George Grant

Aft 1800 - 1887  (~ 70 years)

• Name	George Grant
  Born	Aft 1800	Cape Broyle, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Court Action	14 Nov 1815	Ferryland, Newfoundland   [2]
  Cape Broyle residents Richard Grant Sr., Richard Grant Jr., John Grant, William Grant, and George Grant owed money to Matthew Morry.
  Residence	1846 - 1847	Cape Broyle, Newfoundland   [3]
  George Grant is the only person of that surname recorded as receiving a barrel of flour as part of relief from the government after the fishing boats and premises was severally damaged by the Great Gale of September 1846.
  Special Note	Oct 1847 - Dec 1848	Cape Broyle, Newfoundland   [4]
  George Grant is shown as being awarded a small contact worth £2 to carry out road work at Cape Broyle. In the same time-frame George and Richard Grant are shown to have provided labour of 6 days and 12 days respectively in lieu of provisions that had been provided to them by the government. The work they provided was in the rebuilding of LaManche Bridge.
  Voter	1840 - 1859	Cape Broyle, Newfoundland   [5]
  In the Voter's Lists for Cape Broyle, George Grant is the only eligible voter under that surname from 1840 to 1849,when he was joined on the lists by Richard Grant. George's place of abode is listed as River Head and Richard's was noted as River Head and South Side.
  Residence	1870 - 1871	Cape Broyle, Newfoundland   [6, 7]
  A George Grant is listed at Cape Broyle in both Lovell's 1871 and McAlpine's 1870/1871 business directories.
  Died	Between 1871 and 1887	Cape Broyle, Newfoundland   [1]
  It appears that George was still alive in 1871, but his wife's 1887 newspaper obit refers to him as the "late" George Grant.
  Buried	Between 1871 and 1887	Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Cape Broyle, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I6239	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard Grant,   b. Abt 1760, Co. Tipperary, Ireland ,   d. Aft 1815, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Margaret [Grant],   b. Abt 1760, Ireland? ,   d. Aft 1800, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Census	1800	Cape Broyle, Newfoundland   [8]
  In the 1799/1800 List of Inhabitants (aka The Ferryland Census), Richard and Margaret Grant had six children, Catherine - 15, John - 13, Richard - 11, James - 8, William - 6, and Mary - 5. Based on later references, it appears that two other sons, George and Thomas, were been born after 1800.
  Family ID	F861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Murphy,   b. Abt 1811, St. John's, Newfoundland ,   d. 9 Jan 1887, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1828  [1]
  Based on the folklore of Mr. Jim Joe O'Brien, George Grant married a girl from St. John's and they had ten children, seven sons and three daughters.
  Children	1. Richard Grant,   b. Abt 1829, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 24 Mar 1912, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 83 years) + 2. Margaret Grant,   b. Abt 1834, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 19 Oct 1889, Ferryland, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 55 years) + 3. Elizabeth "Eliza" Grant,   b. Abt 1835, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 10 Jun 1918, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 83 years)   4. Anne Grant,   b. Abt 1838, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 25 Sep 1899, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 61 years) + 5. George Grant,   b. Abt 1842, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 2 Nov 1897, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 55 years)   6. Thomas Grant,   b. Abt 1845, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 16 Jan 1903, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 58 years)   7. Martin Grant,   b. Abt 1847, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 12 Nov 1902, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 55 years)   8. Joseph Grant,   b. Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. Abt 6 Jun 1875, North Atlantic + 9. John Grant,   b. Jun 1851, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1921  (Age ~ 70 years)   10. Patrick Grant,   b. Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F1949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Aft 1800 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland Court Action - 14 Nov 1815 - Ferryland, Newfoundland Residence - 1846 - 1847 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland Special Note - Oct 1847 - Dec 1848 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland Voter - 1840 - 1859 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland Residence - 1870 - 1871 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland Died - Between 1871 and 1887 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland Buried - Between 1871 and 1887 - Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Cape Broyle, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S59] Ferryland Court Records - 18th, 19th & 20th Century, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, ( http://ngb.chebucto.org/Legal-Documents/1fer-court-idx.shtml Online: Alphabetical index of court cases that were heard under various court jurisdictions at Ferryland), Ferryland District Surrogate Court Records (ca 1800 - 1820's) Part-2. [S93] House of Assembly of Newfoundland, Printed 1848, Appendix 361 to 364. [S93] House of Assembly of Newfoundland, Printed 1848, Appendix 355 to 360. [S4] Newfoundland Voter's Lists, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: http://ngb.chebucto.org/V1928/1dist-vl-idx.shtml, copyright © 1999-2015. Transcribed lists of eligible voters, by town and district, from 1832 onward). [S3] Lovell's Province of Newfoundland Directory - 1871, Lovell, John, (Montreal, QC: John Lovell (Firm), 1871). [S6] McAlpine's 1870/71 Directory of Newfoundland, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (David McAlpine; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: 1871, Online: transcribed entries for Newfoundland districts. http://ngb.chebucto.org/M1870/index.shtml ). [S18] Ferryland Census of 1800, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, ( http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1800/polepapers-1800-fer.shtml ) (Compiled at Ferryland under the supervision of Robert Carter - J.P., Presented to Governor Charles Morice Pole in August 1800).