Alexander
James
Grant
Born in Williamstown, Glengarry, Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Son of James Roy Grant
and Catherine Dingwall
Husband of
Margaret McLEAN
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Williamstown, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2012
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Biography
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Alexander Grant is a member of Clan Grant.
Alexander Grant lived in Williamstown, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
"In Glengarry, [in 1875], A.J. Grant of Charlottenburg defeated Archibald McNab. Mr. Grant was known locally as 'Alex. Jim Roy'. He was born in 1829 of U. E. Loyalist decent and was, at this election, nominally a Sandfield Liberal. ... [lost in 1879] turned Conservative.... then turned to municipal politics, was elected Reeve of Charlottenburg in 1881 and became Warden in 1883." [1]
Sources
- ↑ John Graham Harkness, "Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry: a History, 1784-1945", p. 249
- Wikipedia contributors, "Alexander James Grant," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_James_Grant&oldid=903815344 (accessed November 27, 2020).
- "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QM-YDC : 24 October 2018), Alexander J Grant, Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- WikiTree profile Grant-2058 created through the import of PaulAncestry.ged on Jan 26, 2012 by Joyce Rosnel.
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