Roland Dwight Grant (1851 - 1912)

Born 24 Aug 1851 in Wapping, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

Ancestors

Died 21 Aug 1912 at age 60 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America

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Biography

Roland Grant was a Connecticuter.

Roland Dwight Grant was born in Wapping, Connecticut on August 24, 1851. He was the son of Naaman Grant and Sarah Clough.^[1][2]

He married Mahala Cordelia Bean at Warner, Merrimack, New Hampshire on June 2, 1874^[3] and served as pastor of Second Advent Church in Athol, Massachusetts from 1874 to 1876, then at First Baptist Church in Johnstown, New York from 1876 to 1878. He was also noted as a public speaker. He also served as pastor of the Baptist Church in Poughkeepsie, New York, resigning in 1882. He served as pastor of First Baptist Church in Vancouver, British Columbia from October 1, 1900 to December 1, 1903.^[4][5]

At the time of the 1901 Canada Census, Roland, Helen, Annie, and Berona Grant were listed as living in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[6]

Roland and his wife left British Columbia on June 5, 1912 for Boston, Massachusetts and then to their summer home in Waterloo, New Hampshire.^[7]

Roland died in Concord, New Hampshire on August 21, 1912.^[8][9]

Research Notes

Burial location is Blossom Hill Cemetery at Concord, New Hampshire, as per the death record. Interred 24 Aug 1912. Correction sent to FG manager on 31 May 2023.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRZ-B7T : 18 February 2021), Roland Grant in entry for Namon Grant, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7C-JBX : 28 May 2021), Roland D Grant in entry for Noaman Grant, 1870.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDGB-J5Q : 24 January 2020), Roland D. Grant, 1874.
4. ↑ Carmichael, William, These Sixty Years. Vancouver: FIrst Baptist Church (1947) pages 17-18, 21.
5. ↑ Cummings, Leslie J., Our First Century. Vancouver: First Baptist Church (1986) pages 19-20.
6. ↑ Census of Canada, 1901, British Columbia, Burrard (1), Vancouver (City) (D), page 20, dwelling 190, family 190, Roland Grant; RG31 - Statistics Canada, roll T-6428 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=63411 : Accessed April 10, 2023).
7. ↑ News Clipping. The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. 4 June 1912, page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province/125590551/ Accessed 30 May 2023.
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSVZ-B7J : 22 February 2021), Roland Dwight Grant, 21 Aug 1912; citing Warner, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,079,512.
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5QK-C7C8 : 18 July 2020), Dr Roland D Grant, 1912.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3Y6-7N4 : 14 January 2022), Roland D Grant, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MLZ8-YGV : Wed Apr 05 09:25:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Roland D Grant and Mahala B Grant, 1910.

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Rev Roland Dwight Grant (24 Aug 1851–21 Aug 1912), Find A Grave: Memorial #249230157; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Duane Crabtree (contributor 47432569).

• Blog: Vancouver As It Was: A Photo-Historical Journey. "The Grants." 18 Aug 2015. https://vanasitwas.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/the-grants/ Accessed 31 May 2023.

• Iowa Digital Library. "Roland Dwight Grant: his lectures." https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Atc_14930 Accessed 31 May 2023.

• Book: Grant, Roland Dwight. "Vancouver, the Mecca of the Tourist: The Commercial and Scenic Centre of British Columbia." Forgotten Books (August 24, 2018). 32 Pages. https://www.amazon.com/Vancouver-Mecca-Tourist-Commercial-Columbia/dp/1527787532 Accessed 31 May 2023.