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How we got to Grimsby...
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Currently, all Tappins living in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire are related and originate
from William Henry Tappin who came to the town in 1890 from Guildford, Surrey when he was apprenticed at the age of 13 to
the Great Grimsby Ice Company as a fisherman. William, along with his younger brother, had been an inmate of the Guildford
Workhouse and in the 19th century an apprenticeship was a very common way of dealing with the social problem of children whose
families had fallen upon hard times.
The Tappin Family Genealogy has a very comprehensive website all of its own and much detail can be found
at:
| Harry Tappin 1906-1988 |
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| Harry Tappin, son of William Henry, pictured in 1976 |
The genealogy website includes around 1560 individuals spread across 260 surnames and includes
descendants from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Generally, for reasons of confidentiality, personal details of
most individuals born less than 100 years ago have been withheld.
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