Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Grant was born on 12 May 1839, in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Grant, was 46 and his mother, Ann Cotton, was 38. He died about February 1842, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 2.
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Family Time Line
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- Legacy NFS Source: Edward Grant - Government record: death: about February 1842; Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Parents and Siblings
1794–1882 Male
1802–1884 Female
Siblings (8)
1833–1835 Male
1835–1839 Male
1838–1840 Male
1839–1842 Male
1839–1850 Male
+3 More Children
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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