Walter Butler Grimshaw

ID #201, (5 Aug 1884-27 Jun 1951)

Notes

Occupation: Reddish Rope Works Manager.1

Family: Ann Elizabeth Shackleton (10 Dec 1885-28 Jun 1967)

Detailed Timeline

5 Aug 1884Walter Butler Grimshaw was born at Levenshulme, Lancashire.2
Aug 1884His birth was registered in Ardwick, Chorlton R.D., Z-RD, in the 1884 JAS quarter.8
31 Aug 1884He was baptized at Levenshulme, St Peter.
Parents: Thomas Bancks & Ellen Ann Grimshaw; Father's Occupation: Commercial Clerk.9
5 Apr 1891He appeared as Son in the 1891 census in the household of Thomas Bancks Grimshaw at Levenshulme, Lancashire.
Age 6 , Scholar , born Levenshulme, Lancashire.
Household also included:- Ellen Grimshaw, Frank Grimshaw, Beatrice Bancks Grimshaw, Mabel Grimshaw and Mary M Dakin.10
31 Mar 1901Walter Butler Grimshaw appeared as Son in the 1901 census in the household of Thomas Bancks Grimshaw at Levenshulme, Lancashire.
Age 16 , Apprentice Rope & Twine Manufacturer , born Levenshulme, Lancashire.
Household also included:- Ellen Grimshaw, Frank Grimshaw, Beatrice Bancks Grimshaw and Mabel Grimshaw.11
2 Apr 1911Walter Butler Grimshaw appeared as Son in the 1911 census in the household of Thomas Bancks Grimshaw at Levenshulme, Lancashire.
Age 26 , Single , Manager of Rope Works , born Levenshulme, Lancashire.
Household also included:- Ellen Grimshaw, Frank Grimshaw, Beatrice Bancks Grimshaw and Mabel Grimshaw.12
17 Jul 1913Walter Butler Grimshaw, son of Thomas Bancks Grimshaw and Ellen Ann Higson, married Ann Elizabeth Shackleton, daughter of William Robert Shackleton and Elizabeth Ann Longson, at Levenshulme, St Peter.
Walter Butler Grimshaw, 28, Bachelor, Manager, 6 Errwood Road; Father: Thomas Bancks Grimshaw, Manufacturer
Anne Elizabeth Shackleton, 27, Spinster, Cromwell Grove; Father: William Robert Shackleton, Agent
Witnesses: James William Walmsley Shackleton, Sarah Shackleton
Identified witnesses: James William Walmsley Shackleton and Sarah Shackleton.3
a 17 Jul 1913Walter Butler Grimshaw and Ann Elizabeth Grimshaw lived at Levenshulme, Lancashire.13
1913Walter Butler Grimshaw and Ann Elizabeth Grimshaw lived at Levenshulme, Lancashire.3
1918Walter Butler Grimshaw and Ann Elizabeth Grimshaw lived at Reddish, Lancashire.
23 Jul 1918His daughter Joan Grimshaw was born at Reddish, Lancashire.14
26 Jul 1918Walter Butler Grimshaw witnessed the Birth Registration of Joan Grimshaw in 1918 JAS quarter in Stockport Third, Stockport R.D., Z-RD. Father: Walter Butler Grimshaw; Rope Works Manager
Mother: Ann Elizabeth Grimshaw formerly Shackleton.1
1920Walter Butler Grimshaw and Ann Elizabeth Grimshaw were living at Wilmslow, Cheshire.
19 Jun 1921Walter Butler Grimshaw appeared as Head in the 1921 census.
Age 36y 9m , Married , Rope & Twine Manufacturers Manager; Thos B Grimshaw & Son, Ropery, Tither St, Levenshulme , born Manchester, Lancashire.
Household also included:- Ann Elizabeth Grimshaw and Joan Grimshaw.15
9 Sep 1927His daughter Margaret Grimshaw was born at Wilmslow, Cheshire.
1930Walter Butler Grimshaw was living at Hull, Yorkshire.
Sep 1939He appeared on the 1939 population register at Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire.
Married; Works Manager - Rope & Twine Manufacturer.
Also present Ann Elizabeth Grimshaw.16
27 Jun 1951Walter Butler Grimshaw died at Great Moor, Stockport, Cheshire.4,5,6
Jun 1951Walter Butler Grimshaw's death was registered in Stockport R.D., Z-RD.
1951 AMJ quarter , age 66.17
Jun 1951His body was cremated at Stockport Crematorium.7

Memorials

  • There is a memorial to Walter Butler Grimshaw at Stockport Crematorium Rocky terrace adjacent to the New Chapel.

Citations

  1. [S7] Birth Certificate.
  2. [S7] Birth Certificate.
  3. [S8] Marriage Certificate.
  4. [S1600] Newspaper Article.
  5. [S52] Telegram.
  6. [S27] St.Catherine Index (former BMD index, now withdrawn).
  7. [S1600] Newspaper Article.
  8. [S182] GRO/FreeBMD & Lancashire BMD.
  9. [S700] Parish Records - Manchester.
  10. [S19] Census, 1891, images & transcriptions RG12/3181 F45 P33.
  11. [S23] Census RG13/3691 F162 P7.
  12. [S21] Census, 1911, images & transcriptions RG14/23824.
  13. [S40] Formal card to accompany piece of Wedding Cake.
  14. [S7] Birth Certificate.
  15. [S22] Census 1921 FindmyPast RG15/18996.
  16. [S150] Register of British Population - September 1939.
  17. [S180] Free BMD : 1951 AMJ Stockport 10a588.