Brief Life History of Herbert Horace
When Herbert Horace Grant was born on 10 March 1904, in Winn, Penobscot, Maine, United States, his father, Henry Ernest Grant, was 26 and his mother, Alice May Soucie, was 26. He married Ella Aniata Perkins on 11 March 1930, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1930 and Winn, Winn, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1940. He died on 27 October 1973, in Winn, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Winn, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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- Herbert H Grant, "United States 1950 Census"
- Herbert H Grant, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
- Herbert H. Grant, "Find A Grave Index"
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1905 · Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout
In 1905, a fire lookout tower (among the first of its kind) was constructed in Piscataquis County on Squaw Mountain. Due to Maine's abundance of lumber and paper mills, it was essential that a system be developed to help spot fires as quickly as possible.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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