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 deGRISH
The name deGrish is a corruption of
deGruchy, and it is
likely that our family originated in Jersey, Channel
Islands. My "cousin", Lynne Leard, started
the search for the origins of our pioneer Newfoundland family and
with the valuable assistance of "cousins" Edward House and Obed Matthews we have
collaborated
on the attached data.
Documented
events (to date) start in Christchurch, Hampshire with
the marriage of Thomas Degreshe to Elizabeth Newsam in 1749, their
travels to Trinity Bay, and their children's families settling in
Newfoundland. My direct line descends from their son, Thomas
(b.1758) who married Mary White (b.1770), and subsequently from
their son William and spouse Joanna Seward's son William John
(b.1847). William John married Sarah House and had ten children in Trinity, before moving to Sydney Mines/North Sydney,
Nova Scotia in 1905. Later three of their daughters, Helen
(Ivey), Jane (Gillis) and Jessie (Carr) moved west to British
Columbia.
PHOTO: Jessie deGrish Carr c.1920
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