Israel GRINHAM 1836-1893 & Margery McNEIL 1839-1904

Butcher & Baker of Casterton, 1882

Israel GRINHAM (GREENHAM) b. 1836, Charlton Adam, Somersetshire, England, son of Charles GREENHAM 1797-1859 and Elizabeth HOCKEY 1797-1871 was married to Margery McNEIL, b. 1839, Perthshire, Scotland daughter of John McNEIL and Helen ROY.

Israel GRINHAM arrived in Victoria on the ship "Mermaid" in 1855 along with his parents Charles & Elizabeth and sisters Jane and Elizabeth.

Israel GRINHAM had a Butchery & Bakery, in the 1882 Commercial Sector Plan of Henty Street, Casterton.

Israel GRINHAM and his wife Margery are both buried in the Sandford Cemetery.

Isreal GRINHAM & Margery McNEIL had the following known family:

  1. John GRINHAM b. 1859, Sandford, Vic, m. Elizabeth PIKE, lived at Balranald, Tocumwal & Finley, NSW
    1. Anne Margery GRINHAM, b. 1883, Balranald, NSW, m. Reuben BLATCH
    2. Israel Henry GRINHAM, b. 1884, Balranald, NSW .......?
    3. John GRINHAM, b. 1885, Balranald, NSW, d. 1903
    4. Jersey GRINHAM, b. 1893, m. Midge ___
      • enlisted WW1, 9 Jul 1915
      • served with 4th Battalion & 1st Div Sig Coy, AIF
      • awarded Military Medal [MM], 2 Nov 1917
      • RTA 12 May 1919

  2. Israel GRINHAM b. 1860, Sandford, Vic, m. Catherine Jane LEWIS and had the following family at Clunes & Casterton...
    1. Martha Catherine GRINHAM, b. 1888, Clunes, Vic, m. Ernest Albert ROSS
    2. Marjorie GRINHAM, b. 1889, Clunes, Vic, d. 1899, Hamilton
    3. Elizabeth Sandford Lewis GRINHAM, b. 1891, Sandford, Vic, m. Henry Thomas LEDGER
    4. Margaret Evelyn GRINHAM, b. 1892, Casterton, m. ___ TEDDER
    5. Mary Louisa GRINHAM, b. 1894, Casterton, d. 1896
    6. Robert Lewis GRINHAM, b. 1898, Casterton ........?

  3. Isabella GRINHAM b. 1863, Sandford, Vic, m. Leon NOWACKI from Posen, Prussia and they had 5 children at Casterton, Vic...
    1. Alma Apolonia NOWACKI, b. 1884, Casterton, Vic, m. Stanley Arthur MILLER
    2. Theodore Roman NOWACKI, b. 1886, Casterton, Vic, m. Lucy May WEBBER
    3. Leon Alexander NOWACKI. b. 1887, Casterton, Vic, d. 1928
    4. Marjory Isabela NOWACKI. b. 1889, Casterton, Vic, m. William Nicholas PEARCE
    5. Felicyan Emil NOWACKI. b. 1891, Casterton, Vic, m. Mary Elizabeth McINTYRE
      • enlisted WW1, 29 Mar 1915
      • served as Sgt 37, 24th Battalion & 14th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
      • RTA 24 Jul 1919
      • Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
      • Nangeela Soldier Settler
      • Glenelg Shire Councillor

  4. Charles GRINHAM b. 1865, Sandford, Vic, m. Sarah Jane LOVELL who lived at Sandford and Warracknabeal and had the following family
    1. Israel Alfred Roy GRINHAM, b. 1888, d. 1888, Sandford, Vic,
    2. Charles James GRINHAM, b. 1889, Sandford, Vic, ..........?
    3. Clarice May GRINHAM, b. 1892, Sandford, Vic, m. Walter Powell DAVEY
    4. John Norman Leonard GRINHAM, b. 1895, Sandford, Vic, m. Marjory Ellen HOGAN
      • enlisted WW1, 2 May 1916, Mildura
      • served as Pte 2164 59th & 60yh Battalion, AIF
      • RTA 10 Jun 1919
    5. Sophia Isabell GRINHAM, b. 1899, Sandford, Vic, m. Les Theodore SEIPOLT
    6. Claude Clifford GRINHAM, b. 1902, Sandford, Vic, ............?
    7. Marjory Eva GRINHAM, b. 1904, Sandford, Vic, m. ___ CLARKE
    8. Ada GRINHAM, b. 1906, d. 1906, Sandford, Vic,
    9. Frank GRINHAM, b. 1906, d. 1906, Sandford, Vic,
    10. Mary Doris Jean GRINHAM, b. 1909, Sandford, Vic, ........?
    11. Alma Phyllis GRINHAM, b. ca 1914, ___, m. ___ McLEAN

  5. Gerald 'Jerrod' GRINHAM b. 1867, Casterton, Vic, m. Agnes Jane MURPHY
    1. Clement Oliver GRINHAM, b. 1896, Casterton, Vic, d. 1916, France
      • enlisted WW1, 27 Sep 1915
      • served as Pte 2418, 5th Pioneer Battalion & 29th Battalion, AIF
      • KIA 7 Dec 1916, France
      • Named on Casterton War Memorial
      • Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
    2. Rudolph Clarence GRINHAM, b. 1898, Casterton, Vic, m. Edith May PITTS
    3. Ruth Pretoria GRINHAM, b. 1900, Casterton, Vic, m. John Temple JONES
    4. Isabella Margaret GRINHAM, b. 1901, Casterton, Vic, d. 1972
    5. Russel James 'Jim' GRINHAM, b. 1904, Casterton, Vic, m. Catherine 'Kit' COTTER, worked at 'Phoines' and lived at Carapook.
    6. Meta Agnes GRINHAM, b. 1906, Casterton, Vic, m. Walter Joseph 'Wal' POVEY
    7. Una May GRINHAM, b. 1908, Casterton, Vic, ......?
    8. Verna Marjorie GRINHAM, b. 1909, Casterton, Vic, .......?
    9. Jean Oliver GRINHAM, b. 1913, Casterton, Vic, ......?

  6. Margery GRINHAM b. 1869, Sandford, Vic, m. William McWilliam ROSSIE
    1. Eric William Stanley ROSSIE, b. 1897, Hamilton, Vic, d. 1917, Belgium
      • enlisted WW1, 15 Aug 1915
      • served as Pte 4118, 29th Battalion, AIF
      • KIA 21 Oct 1917, Polygon Wood, Belgium
      • Named on Casterton War Memorial
      • Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
    2. Clive Roy McNeill ROSSIE, b. 1900, Casterton, Vic, .......?
    3. Israel Archibald Bramwe ROSSIE, b. 1903, Casterton, Vic, .......?

  7. Henry Alexander GRINHAM b. 1871, Bahgallah, Vic, m. Elizabeth BAWDEN
    1. Margaret Viola GRINHAM, b. 1905, Casterton, Vic
    2. Alexandrina GRINHAM, b. 1906, Casterton, Vic
    3. Henry McNeil GRINHAM, b. 1906, Casterton, Vic
    4. Alexander Roy GRINHAM, b. 1907, Casterton, Vic
    5. John Halley GRINHAM, b. 1910, Casterton, Vic, m. Lavina Rose GELLIE
    6. William 'Bill' GRINHAM, b. 19__, ___
    7. Amy GRINHAM, b. 19__, ___

  8. Louis Edwin GRINHAM b. 1873, Sandford, Vic, m. Catherine Mary POTTER
    1. Melville Roy GRINHAM [DCM], b. 1898, Mt Gambier, SA, d. 1953, m. Ruth ___
      • enlisted WW1, 14 May 1915, Groom of Merino
      • served as Pte 2588, 8th Battalion, AIF
      • RTA 25 Nov 1917
      • recommended for Victoria Cross [VC] 27 Sep 1917
      • awarded Distiguished Conduct Medal [DCM] 19 Nov 1917
      • Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
      • Named on Merino War Memorial
    2. Louis Edward GRINHAM, b. 1900, Mt Gambier, SA, d. 1973
      • enlisted WW1, 25 May 1918
      • served as Pte 64812, 4th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
      • RTA 17 Jul 1919
      • Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
    3. Alsford Clifford GRINHAM, b. 1901, Mt Gambier, SA, m. Margaret Crystal GILBERT
    4. Olive GRINHAM, b. 1903, Sandford, Vic
    5. Mona GRINHAM, b. 1905, Sandford, Vic, m. George JELLY
    6. Alexander Keith GRINHAM, b. 1908, Sandford, Vic, m. Anne CAMERON
    7. Reginald Bruce GRINHAM, b. 1910, Merino, Vic, d. 1978

  9. Margaret Ellen GRINHAM b. 1874, d. 1874, Carapook, Vic,

  10. Roy McNeil GRINHAM b. 1875, Sandford, Vic, m. Catherine ANDERSON / RIGNEY
    • enlisted Boer War
    • served as Pte 856, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
    • wounded 7 Jun 1901
    • RTA 13 Oct 1901
    • Casterton Pound Keeper

  11. Catherine Louisa Colchoon GRINHAM b. 1878, d. 1878 Sandford, Vic,

  12. Frances Eva GRINHAM b. 1880, Casterton, Vic, m. William Arthur PENNY

  13. Margaret Jean GRINHAM b. 1883, Casterton, Vic, m. John Reginald LAMONT

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