You say you have no idea of his parents names, but there are other threads on this site referring to his marriage to Ellen Calland . Have you got the original cert for this marriage? Was he illegitimate, as there's no father's name on this transcription?
Marriage: 11 Mar 1844 All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire, England
William Grimshaw - (X), 21, Collier, Bachelor, Scholes
Ellen Calland - (X), 21, Spinster, Ince
Bride's Father: William Calland, Collier
Witness: William Hilton, (X); Margaret Bolton, (X)
Married by Banns by: Charles Bisset, Curate
Register: Marriages 1844 - 1845, Page 5, Entry 9
Source: LDS Film 1885694
Have yo looked for William in 1841?
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