Brief Life History of William Alexander
When William Alexander Grant was born on 5 March 1874, in Amity, Clark, Arkansas, United States, his father, James Thomas Grant, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Caroline Tucker, was 36. He married Nora Bell Chancellor on 9 February 1893, in Clark, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States in 1923 and Justice Precinct 2, Hutchinson, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 28 March 1960, in Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, United States.
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- William A Grant, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Alexander Grant - Memory of Someone: Memory of a parent: birth-name: William Alexander Grant
- W A Grant, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Hutchinson, Texas, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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William Alexander Grant
I only remember meeting him once when he came to visit in California. I have a photo of him with our family sitting on the couch together about 1952 or 1953.
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