Black and white copy of original photograph of a man holding a small child with another small child standing on his right. Behind them is an old truck loaded with wool.william (billy) grigg, wool bales

Born at Spring Hill in 1866, Louisa Spencer married William Michael Grigg, a carrier/haulage contractor, in 1891. They lived in Ballarat where their first two children were born, then moved to Linton in about 1895. For a short period after this the family went to Western Australia, before returning to Linton in about 1900. Louisa and William Michael Grigg had five children - Georgina Myra (called Ena), Lilian Violet (called Cis), William Spencer (eventually known as "Bill Grigg Snr"), Nellie, and Spencer Lancelot. Louisa Grigg died in 1952.Black and white copy of original photograph of an older lady wearing glasses and a black hat with a feather on the left. She is wearing a light coloured outfit with a white collar and lots of buttons down the front. Louisa Caroline Grigg (Mrs. W. M. Grigg)"Mrs W Grigg, mother of Mr Billy Grigg."louisa caroline grigg (née louisa caroline spencer)

Black and white copy of original photograph which shows an older gentleman (William Spencer Grigg, aka 'Bill Grigg Snr') wearing a cap and cardigan. He is standing next to an old, broken-down dray. Apparently, this wagon was once used by his father (William Michael Grigg)."Billy Grigg remembers. Linton's oldest citizen now 87, remembers when, as a boy, he drove that wagon for his father who abandoned it amidst the mullock heaps of Pitfield Plains nearly 80 years ago"william spencer grigg, bill grigg snr, billy grigg, pitfield plains, wagon/cart/dray