When James Grant was born on 18 July 1817, in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Grant, was 46 and his mother, Elspeth Jane Simpson, was 35. He married Sarah Weir on 16 December 1847, in London, Canada West, British North America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Biddulph Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Middlesex, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 4 October 1911, in Granton, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 94, and was buried in Granton Cemetery, Granton, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
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The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
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Irish, English, and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall, large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.
English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente.
Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above), but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne, see Graney .
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