The father of Mary Grant
(generation 2) may be James Grant (Born Abt. 1775 in
Scotland - Died aft. 1829 in Canada) according to researcher
Conny Pontasch and Margaret may be his wife.
The book "And Then There Was You" by Marjorie Eilene Wells-Cook
shows David Grant and William Grant as possible brothers of Mary. In
addition, my Dad has a DNA match from William Grant who also connects to
other Jones matches. Note
that the 1880
Census that has Mary shows that both of her parents were born in
Scotland.
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William Grant was born on March, 1799
at Bridge of Garten, Redgorton parish, Perthshire, Scotland and died
on April 3, 1885 in Georgetown, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada.
In 1823 he married Mary McKellar who was born abt.
1805 in North Esdaile, Argyleshire, Scotland and died on February
13, 1869 in North Georgetown, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada.
The 10 children of William and Mary are:
1.
Margaret Grant
(Aug 2, 1824 - Oct 13, 1849 in N. Georgetown, Quebec, Canada)
Married James Ogilvie (1819-1889)
1. William Ogilvie (Dec 13, 1846 -
Jul 5, 1869) age 20
2. James Ogilvie (May 2, 1850 -
Nov 1, 1926)
Married Elizabeth Mair Howe (1851-1943) in 1876
1. William James Ogilvie (Apr 23,
1877 - Dec 17, 1944)
2. Bertha Ogilvie (Abt. 1881-)
3. John Howe Ogilvie (Sep 17, 1881
- Apr 9, 1937)
Married (1) Brunhilda Elizabeth Theodosia Morrison in 1904
Married (2) Sadia A. bef. 1916
4. Thomas Arthur Ogilvie (Jun 11,
1884 - May 12, 1959)
Married Mary A. (1888-1975)
1. Marjorie Gibson Ogilvie (1912 -
Feb 23, 2002)
Married Richard William Hind (1905-1998)
2. Robert Grant Ogilvie (Aug 25,
1915 - Feb 3, 2009)
Married (1) Patricia Whatley (-1990)
Married (2) Ailene Graham (-)
3. Thomas Fraser Ogilvie (May 6,
1924 - Aug 13, 2009)
Married Audrey J. (1929-1971)
5. Archibald Stanley Ogilvie (Oct
15, 1888 - Nov 8, 1921) age 33
6. Alford J. Ogilvie (Abt. 1905 -
)
3. Archibald Ogilvie (Sep 30, 1849
- Feb 15, 1850) age 4 months
2.
Elizabeth Grant (Jun 19, 1828 in Chateauguay, Quebec
- 1906 in Quebec)
Married (1) Alexander McDonald (1824-1855) in 1849
Married (2) Alexander McGarth (1833-1914) in 1856
1. Mary Jane McGarth (Apr 20, 1857
- Nov 6, 1890)
Married Peter Reid (1856-1936) in 1883
1. Florence Alma Reid (Nov 24,
1883 in Quebec - Feb 16, 1917)
Married William James Brown (1871-1952)
2. Edith Gertrude Reid (May 28,
1887 - Jul 9, 1887)
2. Margaret McGarth (1858 - Jun
10, 1880)
- age 21
3. Catherine McGarth (Feb 13, 1860
- 1934)
Married George Swanston (-1917) in 1881
1. Florence Swanston (Mar 17, 1884
- 1968)
Married (1) Alexander M. Craig (1884-1938)
Married (2) Bryce E. Bruce (1885-1968)
2. Andrew Swanston (Aug 26, 1886 -
Oct 20, 1889) age 3
3. Elizabeth Rowena Swanston (Jan
14, 1889 - Dec 31, 1895) age 5
4. Isabella Gertrude Swanston (Dec
24, 1893 - 1981)
Married William Greer (1880-1961)
4. William Edward McGarth (Feb 18,
1863-)
5. Sarah Ann McGarth (Mar 18, 1865
- Oct 6, 1959)
6. Janet McGarth (Oct 7, 1866 -
1918)
7. Lawrence Tweedie McGarth (Apr
19, 1868 - Oct 15, 1951)
8. Mary Ann McGarth (Nov 17, 1869
- 1960)
Married Matthew Alexander Orr (1869-1956) in 1903
3. Flora Grant
(May 25, 1830 in Chateauguay, Quebec - )
4. James Grant
(May 25, 1830 in Chateauguay, Quebec -)
5. Peter Grant
(Abt. 1832 in Quebec - Aug 26, 1893 in Elgin, Ontario)
Married Susan Beadle (1835-)
1. Mary Grant (Abt. 1859 in Canada
- )
6. Janet Grant
(Nov 9, 1835 in Beauharnois, Quebec - 1912)
Married William Graham (1827-1913) on Aug 6, 1857
1. William Graham (Jun 3, 1858 in
Quebec - )
2. Janet Graham (Dec 25, 1858 in
Quebec - )
3. Mary Jane Graham (Feb 13, 1860
in Quebec - Jul 10, 1937)
Married John F. Berman (1862-1955)
1. Muriel Esther Berman
(1895-1944)
2. Janet Victoria Berman (1897 -
Apr 27, 1901) age 3
4. James Graham (Jan 4, 1862 in
Quebec - 1896)
5. Margaret "Maggie" Graham (Feb
11, 1864 in Quebec - Feb 11, 1890 in Quebec)
6. Eliza Victoria Graham (Mar 22,
1866 in Quebec - Oct 20, 1950 in Quebec)
Married James Wright Baxter (1866-1901) in 1891
1. Laura Baxter (Jun 3, 1891 in
Quebec - 1962)
Married Albert James Ness (1879-1950) in 1947
2. Ethel Baxter (Apr 23, 1893 in
Quebec - Mar 22, 1981 in Ontario)
Married Duncan Campbell Thompson (1880-) in 1914
1. Campbell James Thompson (1918 -
Dec 11, 1991)
3. Wallace James Baxter (Jul 8,
1895 in Quebec - Jul 1944 in Quebec)
Married Pearle Anderson (-)
4. Gerald Russell Baxter (Abt. Jul
11, 1900 in Quebec - )
7. John Graham (Abt. 1868 in
Quebec - )
7.
Catherine Grant (Nov 12, 1836 in Beauharnois, Quebec
- )
8.
Mary Ann Grant (Abt. 1838 in Beauharnois,
Quebec - Oct 15, 1882 in Quebec)
Married John Alexander Bryson, Sr. (1831-1917)
on Nov 5, 1858
1. Mary Bryson (Nov 21, 1858 in
Quebec - Jun 26, 1884 in Ontario)
Married William Beadle (1853-1923) in 1883
2. Margaret Campbell Bryson (Jan
23, 1859 in Quebec - Sep 9, 1924 in Manitoba)
3. Alexander Bryson (Mar 26, 1862
in Quebec - Feb 19, 1886 in Quebec)
4. William Grant Bryson (Jan 8,
1865 in Quebec - Jan 2, 1890 in Quebec)
5. James Lawrence Bryson (May 11,
1865 in Quebec - Nov 16, 1941 in Saskatchewan)
Married Rose Arie Ketter (1894-1987)
1. Ruby Elaine Bryson ( - May 27,
2006)
Married James Glen McChesney (1919-2018)
2. John Wesley Bryson (Dec 11,
1916 - Feb 11, 1986)
3. Vivian Hope Bryson (Mar 16,
1918 - Aug 4, 2009 in TX)
Married John Angus Anderson (1919-2016)
4. James Edwin Bryson (Aug 9, 1920
- Oct 9, 1988)
5. Cecil Wayne Bryson (Oct 16,
1936 - Aug 15, 1996)
6. John Campbell Bryson (Jun 3,
1869 in Quebec - 1941 in Saskatchewan)
7. Peter Grant Bryson (Jul 28,
1871 in Quebec - Jul 21, 1930)
8. Ella Jane Bryson (1874 in
Quebec - )
9. Isabella Bryson (Dec 21, 1878
in Quebec - )
10. David Bryson (Jul 27, 1881 in
Quebec - 1960)
Married Beatrice Shand Russell (1884-1978) - 1 DNA match
1. William John Bryson (Jun 15,
1907 - Jul 7, 1907)
2. John Easton Bryson (Jun 28,
1908 - 2004)
Married Helen Ella Bryson (1914-2013)
1. John Glen Bryson (Aug 8, 1948 -
May 27, 2010)
3. Gladys Annie Bryson (Mar 20,
1910 - 1980)
4. Isabel Irene Bryson (Jun 10,
1912 - Mar 31, 1967)
Married Alfred Edwin Skinner (1897-1946)
5. Nettie May Bryson (1914 - )
6. David B. Bryson (Apr 11, 1916 -
Nov 26, 2001)
7. Stuart Grant Bryson (Abt. 1918
- Feb 20, 2013)
Married Barbara Olive Joyce Murphy (1920-2001) in 1941
1. Leslie M. Bryson (Feb 27, 1944
- Mar 5, 2005)
2. David Martin Bryson (Feb 4,
1949 - Dec 25, 1974)
3. Philip John Bryson (Jul 10,
1965 - Jul 10, 1965)
8. Margaret Bryson (Abt. 1920 - )
9. Andrew Reginald Bryson (Mar 2,
1922 - Sep 4, 2014)
Married Kathleen Tisnic (1927-2007) in 1949
10. Leslie Gordon Stanley Bryson
(Dec 18, 1926 - Jul 1987)
9. Grace Grant
(Feb 7, 1842 in Beauharnois, Quebec - )
10.
William Grant, Jr.
(Mar 17, 1844 in Beauharnois, Quebec - Nov 9, 1907 in Quebec)
Married Elizabeth Jane Porter (1840-1891) on Aug 1,
1866
1. William Grant (1867 in Quebec -
)
2. Peter Grant (May 14, 1874 in
Quebec - Jul 10, 1952 in British Columbia)
Married Agnes Alice Furnival (1876-1956)
1. Phyllis Grant (Jan 1882 in
British Columbia - )
2. Evelyn Furnival Grant (Nov 28,
1902 in Quebec - Feb 13, 1988 in British Columbia)
Married Hugh Wellington Fraser (1901-1975) in 1925
1. Beverleigh Hugh Fraser (Nov 20,
1925 - Aug 6, 1997)
3. Alice Gertrude Grant (Feb 3,
1904 - Oct 8, 1912)
4. Beryl Edna Lilian Grant (Sep 1,
1907 - Feb 10, 1994 in British Columbia)
5. Gordon Peter Grant (Abt. 1916
in British Columbia - Apr 26, 1985 in British Columbia)
6. Clarice Ida Grant (May 3, 1920
in British Columbia - 2006 in British Columbia)
3. Thomas Grant (Aug 8, 1875 in
Quebec - ) |
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David Grant was born on July, 1802
in Pitmulthy, Redgorton Parish, Perthshire, Scotland and died on
December 19, 1847 in Quebec, Canada. |
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Mary Portiss Grant (See Below)
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Source: funeral notice from Waukon Standard, November 29, 1900 as listed in
"And Then There Was You" by Marjorie Eilene Wells-Cook (1979);
p.32:
"Mary Portiss Grant
[1]
was
born April 27, 1804 on the estate of the Right Hon. Lord Lyndock,
Perthshire, Scotland. At the age of 25 years she came with her parents to
Lower Canada. Here she was married May 20, 1837 to
Hugh
Cowan. To them were born two sons and seven daughters. Mr. Cowan
with his family came to Lansing, Iowa August 1852, where he died June 4,
1854. Thus the care of their nine children fell upon the subject of this
sketch. Since 1876, she has resided in Waukon and vicinity.
She was a member of the Presbyterian church of Scotland in early life,
joined the Presbyterian church at Lansing when she went there, and in
February 1885, removed her membership to the C.P. church of Waukon. For
some time here strength had been failing on account of age. On November
26, 1900, the Sands of Time ran out, the Silver Cord was loosed and she
went to her rest. She loved her church; her
family and her friends, and had always a kindly smile for everyone.
Two of her children, Mrs. Lizzie Raymond
and James had preceeded her to the better land. Those still living are
Anna Jacobus and Mrs. Flora Cooley of Retreat, Wisconsin. Mrs. Nettie
Hagemeier of Decorah, and Mrs. may Raymond and W.B. Cowan of Waukon.
The funeral servies were held at the Presbyterian church
yesterday at 2 O'Clock p.m. conducted by Rev. R.L. vannice, and her
remains found a resting place in Oakland cemetery."
Mary Portis Grant married Hugh
Cowan at the church of Scotland at
Georgetown, P.Q. Canada on May 18, 1834. Their marriage record is
here
as provided in Marjorie's book, page 27. Hugh is listed on the
1854 Census.
After Hugh's death, Mary and family can be found on the Waukon, Allamakee
County, Iowa 1856 Census,
1860 Census,
1870 Census
1880 Census and
1885 Census. The
William Cowan listed here may be related to Hugh.
See the Cowan
surname page for information on their children. |
