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MonicaLesl
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Hi Jen
Have you thought of checking on the Will & Testaments section of Scotlands People for any entry on William?
Regards.
Monica
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MacIsaac, MacDonald, MacPherson, MacVarish, MacMaster: Moidart - Inverness-shire.
Gillies: pre-1850 Knoydart, Inverness-shire /post 1850s Fort William area - Argyll.
Tully, Tulley, Moran, Murphy: Lanarkshire.
Durnan, Durnin, Kelly, Tully, McPhillips: Co Monaghan.
McIntyre, McMahon, Tully: Co Cavan (?) Ireland.
Moran: Co Mayo (?) Ireland.
..........and lots of Spanish name interests........
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hume24
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Dunbar Instrumental Band, c. 1910
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I'm not sure if this is any use but JAMES AUGUSTUS GRANT Esq. was born in 1827, Nairn. His father, JAMES GRANT, was the parish minister and his mother was CHRISTIAN MCINTOSH. Here's the family in the censuses:
1841 Residence: High Street
James, m, 50, minister, Nairn
Christian, f, 50, -, outside county
Margaret, f, 15, -, Nairn
James, m, 14, -, Nairn
and 3 servants.
By 1851, the younger James had joined the Indian army.
1851 Residence: 52 High Street
James, m, m, 50, parish minister, Nairn- Cawdor
Christian, m, f, 60, -, Inverness-shire- Kirkhill
and two servants.
Not essential to your research but it might help you narrow down which James it is.
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genjen
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Hi,
Yes I have looked for his will but there is no sign of one online. I feel sure he must have made one and will have to look into it at some stage.
Thanks for the census details for the Grant family. The younger James went on to be one of Nairn's most famous sons, being present at the discovery of the source of the Nile and having plants or animals, I can't remember which, named after him. I have his baptism record and on that, his father is named as William Grant, parish minister -how odd. But there was an earlier James Augustus Grant who was, as I mentioned previously, a witness at the baptism one of William Smith's children.
Back to the search.
Thanks,
Jen
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Essex: Howe French Cant Annis Noakes Turner Marshall Makerow Duck Spurden Harmony
N.E.Scotland: Howe Shaw Raitt Milne Forsyth Birnie Crichton Duncan McBeath Daniel Hay Robertson Jaffrey Smith McDonald Alexander Craighead
NR Yorks: Bushby Smith Bland Iley Cunion Kendrew Thornbury Favell Lonsdale Crossland Rudd Pratt Gibson
Westmorland: Dickenson, Jackson Ewbank Waller
Staffs: White Knight
Surrey: Knight
Durham: Smith
Hants: Williams Grose Lush Venson
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