Grinstead Family History
Grinstead Name Meaning
habitational name from East or West Grinstead in
Sussex, or from Greensted or Greenstead in Essex, all named from Old
English grene ‘green’ + stede ‘place’.variant of
Grimstead.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Grinstead Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Grinstead families
 56 - 110  19 - 55 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Grinstead Family Origin
Grinstead Emigration Information (US)
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Grinstead Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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