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Alexander Grant 1821 – 1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Mar 1821

Birth Location: Rothes and Dundurcas, Morayshire, Scotland

Death Date: 7 JAN 1882

Death Location: Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Grant

Mother: Jane Asher

Spouse(s): Helen Wood

Children(s): Isabella Grant, Mary Grant, Bathia Grant, James Grant

Alexander Grant was born in 1821 in Rothes and Dundurcas, Morayshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Grant and Jane Asher. Alexander Grant married Helen Wood, and had children including Isabella Grant, Mary Grant, Bathia Grant, James Grant. Alexander Grant passed away in 1882 in Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Grant was born in 1821 in Rothes and Dundurcas, Morayshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Grant and Jane Asher.
  • Alexander Grant married Helen Wood, and had children including Isabella Grant, Mary Grant, Bathia Grant, James Grant.
  • Alexander Grant passed away in 1882 in Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Grant
Birth Location: –
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Jane Asher
1803 –
Birth Location: –
JA

Spouses(s)

Helen Wood
1820 – 1898
Birth Location: Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Isabella Grant
1843 – 1889
Birth Location: Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland
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Mary Grant
1843 – 1879
Birth Location: Gamrie, Banff, Scotland
MG
Bathia Grant
1846 – 1928
Birth Location: Gamrie, Banff, Scotland
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James Grant
1850 – 1903
Birth Location: Gamrie, Banff, Scotland
JG

Alexander Grant's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Grant
1821 – 1882
Birth Place: Rothes and Dundurcas, Morayshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Grant
Jane Asher
1803 –
Grandparents
Alexander Asher
1768 – 1859
Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Margaret MacDonald
1771 – 1851
Granton, Morayshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Grant's Descendants

1.
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Alexander Grant (16 Mar 1821 – 7 JAN 1882) m. Helen Wood (1820 – 24 Oct 1898)
  1. 1. Isabella Grant (2 Dec 1843 – 7 Jun 1889) m. James Andrew (5 Jan 1847 – 11 JUL 1924)
    1. 1. Isabella Andrew (abt 1862 – )
    2. 2. James Andrew (18 OCT 1866 – 24 Aug 1942)
      1. 1. Edith (May) Andrew (1910 – )
        1. 1. Anthony (James) Williams-Short (31 Jan 1936 – 6 Oct 1974)
    3. 3. Alexander Andrew (18 Oct 1866 – )
    4. 4. Thomas Andrew (20 JUL 1870 – ) m. Jane (Collie) Munro (abt 1878 – )
      1. 1. James (A) Andrew (abt 1899 – )
      2. 2. Annie (M) Andrew (abt 1900 – )
    5. 5. John Andrew (3 Aug 1872 – 30 Sep 1944) m. Mary (Ann) Smith (28 NOV 1872 – 22 DEC 1904) m. Maria Westland (19 AUG 1881 – 11 OCT 1933) m. Christina MacDonald (ABT 1886 – 22 Feb 1964)
      1. 1. John Andrew (22 Jan 1896 – 02 Feb 1959) m. Lily (Irene Augusta) Dickin (30 JUN 1908 – 4 JAN 1998)
        1. 1. Norman (George) Andrew (9 APR 1935 – 28 Feb 2021) m. Wendy (Douglas) Mesnil (24 SEP 1940 – 24 JUN 2000)
        2. 2. Leslie (John) Andrew (23 MAY 1938 – ) m. Margaret (Enid) Martin (22 Sep 1943 – 26 Feb 2025)
        3. 3. Harry (James) Andrew (16 MAR 1942 – 1 Sep 2023) m. Pearl (Rebecca Preece) Little (14 APR 1937 – 11 Nov 2011)
      2. 2. Mary (Mair) Andrew (1898 – 1989) m. John Cruickshank
        1. 1. Moira (Barbara) Cruickshank (1927 – 22 JAN 2015) m. John (Mitchell Lyall) Brownie (1929 – 24 DEC 1995)
        2. 2. Jessie (R A) Cruickshank (1927-1929 – ) m. James Minty
      3. 3. Winifred (Isabella Grant) Andrew (10 NOV 1902 – 1995) m. George (Low) Watson (20 FEB 1890 – 6 DEC 1947)
      4. 4. William (George) Andrew (28 Jan 1906 – 30 NOV 1976) m. Annie McLean (ABT 1907 – 28 MAY 1971) m. Catherine (Allan) Rae
    6. 6. George Andrew (23 APR 1876 – 10 JUN 1935) m. Mary Beaton (26 JUN 1871 – 6 MAR 1953)
    7. 7. Isabella Andrew (1879 – )
    8. 8. Helen (Ann Elizabeth) Andrew (10 May 1881 – 21 Feb 1949) m. Henry (John) Wheeler (25 Oct 1881 – 12 Jun 1962)
      1. 1. Mabel Wheeler (abt 1909 – )
      2. 2. Iris Wheeler (abt 1910 – 14 Mar 1991)
  2. 2. Mary Grant (2 Dec 1843 – 1879) m. William Smith (abt 1841 – )
    1. 1. William (Alexander David) Smith (3 May 1869 – )
    2. 2. Mary (Helen) Smith (20 Mar 1871 – 26 Feb 1930) m. Edmund Hyland (30 Jan 1863 – 26 Apr 1940)
      1. 1. Marion (Helen) Hyland (13 May 1903 – Jul 1990)
      2. 2. Norman (Edmund) Hyland (21 Apr 1906 – Apr-May-Jun 1982)
      3. 3. Gilbert Hyland (20 May 1908 – 15 Mar 1909)
      4. 4. Ethel Hyland (21 Apr 1909 – 22 Apr 1909)
      5. 5. Helen (Sophia Wood) Hyland (16 Apr 1911 – 18 Apr 2005)
    3. 3. Bathia Smith (1875 – )
    4. 4. Elzie Smith (1877 – )
  3. 3. Bathia Grant (31 May 1846 – 27 Sep 1928) m. James Pittendrich (abt 1822 – )
    1. 1. James (Allean Grant) Pittendrich (22 MAR 1865 – )
    2. 2. Helen (Wood) Pittendrich (9 APR 1868 – )
    3. 3. Alexander Pittendrich (5 SEP 1870 – )
    4. 4. William (G) Pittendrigh (abt 1878 – )
    5. 5. Mary (Isabella) Pittendrigh (23 Mar 1881 – 15 Oct 1958) m. Alexander (John) Hay (1 Mar 1881 – 8 Nov 1959)
      1. 1. Alexander (John) Hay (8 Aug 1903 – 14 Sep 1985) m. Catherine (Isabella) Hay (1909 – 18 Dec 1974)
        1. 1. Alexander (John) Hay (Feb 1944 – Feb 1944)
      2. 2. Helen (Jane) Hay (2 Aug 1905 – 1907)
      3. 3. William (Grant) Hay (30 Apr 1907 – 3 Oct 1996)
      4. 4. Mary (Bathia) Hay (24 Feb 1909 – 1917)
      5. 5. George Hay (28 Mar 1911 – 25 Apr 1996)
      6. 6. Dorothy Hay (10 Jul 1912 – 17 Dec 1987)
      7. 7. Eleanor (Hendry) Hay (20 Apr 1914 – 5 July 1980) m. Alexander Downie (19 Nov 1910 – 20 Oct 1976)
        1. 1. William Downie m. Sandra
      8. 8. Gladys (Rose) Hay (21 Jan 1928 – 23 Mar 2013)
  4. 4. James Grant (24 Feb 1850 – April 1903) m. Isabella (Marie Jessie) Campbell (abt 1853 – 6 Dec 1918)
    1. 1. William (Gordon) Grant (28 Mar 1873 – )
    2. 2. Alexandrina Grant (25 Nov 1874 – )
    3. 3. John (Campbell) Grant (12 Aug 1878 – )
    4. 4. James (Alexander) Grant (abt 1883 – 1944)
    5. 5. Clement Grant (abt 1887 – 1906)
    6. 6. Hugh Grant (abt 1889 – )
    7. 7. Isabella Grant (abt 1890 – )
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Roberta) Thoms (23 Dec 1926 – 23 Dec 2013)
        1. 1. Anne (Isabel) Sutherland (30 Sep 1952 – 30 Sep 1998)
    8. 8. Beatrice Grant (abt 1891 – )
    9. 9. Katie Grant (1894 – 1983)

Alexander Grant's Timeline

10 Records

1821
16 Mar 1821
Birth of Alexander Grant in Rothes and Dundurcas, Morayshire, Scotland
Rothes and Dundurcas, Morayshire, Scotland
1822
10 Feb 1822
Age 1
Alexander Grant was baptized in Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Rothes, Moray, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 30
Alexander Grant resided here in Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland
Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 30
Alexander Grant resided here
None
1861
1861
Age 40
Alexander Grant resided here
None
1871
1871
Age 50
Alexander Grant resided here in Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 50
Alexander Grant resided here
None
1881
1881
Age 60
Alexander Grant resided here in Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 60
Alexander Grant resided here
None
1882
7 JAN 1882
Age 61
Death of Alexander Grant in Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1821
    Event Place: Rothes and Dundurcas, Morayshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gamrie; ED: 6; Page: 14; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1851_34; Year: 1851
    [2] 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Alvah; ED: 5; Page: 3; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1861_21
    [3] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Alvah; ED: 6; Page: 7; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1871_27
    [4] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Alvah; ED: 6; Page: 9; Line: 4; Roll: cssct1881_42
    [5] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [6] Public Member Trees
    [7] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [8] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gamrie; ED: 6; Page: 14; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1851_34; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 10 Feb 1822
    Event Place: Rothes, Moray, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [2] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [3] Age:
    0

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1843

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gamrie; ED: 6; Page: 14; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1851_34; Year: 1851
    [2] Public Member Trees
    [3] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Gamrie; ED: 6; Page: 14; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1851_34; Year: 1851
    [4] Age:
    29-30

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Record Source: Age:
    29-30

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Alvah; ED: 5; Page: 3; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1861_21
    [2] Age:
    39-40

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Alvah; ED: 6; Page: 7; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1871_27
    [2] Public Member Trees
    [3] Age:
    49-50

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] Age:
    49-50

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Alvah; ED: 6; Page: 9; Line: 4; Roll: cssct1881_42
    [2] Public Member Trees
    [3] Age:
    59-60

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] Age:
    59-60

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 JAN 1882
    Event Place: Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] Age:
    60
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