Grant. Ontario

[carver1641]

Thankyou I’m just learning this stuff little by little it can get complicated sometimes thanks for helping finding Allen in the states has been difficult he was my great great grandfather on my mother side.Tracing him to find his parents is going to be difficult to say the least

[Ladyhawk]

1901 census  Kent County Ontario

Allan Grant 79 widower -born 10 May 1821  Ontario - Nationality Scottish - Roman Catholic
David Grant 51         born 9 November 1849 Ontario
Herbert  Grant 48      born 27 March 1853 U.S. came to Canada 1853
Lucy Winchell 78 sister in law born 16 September 1822 U.S. came to Canada 1891 - Nationality German- Presbyterian
Alexander Grant 14  born 7 August 1886 Grand son  - Scottish  - Roman Catholic

Might this be his baptism

Allan Grant
Baptised 20 May 1821 born 10 May
Baptism Place   St Raphel, Ontario, Canada
Parents John Grant & Ge??y McDonell
Sponsors Alexander McDonald & Catharine Grant
Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1802-1967

Have added the link to Anc*y for baptism to see if anyone thinks mothers name is Gerry or perhaps Genny
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01syi/

[carver1641]

That birth looks right wish I had ancestry nice to find parents so I can go forward thankyou this birth place is right close to where he was in 1850 census .Great find thanks

[Ladyhawk]

That birth looks right wish I had ancestry nice to find parents so I can go forward thankyou

Familysearch transcribes mothers name Geny

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLTQ-MY5

[polarbear]

I also think it is probably Geny.

carver1641, if you have a library near you, you might check if they subscribe to Ancestry Library Edition, which would give you access to to quite a number of records.

PB