Don Carlos Grant

Brief Life History of Don Carlos

When Don Carlos Grant was born on 22 December 1846, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, George Davis Grant, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Wilson, was 30. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 4 August 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Davis Grant
1812–1876
Elizabeth Wilson
1816–1880
Athalia Elizabeth Grant
1836–1907
George Wilson Grant
1838–1872
William Smith Grant
1842–1883
Josephine Grant
1844–1934
Don Carlos Grant
1846–1867
Julia Caroline Grant
1848–1933
Joseph Smith Grant
1851–1851

Sources (10)

  • Dan C Grant in household of Geo D Grant, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Don Carlos Grant, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Don Carless Grant, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"

World Events (8)

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1854

On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

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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