Brief Life History of William Clyde
When William Clyde Grant was born on 11 September 1904, in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States, his father, John Henry Grant, was 28 and his mother, Susan Bennett, was 27. He married Mary Emily Hulsey on 26 September 1929. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, United States in 1930 and Fannin, Texas, United States for about 1 years. He died on 29 June 1986, in Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, United States.
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- William C Grant, "United States Census, 1930"
- William Clyde Grant, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- William Clyde Grant, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
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.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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