Grinnell/ Grennell

Family Reunion

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Grinnell/Reed Reunion

Date: August 21, 2016

Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Dale Grennells Home
3890 West Britton Rd
Perry, MI 48872

As we get closer to the 100th Reunion

we would like to have the most up to
date address list. If you know someone
who didnt get an invitation and would
like their address added to future
mailings, please sent their name,
address and an email address to
caseygrennell@yahoo.com.

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Grinnell/ Grennell Family Reunion

405 White Oak Drive
Perry, MI 48872

Your Info needed for the

100th Reunion

Tel 517-290-6939
e-mail:caseygrennell@yahoo.com

Bring a dish to pass

Drinks will be provided
[Recipient]
[Street Address]
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James Grennell (1819 1873);

Grandfather of Sidney Grinnell
(1879 1953)

Celebrate Family with us!

America Family Origin

First Grinnell born in America was
Daniel Grinnell in Portsmouth, Newport,
Rhode Island on March 4, 1636. He was
a Constable and a maltster (make of
malt, hence beer or ale.)
Daniels father; Mathew Grinnell was
born in Mcon, Ain, Rhone-Alpes,
France in the year 1602.
Matthew Grinnell, of Huguenot
ancestry, the name is of French origin
known as Grenelle.
Private Richard Grinnell (1717 - 1789)
served in the War of the Revolution for 6
days (August 3, 1780 to August 9,
1780);
Velorous D. Grinnell (1844 - 1915)
Enlisted in Company M, Ohio 2nd Heavy
Artillery Regiment on September 9,
1863.Mustered out on August 23, 1865
at Nashville, TN.

There are 9 generations from Sidney

Grinnell back to the first Grinnell in
America. So add the additional
generations from Sidney Grinnell to you
and see how many generations take you
back to (1636) the first American.

The Legend of Richard Pirate

Dick Grinnell (1675 1725);
It is said that Pirate Dick sailed with Captain
Kidd --- and in his voyages captured a
ship bearing a young princess who was
accompanied by her prized white horse.
According to the legend the princess gave
Pirate Dick some lip, he being focused on
procuring her jewels and riches and all, and
in retaliation Pirate Dick raised his sword
and lopped off the head of her white horse.
At that point the princess, deprived of her
jewels (and horse) but not of her
supernatural powers, placed a curse on
Pirate Dick and swore that his family would
bear a curse through seven generations.
Pirate Dick, so the story goes, shortly
thereafter retired from piracy, enriched by
the princess jewels, and returned to Little
Compton to live out the life of a gentleman
farmer. He suddenly grew sick and laid on
his bed (the princess chest of jewels was
kept beneath his bed) and the local doctor
was fetched, Pirate Dicks family ringed
around the bedside. The doctor couldnt
diagnose any illness, but Pirate Dick kept
sinking and sinking. At the stroke of
midnight Pirate Dick died, complaining of a
great pressure on his chest, and they heard
neighing and the sound of hoofbeats on the
roof. When they looked out the window,
they saw a headless white horse riding off
into the distance.
All information from ancestry.com

Sidney & Emma Grinnell

Married November 3, 1906

Lived in Laingsburg, Michigan
Standing at the back is Fern Opal
Left to right in the middle row are, Everett
(Steve) Sidney, Glen Albert, Emma Ezilda
(mother) holding Hurley Rae, Sidney Velorus
(father) holding Elizabeth Dawn, Floyd
Arthur, and Gordon Irving
Left to right in the front row are, Theodore
Alton, Lawrence Velorus, and Clayton
Andrew (Tip)
Sidney
Grinnell
age 71 (1950)