
Spouse: ELIZABETH ROCK
Marriage: 27 MAR 1815 Newland, Gloucester, England
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Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.
The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
M036201 1754 - 1851 0856960 Film 6911883 Film
Sheet: 00

< I had missed him on a previous transcription of 1841>

1841 Worcester Walk
Ex Paro Lydbrook (English Bicknor)
HO 107/364/11 folio 55
Thomas GRINDELL 35 Carpenter
Elizabeth 35
George 4
Fanny 2
Esther RUCK 14
Sally (?) 10
Jane 7

1851 ?

1861 Ellwood West Dean Gloucestershire
Thomas Grindell abt 1801 Goodrich, Herefordshire, England Head Carpenter
Elizabeth Grindell abt 1803 Glewstone, Herefordshire, England Wife
Jane Grindell abt 1836 Brelstone Marstow, Herefordshire, England Daughter
Sophia Grindell abt 1842 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter
Thomas Grindell abt 1846 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son

< hamlets of Brelstone, Marstow, Glewstone, Pencraig and Goodrich are very close together>

1871 Ellwood West Dean Gloucestershire
Thomas Grindall abt 1803 Goodrich, Herefordshire, England Head
Elizabeth Grindall abt 1802 Goodrich, Herefordshire, England Wife
Thomas Grindall abt 1844 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son
Sarah Price abt 1858 Breconshire, Wales Granddaughter

Hi Lisa. I have a slight interest in the name Grindell. My ancestors are the Watts family from Whitecliff who operated a Pottery there. I have previously posted a message about them. A few of their children have the name Grindell as a second christian name and I am wondering why. I don't think they were related, perhaps just good friends. Grindell is a name that seems to pop up a bit in my research. I have 3 spellings for the name - Grindell, Grindall and Grindle. Also Rosser is another second christian name in my ancestry. Any clues?

I suspect it comes from the "mothers" side of the family. need to look into some marriage records to confirm....