Ewen Grant (1898 - 1969)

Born 21 Mar 1898 in Snizort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mairi Ann (Brown) Grant — married 30 Dec 1926 (to 22 Jun 1929) in Snizort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1969 at age 71 in Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

This profile is part of the Grant Name Study.

Ewen Grant is a member of Clan Grant.

Ewen Grant was born in Snizort on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom around 1889 to Norman Grant (1874-1914) and Catherine Beaton (1876-1960).

When he was 16 his Father Norman was killed in the Battle of Trindade on the 14th September 1914. This is his Record from http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2871212/GRANT,%20NORMAN

Ewen Married Mairi Brown (1897-1929), Daughter of John Brown (1867-1942) and Marion McLeod (1864-) on the Isle of Skye, Scotland on the 9th January 1928. Mairi died during Childbirth on the 22nd June 1929

Ewen then married Euphemia Montgomery around 1935.

Ewen was alive during the Boar War (1899-1902), World War One (1914-1918), the Russian Revolution (1917-1923) and World War Two (1939-1945).

Ewen died on the 21st June 1969 on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, a photocopy of his church eulogy, detailing many of the events of his life has been attached to this profile.

Children

Children with Mairi Brown (1897-1929)

1. Morag Grant (1928-1978)
2. Mary Kate Grant (1929-)

Children with Euphemia Montgomery (1899-1969)

3. Norman Grant (1937-2012)

Timeline of Ewen Grant

1898 Born Snizort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
1901 Aged 3 Queen Victoria Dies
1910 Aged 12 King Edward VII Dies
1906 Aged 8 Great Grand Father Ewen Grant Dies
1914 Aged 16 World War One Begins
1914 Aged 16 Father Norman Grant Dies at Sea
1918 Aged 20 World War One Ends
1926 Aged 28 Married Mairi Brown
1928 Aged 30 Daughter Morag Grant Born
1929 Aged 31 Daughter Mary Kate Grant Born
1929 Aged 31 Wife Mairi Brown Dies
1935 Aged 36 Remarries Euphemia Montgomery
1936 Aged 37 King George V Dies
1937 Aged 38 Son Norman Grant Born
1939 Aged 41 World War II Starts
1945 Aged 47 World War II Ends
1947 Aged 49 Daughter Morag Grant marries Daniel McNab
1947 Aged 49 Daughter Mary Kate Grant marries Robert Smith
1947 Aged 49 First Grand Daughter Catherine McNab Born
1949 Aged 51 First Grand Son George McNab born
1952 Aged 54 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1963 Aged 65 Mother Catherine Beaton dies
1964 Aged 66 Son Norman Grant marries Catherine MacPhie
1969 Aged 71 His Granddaughter Mairi Brown Smith (1948-) Married Alexander Watt Sives (1942-)
1969 Dies aged 71

Sources

1. Family Knowledge - information supplied by my Grandmother Mary Kate Smith (Ewen 's Daughter).
2. Eulogy for Ewen Gran - Given in the Presbytery of Skye on the 4th November 1969.
3. Data from Wedding Entry (Attached).
4. Named on 1st Wife's Death Entry (Attached).
5. Fathers Death - http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2871212/GRANT,%20NORMAN
6. Unsourced family tree handed down to Daniel Mcnab.

Footnotes

Profile created on the 25th October 2013 by Alexander Sives (his Great Grandson)