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3 GRANT BROTHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

carolann1966  (View posts) Posted: 6 Jan 2008 9:23PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: GRANT
SCOTLAND CALLING SOUTH AFRICA FOR GRANT FAMILY

HI IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP ME FIND THE CONNECTIONS I AM LOOKING FOR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

ROBERT GRANT (MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER)
I AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON ROBERT GRANT HE WAS BELIVED MURDERED BY A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTY WHILE WORKING IN THE GOLD MINES, I BELEVE IT WAS IN TRANSVAAL BUT NOT SURE. HE WOULD HAVE GONE AFTER 1892 AND WAS KILLED BEFORE 1904 POSSIABLY EVEN BEFORE 1901, AS IN THE CENSUS FOR SCOTLAND AT THAT TIME HIS WIFE MARY GRANT IS DOWN AS BEING HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND IT LOOKS LIKE A “W“ IN THE MARITAL STATUS COLUM WHICH COULD STAND FOR WIDOW. I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS DEATH, WHEN IT OCCURRED AND NATURE OF HIS WORK IN THE MINES ALSO WHERE HE MIGHT BE BURIED.

WILLIAM GOW GRANT
I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON A WILLIAM GOW GRANT WHO ALSO WORKED IN THE GOLD MINES IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER 1881. HIS WIFE ANNIE DIED IN YORKSHIRE ENGLAND IN 1925 AND HER DEATH CERTIFICATE STATES SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF WILLIAM GRANT AN AFRICAN MINE MANAGER. I HAVE SEARCHED FOR HIS DEATH HERE IN BRITAN BUT TO NO AVAIL SO PERHAPS HE DIED OUT IN SOUTH AFRICA.

ALEXANDER GRANT
I AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON ALEXANDER AND HIS WIFE WHO DIED OUT IN SOUTH AFRICA THE DATE OF HER DEATH THAT I HAVE IS 05/FEB/1903 AND HER NAME WAS MARGARET GRANT ms GRANT. ALSO THEIR CHILDREN WHO WERE BORN OUT IN SOUTH AFRICA IAN PATRICK GRANT Born 1894c MARGUERITE HELENA GRANT born 1895, BOTH IN TRANSVAAL AND NIGEL GRANT born 1899c DURBAN NATAL. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NATURE OF HIS WORK WAS TO DO WITH THE GOLDMINES, HE DIED IN CARR-BRIDGE SCOTLAND IN 1930.

ALL 3 MEN ARE BROTHERS AND WERE FROM CARR-BRIDGE, INVERNESS-SHIRE, SCOTLAND, IF ANYBODY CAN HELP ME IN THIS MATTER PLEASE GET IN TOUCH, I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING INUNDATED WITH REPLYS.

THANK YOU CAROL


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carolann1966 6 Jan 2008 9:23PM GMT 
PhillipYon1 8 May 2012 11:13PM GMT 
carolann1966 10 May 2012 3:01PM GMT 
   

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