GRANT genealogy | 12 Dec 2018 | |
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| 4. Isabella GRANT | 5a. Ann REID 1789-1877 |
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| spouse's records | m George GRANT 1813 |
PRINCIPAL RECORDS
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
BIRTH
Ann's death certificate and census records show that she was born in Kintore about 1790, daughter of George Reid and Janet Spence. There are suitable records at Kintore:
from OPR Kintore parish:
m 8Aug1786 George Reid & Janet Spence
C 2Jul1789 b 26Jun Janet d George Reid & Janet Spence
C 22Feb1792 b 16Feb George s George Reid & Janet Spence
C 21Jul1793 b 15Jul Shusan d George Reid & Janet Spence
No other baptisms to these parents are known, so it is assumed that Ann Grant was actually baptised Janet or her baptismal record is missing. No further records of Janet Reid have been found.
The 1871 census shows that Ann Grant was aunt to Ann Smith. The following tree shows the relationship of Ann to her niece Ann Smith:
George REID–m-Janet SPENCE Mr
Geo Grant
| m1786 K
?
_______|_____________REID____ K=Kintore A=Aberdeen |
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Ann/Janet-m-George George Susan--m-Alexander INNES
John GRANT-m-Elizabeth REID
C1789K GRANT C1792K C1793K | m1817K b1796
| m1817A
m1813A | wit
m of John Grant/Elz Reid
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Ann--m--Anthony SMITH
Isabella GRANT-m-John WALKER
b1818K (Ann's niece)
b1819A | m1843A
wit:Geo
& Mr Geo Grant|
Isabella WALKER
(Ann's gr.niece)b1844A
The 1861 census shows that
Ann was also aunt to Isabella WALKER
who was staying with Ann at the time. The great difference in ages between aunt and niece
however suggests that
she must have been gr.aunt. Isabella's grandparents were
Elizabeth Reid and John Grant.
So one possibity is that Elizabeth Reid was Ann's sister.
But the tree above shows that Ann had no
sister Elizabeth baptised at Kintore. There is no reason to suppose the register
is faulty, and there is a suitable alternative baptism of Elizabeth Reid in Aberdeen
5Mar1793 daughter of George Reid and Margaret SMITH (the possibity that George
Reid m 1st Janet Spence 2nd Margaret Smith can be dismissed as Susan Reid was
born to Janet Spence nearly a year after George married Elizabeth Reid).
Another possibility is that Ann Reid's husband George Grant was John Grant's
brother. The baptisms of John Grant's other chidren were witnessed by George Grant and Mr. George Grant.
If one George were his brother, then Mr George Grant may have been his father as
shown by the following tree.
John GRANT-m-Jean KELMAN
___________________| m1768G G=Grange
Banffshire
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George
GRANT George
John GRANT-m-Isabella REID
_______?___________ b1781G b1778G | m1808G
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George GRANT John Grant b1796 Ordiquhill
George GRANT
m Ann REID m Elizabeth REID
b1810G (with Ann in 1841)
1813A | m1817A
Isabella GRANT
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Isabella WALKER (Ann's gr.niece)
There is no proof that this is the correct interpretation, but it seems the most likely at present. If so, George senior might have have moved from Ordiquhill to Aberdeen with his family, to account for the Aberdeen marriages and the presence of both father and son George at the baptisms of John's children. No record has been found to substantiate this hypothesis, but the Roman Catholic baptismal records at ordiquhill have not survived, so it is deemed the most likely at present.
[A George Grant was baptised in Kintore in 1788 son of Robert and Janet Joss. However this George is not the husband of Ann, as the 1851 and 1861 census shows he married Margaret and lived in Fetteresso.]
[Another George Grant was lodging with Ann at the time of the 1841 census. From census data and his death certificate he was born in Grange son of John Grant and Isabella Reid as shown in the above tree. Grange is only about 6 miles from Ordiquhill so it seems likely that he was related to Ann's family. John was bap 1778 son of John Grant and Jean Kelman and had a brother George bap 1781 at Grange, but this is too late to be the father of John Grant b1796 at Ordiquhill ]
MARRIAGE
from St Nicholas, Aberdeen, register
m 31Aug1813 George Grant & Ann Reid
[no further information in parish register]
DESCENDANTS
no descendants known; the George Grant lodging with Ann in 1841 was b1810 in
Grange son of John Grant a farmer and Isabella Reid
he married Jane McPhie in 1839 moved to Glasgow and died there in 1876.
Grange is only 6 miles from Ordiquhill so very likely related as this is yet
another connection between the Grant and Reid families (see above tree).
Possibly John and George (senior) were brothers, children of John Grant and Jean
Kelman
DEATH
certificate
d 10Nov1877 Ann Grant 90, at Victoria Terrace, Elphinstone, Kintore
r 14Nov1877 by Eliz A Smith grandniece at Kintore
widow of George Grant, master house carpenter
father:George Reid crofter, deceased; mother: Janet Reid, ms Spence deceased
cause: fracture of thigh bone 8 mnths, exhaustion
[Eliz A Smith was the daughter of Ann Smith]
CENSUS
1841 Aberdeen, Berry Lane West Parish District 2 part2 p27
Anne GRANT 45 1796 independent y
James MITCHELL 15 1826 shop A y
Jane ROBERTSON 80 1761 independent y
Janet FORBES 70 1771 independent y
George GRANT 25 1816 clerk n
Jane GRANT 20 1821 y
James GRANT 9m 1840 y
Chas BRUCE 20 1821 brass founder y
Chas BRUCE 4 y
Benjamin BRUCE 1 1840 y
Isobell PIRIE 25 1816
y
1851 Aberdeen, 1 Berry Lane, West Parish
Ann GRANT he wid 60 1790 lodging house keeper Kintore ABD
David INNES lo unm 18 1832 student Kings College Keith, Banff
William GRANT lo unm 22 1828 confectioner Tarland ABD
William SHEYNE lo unm 36 1814 tailor Portsoy Banff
1861 Aberdeen, 1 Berry Lane
Ann GRANT he wid 72 1788 Boarding House Keeper Kintore ABD
Isabella J WALKER ni unm 16 1844 scholar Aberdeen ABD
William CRUICKSHANK lo unm 20 1840 railway clerk Inverkethuy, BAN
Arthur GILL lo unm 18 1842 engineer fitter Fintray ABD
James MILNE lo unm 17 1843 tinsmith Peterhead ABD
1871 Kintore, 4 Victoria Terrace
Ann SMITH he wid 53 1818 Aberdeen ABD
Alexander SMITH so unm 19 1852 Bank Clerk Kintore ABD
Ellis A SMITH da unm 17 1854 Kintore ABD
Ann GRANT au wid 83 1788 Annuitant Kintore ABD au=aunt
Catherine ADAM se unm 25 1846 Servant Domestic Monumusk ABD se=servant