Andrew Grime (1835 - 1894)

Born 1835 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Died 16 Jun 1894 at about age 59 in Greta, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Arrived Sydney Australia on bounty ship Agnes with Parents John and Elizabeth Grime 13 Feb 1842,as a 6yr old.

Sources

• BAPTISM Andrew Grime ,England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, residence:Lancashire, England ,parents: John Grime, Elizabeth ,record title:England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, name:Andrew Grime,gender:Male ,baptism/christening date:13 Sep 1835, Baptism/christening place: SAINT MICHAEL,ASHTON UNDER LYNE,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND, father's name:John Grime ,mother's name:Elizabeth, indexing project (batch) number: C00558-7,system origin:England-ODM, source film number:547824
• DEATH National Archives of Australia,Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Newspapers Online, Internet. Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907)Saturday 23 June 1894 A very old resident, Mr. Andrew Grimes, a farmer, residing near Anvill Creek, whilst walking home from Greta on Saturday night, stumbled and fell into a waterhole 2 ft deep. He struck his head against a log lying across the waterhole, which rendered him insensible. When taken out of the water he was quite dead, death having resulted from drowning.