Donald Grant

Brief Life History of Donald

When Donald Grant was born on 3 July 1739, in Elginshire, Scotland, his father, Gregor Grant, was 17 and his mother, Janet Fraser, was 15.

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Gregor Grant
1723–1774
Janet Fraser
1724–1774
Donald Grant
1739–
John Grant
1743–1820
Duncan Grant
1744–
Alexr Grant
1746–
Patrick "Peter" Grant
1749–1819

Sources (1)

  • Donald Grant, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

World Events (4)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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