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Grant Forbes
Stand Fast Grace me Guide
Grant and Forbes
The Ancestral Lineage of Ian Forbes Grant
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My thanks to my Cousins, Betty Wallace, and Douglas Grant without whose help i certainly would never have got this far to date. Huge amounts of the research compiled here to write this family history was compiled by them, and in many ways the story is as much theirs as it is mine.
This is the story of my Scottish ancestry.
Fortunatly my family has stayed in Bo'ness and Carriden a small town and hamlet on the shores of the firth of forth for nearly 350 years. The populations of Bo'ness and Carriden are regarded as being one by the locals and have been so for as long as their histories have been recorded. Mining for coal and ironstone have been the main industry in the town certainly for the past 500 years, but people were known to be digging open cast pits for the coal, and ironstone at least as far back as the 13th century which is documented, but in reality has probably been going on since the iron age. My family as with the vast majority of the population of Bo'ness and Carriden have been employed in the mining industry as far back as the 17th century. With the availability of a good harbour which accesses the Firth of Forth , and so the north sea, has enabled trade with Europe to thrive over hundreds of years. By the 19th century foundries and potteries had become well established in Bo'ness and Carriden, by which time the population had expanded considerably and were almost all employed in the mines, the foundries, the potteries, or the harbour. My paternal lineage can be traced to the mid 17th century in Bo'ness, and Carriden, and then on to Linlithgow, and Edinburgh back to the early 1600's.
It's here i'll start my story with my Gt Gt Gt Gt Gt Gt Gt Gt Gt Gt Grandparents Duncane Grant and Jonet Gawie, which represent a decendancy to my grandchildren of 15 generations.
Below is a decendancy chart from my 10th Gt Grandparents Duncane Grant & Jonet Gawie.
Grant Decendancy
Direct descendants are positioned last in the line of children of the family regardless of date of birth to avoid Splitting the line.
Direct descendants are in bold lettering.
Throughout these pages you can click on an underlined name to go to that persons biography page.
Duncane Grant ... Born.......unknown possibly St Giles Parish Edinburgh Tailor Burgess in Edinburgh
Died....between 25 Jan 1639 &
Wife Jonet Gawie .....Born .....25 Sep 1603 Edinburgh ......... Parents............................................. Robert Gawie
Jonet Edmistoun
Died 13 Jan 1639 Married 21 Jan 1603 South Leith Edinburgh
Married.....
Children......2) Jonet Grant..........Born before..........
Baptised ......7 February 1632 St.Giles Parish
3) Christian Grant............Born before
Baptised .......
1) Johnne Grant.........Born before........
Baptised...............28 November 1630 St.Giles Parish
Died............... Probably 6 April 1673 Edinburgh, burial in Greyfriars Burial ground 7 April 1673
Wife....Marion Thomsoun ....Born before
Baptised ......
Died.........Probably 5 April 1673 Edinburgh - Burial 6 April 1673 in Greyfriars burial ground Edinburgh
Married.....unknown Probably 1649 Linlithgow or Edinburgh
Children........
2) Issobel Grant......Born before.........
Baptised ...
3) James Grant...... Born before.......
Baptised...........
5) Robert Grant..........Born before......
Baptised...........
Died ........Prob 29 August 1666 Edinburgh, Burial 30 August 1666 Greyfriars burial ground Edinburgh
4) John Grant........ Born before........
Baptised.............
Died.......Bfr 10 July 1729 Carriden
Buried..... 10 July 1729 Carriden in Carriden Kirkyard
Wife Margaret Dick..... Born Before...........
Baptised.................
Married Abt 1684 probably Bo'ness Married 12 July 1657 Bo'ness
Died...... 7 May 1741 Bo'ness
Buried .... 8 May 1741 Bo'ness
1) Alexander Grant ..Born Before ..
Baptised .........
* Note* This is our 8th Gt.Grandafather who first started our line in Bo'ness & Carriden in fact the vast majority of Grants in Bo'ness & Carriden are decendants of him or his four brothers.
Married Marion Miller - 27 Sept 1705
Children with Marion Miller
1) Elspeth Grant........Born..... 20 Aug 1706 Carriden
Baptised... 25 Aug 1706 Carriden Kirk
2) Thomas Grant.....Born...... 5 Jan 1708 ...... Carriden
Baptised..8 Aug 1714...... Carriden Kirk
Died unknown in Carriden
Wife...........Eupham Robertson .......Born.............12 December 1712 Carriden.............Parents..Alexander Robertson
Baptised........
Marriage proclaimed 7 July 1706 Bo'ness
Married...................11 July 1706 Bo'ness
Children
2)..... Alexander Grant...........Born before 13 Apr 1735..... Govan Lanarkshire.
Baptised.......13 Apr 1735......Govan Lanarkshire
3)...... Thomas Grant............. Born............ 31 May 1739.... Ormiston Haddingtonshire
Baptised......... 3 June 1739.....Ormiston Haddingtonshire
Died.............. 17 Feb 1741......Bo'ness
Buried............ 18 Feb 1741..... Bo'ness Kirk
4).......Susannah Grant............Born before March 1741.......... Bo'ness
Died..........5 June 1741..............Bo'ness
Buried...... 6 June 1741 Bo'ness Kirk
3)..........Duncan Grant............Born....... 2
Baptised. 13 Dec 1741
Died ...... unknown
4)..........Charles Grant............Born.......... 12 Jan 1744 Elphingstone Haddington shire
Baptised......15 Jan 1744 Tranent Haddingtonshire
Died unknown
5).........James Grant................Born....... Probably last week of November 1745 Elphingstone Haddingtonshire
Baptised....... 1st Dec 1745 .....Tranent Haddingtonshire
Died unknown.
6).........Robert Grant ......Born........ 8 Feb 1748 Elphingstone Haddingtonshire
Baptised 17 Feb 1748 Tranent Haddingtonshire
Died unknown
7)........ Margaret Grant ....Born...... 22 Dec 1749 Elphingstone Haddingtonshire
Baptised..31 Dec 1749 Tranent Haddingtonshire
Died Unknown
1) John Grant.... Born.............
Baptised.....16 December 1733 Bo'ness
Died unknown..........Bo'ness
Wife 1) ......................*Isabel Millar*.....Born unknown - No further details .....................................Parents...........Unknown
Death before 1755
Marriage.....Unknown
2) Isabel Allan....Born 15 March 1727 Bo'ness .....................................................................................Parents........... John Allan
Baptised
Marriage..... Before 1755 Probably at Bo'ness Marriage...
*Note* Isabel Millar & Isabel Allan may be the same person, the birth entry of our 4th Gt Grandfather John Grant
born 1752 gives his mother as Isabel Millar, no birth for her can be found nor a marriage for her to John Grant the
ministers clerk may have made a mistake when entering Johns birth in the register, there are 3 other Millars on the
same page of register, Betty found a Baptismal register probably a copy made at the time held by the
library which gives the birth of a John Grant with the birth & baptism dates reversed and the mother as Isabel
Allan. I have not seen the register that Betty found in
The theory I hold to is, that Isabel Millar likely did exist and was the mother of our descendant John Grant b. 1752, and in all probability
Died, after which John Grant b.1733 married again ( probably irregularly ) to Isabel Allen.
The information here is as is given by the parish registers held by the Scottish GRO in
Children.....
2) Alexander Grant...... Born ..
Baptised
3) Christiane Grant...... Born before
Baptised......
4) Duncan Grant.....Born before......
Baptised............
5) William Grant......Born Before.......20 September 1764 Bo'ness
Baptised............
1) John Grant...Born....................
Baptised..............15 January Bo'ness
Died unknown......................Bo'ness
Wife.........Agnes Drummond.........Born before
Baptised.. ...
Died ...Unknown....Bo'ness Marriage..... 10 May 1747
Marriage........2 January 1772 Bo'ness Abercorn Linlithgowshire
Children....1) John Grant....................Born............
Baptised.......
Died before�1776 �. Bo�ness
2) Isabel Grant �.Born�
Baptised�.
3) John Grant�.Born 10 May 1776 Bo�ness
Baptised�..19 May 1776 Bo�ness
Died before .. 1791 �. Bo�ness
4) Christina Grant�. Born��
Baptised�.13 July 1778 Bo�ness
5) Agnes Grant�.. Born�.5 Nov 1780 Bo'ness
Baptised�..
Died before� 1783 Bo�ness
6) Agnes Grant�� Born �..
Baptised �..
8) Helen Grant�� Born�.21 December 1787 Bo�ness
Baptised �.21 December 1787 Bo�ness
9) John Grant�.. Born before
Baptised���
10) Margaret Grant�.Born�.8 Sep 1795 Bo'ness
Baptised �..
7) Alexander Grant ��. Born �.8 June 1785 Bo'ness
Baptised �
Died �.12 June 1828, at 114 Old Row Bo�ness
Buried.. Church Wynd Lower Cemetery Bo�ness � See photo - link below
Wife�..Agnes Brown� Born �17 September 1789 Bo�ness����������..Parents Charles Brown
Baptised�.
Died�.24 Nov 1850 Bo�ness Married..
Buried�
Marriage�.
Children��1) Agnes Grant � Born before
Baptised�...16 May 1816 Bo�ness
2) Charles Grant�. Born before ..
Baptised�
*Note* Charles erected the headstone of his parents � photo here. Supplied by Betty Wallace
3) John Grant�. Born before�.12 May 1809 Bo�ness
Baptised��...
5) George Grant �. Born before
Baptised�...
6) Christian Grant�Born before�.
Baptised �..
7) Richard Grant��Born Before�
Baptised��.22 March 1821 Bo�ness
8) Thomas Grant��.Born before�
Baptised��...
Died before�.1826 Bo�ness
9) Margaret Grant��Born before�
Baptised��.3 April 1824 Bo�ness
10) Thomas Grant��.Born before
Baptised �.7 July 1826
4) Alexander Grant�.Born� 1 May 1811 Bo�ness
Baptised�5 May 1811 Bo�ness
Died��..
Buried�
Wife�.Agnes
Baptised�.25 Dec 1814 Bo�ness Ann Robertson
Died�.12 Nov 1890 at 114 Old Row Bo�ness Married�Unknown
Buried�.Church Wynd Upper Cemetery Bo�ness
Marriage��
Children���1) Ann Grant� Born before
Baptised�..17 Mar 1835 Bo�ness
2) Agnes Grant �Born before ..
Baptised��.3 December 1837 Bo�ness
Died�
3) Christina Grant �. Born before�
Baptised��.30 December 1838 Bo�ness
4) Alexander Grant�..Born before �
Baptised��..
5) Elizabeth Grant ��Born before �
Baptised��.15 May 1843 Bo�ness
Died before�December 1844 Bo�ness
6) Elizabeth Grant��Born Before
Baptised �..
7) Margaret Grant��.Born before��
Baptised ���..
8) Isabella Grant��..Born before�.24 January 1851 Bo�ness
Baptised ��.24 January 1851 Bo�ness
9) John Grant ���...Born before
Baptised�...1 may 1854 Bo�ness
Died...
*note* Killed when a large rock fell 700 feet and crushed the lift cage he was in.
Buried..
10)��Twins � Charles Grant .. Born
Died
Buried� Bo�ness cemetery, Deanfield Rd , Bo�ness
11) George Grant�.Born�.. 15 June 1856, Newtown Bo�ness
Died��
*Note* Killed by a Roof Fall whilst sweeping a roadway 6 months after his brother John in the same pit
Buried�.. Bo�ness Cemetery, Deanfield Rd, Bo�ness
Wife�.. Mary Brown.....Born�.28 July 1859�Bo�ness�����������.......Parents�.John Brown
Died �
Buried..In Bo�ness Cemetery, Deanfield Rd , Bo�ness Marriage..16 May 1854 Bo�ness
Marriage 29th Sept 1882, in the UP Manse, Bo'ness
Children�� 1) Alexander Grant �.. Born�
Died�
2) John Brown Grant �.Born�
Died� Unknown
3) Charles Grant���.Born
Died�.March 1972 Wayne Co. Detroit Michigan USA
*Note* Emigrated to the
(The ship that ignored the SOS transmissions of the Titanic) entered through
4) Isabella Baillie Grant�.. Born
Died �Unknown
6) Neil Brown Grant �..Born�..
Died�..
Buried�In
6) Agnes Hamilton Grant�Born�
Died� Unknown
7) Janet Brown Grant �. Born �.6 March 1897 at No.7
Died �Unknown
8) George Grant����.Born �.4 June 1899 at No.7 Old Row Newtown Bo�ness
Died�. Unknown
Wife�.. Annie Brodie Married�...
4) Thomas Grant�.Born�
Died �
Buried� In
Wife�Annie Forbes�Born�
Died�
Buried �.. In
Marriage�..
Go to Forbes decendancy and biography pages ( under Construction )
Children��1) George Grant ..Born �
Died�.29 November 1911 at 2am.. at Alexander Terrace Carriden aged 3hrs
Buried ..Probably
2) Isabella Stanners Brown Grant... Born.... 29 November 1912 at 1.30am at Douglas street Carriden
died..... 21 December 1912 at 1.15am at Douglas street Carriden aged 3 weeks
Buried.... Probably Carriden Cemetery
4) George Grant.. Born�
Died �
Buried �
5) William Forbes Grant�..Born about ..+ or � a few days ..
Died�
Buried ..
3) Alexander Forbes Grant....... Born .... 19 Mar 1914 Alexander Terrace Carriden
Died....... 24 Dec 2005 Farnham Common, Bucks England
Wife..........Megan Ellen Jones ........ Born...... 26th July 1922 Senghenydd, Glamorgan, Wales.
Died....... 14 Sept 1982, Slough, Berkshire, England.
Married ................ 12 Oct 1940 St Marys Parish Church, Farnham Royal, Bucks, England .
Children..... 1)....Pearl Grant ...... Born 9 May 1946 Beaconsfield Bucks England
2) Ian Forbes Grant..... Born 4th May 1959 Taplow Bucks England
I am the second child of Alexander Forbes Grant, and Megan Ellen Jones above.
I have 2 children, and 4 grandchildren, who complete a lineage so far of 15 generations of Grant decendancy.