Grinstead, Helen Stabler, 1924-

Known Grinstead family history begins with Wm. Grinstead, born 1634, England, who emigrated to Virginia. Known Poppe family history begins with Julius Adolph Poppe, born 1823, Berlin, Prussia, who emigrated to Yerba Buena, California, in 1844. Ford family history begins in 1700 when Pierre Faure (Peter Ford), a French Huguenot, arrived in Virginia from England.

From the description of The Grinstead and Poppe families of Sonoma, 1977-1983 : history, oral history, and genealogy / collected and edited by Helen S. Grinstead, genealogy by Hugh Gordon Grinstead, Walnut Creek, Calif. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 36169840