Person:Joseph Grant (16)

Joseph Hendrie Grant was born on 11th May 1859 in Baghdad, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He was the son of Charles and Theresa Grant. Nothing is known about Joseph's mother apart from her first name. His father Charles was originally from England and appears to have gone to sea as a sailor in the 1840s. It is not known how he came to be in Baghdad.

It appears that Joseph and his father Charles moved to England some time during the 1860s, returning to live in the little village of Sidlesham where Charles was from, and where Joseph's grandfather and step-grandmother were still living. Joseph was baptised at Sidlesham in 1867, by which time he was about nine years old.

Joseph's father died in 1868. Less than two years later his grandfather died too. The 1871 census finds Joseph living at Sidlesham with his step-grandmother, Mary Grant, formerly Chaffer. She would die in 1879, by which time Joseph was a young man in his early twenties.

Joseph's next sighting is in 1884 when he was married at St Pancras in Middlesex, a northern suburb of London. His wife was Annie Furney, from Monmouth in Wales. After their marriage they settled at Monmouth, where the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses all find them living at Agincourt Square and with Joseph working as a tobacconist. They had three children together.

Joseph died in 1945 in Gloucestershire aged about 85.

1. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 24 Nov 1867, Sidlesham Sussex: Joseph Henry son of Charles & Theresa Grant

   Needs to be confirmed at West Sussex Archives.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1111; Folio 70; Page 15, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Sidlesham, Sussex
   Mary Grant, head, widow, female, 73 [1797/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Fanny Grant, daughter, unmarried, female, 29 [1841/2], Dressmaker, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Joseph Grant, grandson, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Bagdad, Turkey
   Edward Grant, grandson, male, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

3. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 4343; Folio 40; Page 17, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 3 Agincourt Sq, Monmouth, Monmouthshire
   Five or more rooms occupied
   Joseph Hendrie Grant, head, married, male, 31 [1859/60], Tobacconist & hairdress, employer, b. Turkey, British Subject
   Annie Grant, wife, married, female, 28 [1862/3], b. Monmouth, England
   Herbert H. Grant, son, male, 5 [1885/6], b. Monmouth, Monmouthshire
   Louisa Penckridge, servant, single, female, 15 [1875/6], b. Monmouth, Monmouthshire

4. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 4923; Folio 43; Page 18, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 3 Agincourt Sq, Monmouth, Monmouthshire
   Five or more rooms occupied
   Joseph H. Grant, head, married, male, 41 [1859/60], Tobacconist, own account, at home, b. Turkey, British Subject
   Annie Grant, wife, married, female, 38 [1862/3], b. Monmouth, Monmouthshire
   John R. Grant, son, male, 9 [1891/2], b. Monmouth, Monmouthshire
   Emily Lewis, servant, single, female, 15 [1885/6], General servant (Domestic), b. Monmouthshire

5. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 31737; Schedule 52, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Monmouthshire
   Eight rooms occupied
   Joseph H. Grant, head, male, 51 [1859/60], married, Tobacconist, own account, home, b. Turkey, Bagdad
   Annie Grant, wife, female, 48 [1862/3], married 26 years, 3 children born alive, 3 children still living, b. Monmouth
   John R. Grant, son, male, 19 [1891/2], Bank Clerk - Lloyds Bank, Employed, b. Monmouth
   Olive D. Grant, daughter, female, 9 [1901/2], School, b. Monmouth

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Joseph H. GRANT, March Quarter 1945, Forest of Dean Registration District, Volume 6a, page 417, aged 85 [1859/60]

7. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1945
   GRANT Joseph Hendrie of 157 High-street Cinderford Gloucestershire died 24 January 1945 Probate Llandaff 13 June to Herbert Hendrie Grant tobacconist and Olive Dorothy Furney Matthews (wife of Wilfred John Matthews).
   Effects £5125 8s. 8d.

8. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register.

   Index only:
   Monmouth MB, Monmouthshire
   Joseph H. Grant, b. 11 May 1859
   Annie Grant, b. Jul 1862