William Grant
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William Grant (1857 - 1910)

William Grant
Born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdommap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 19 Nov 1881 in Leicestermap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 52 [location unknown]
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Contents

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:
Date: 1 Jul 1857
Place: Leicester[1]

Death

Death:
Date: 1910[2]

Burial

Burial:
Date: 26 Aug 1910
Place: Leicester Welford Road Cemetery[3]

User ID

User ID: 810EF0955B00C14E997FBFCD6521656B7807

Occupation

Occupation: Office Boy
Date: 1871
Place: Leicester[4]
Occupation: Vestry Hall Clerk
Date: 1881
Place: Leicester[5]
Occupation: School Board Officer
Date: 1891
Place: Leicester[6]
Occupation: School Attendance Officer
Date: 1901
Place: Leicester[7]

Note

Note: William was born in Leicester in 1857. He was the son of William and Selina Grant and was born after his father's death. He began work as an office boy and promoted to school attendance officer in 1890.
The post of school attendance officer originated with the 1870 Education Act
The Education Act of 1870
It was with the Education Act of 1870, also known as the "Forster Act", that we have the real birth of the modern system of education in England. This not only gave rise to a national system of stateeducation but also assured the existence of a dual system - voluntary denominational schools and nondenominational state schools.
The act required the establishment of elementary schools nationwide. These were not to replace or duplicate what already existed but supplement those already run by the churches, private individuals and guilds.
The country was divided into school districts and in those areas where there was inadequate provision school boards were to be elected. These were responsible for raising sufficient funds to maintainthe schools. The schools were often called " board schools".
These elementary schools had to be non-denominational. The school boards could charge a weekly fee not exceeding 9 pence. For a limited period the school boards could pay the fees if the parents wereunable to do so. The Voluntary Schools could also receive such payment of fees from the school boards.
They had to guarantee attendance for all children in their respective districts between the ages of 5 and 13. The School Board could appoint officers to enforce attendance. These officers or "Board Men", as they were commonly known, became one of those terribly menacing figures firmly implanted in the minds of young schoolboys. This figure was an effective deterrent in playing truant. All the moremenacing because the child could only picture him in his imagination (if he faithfully attended school, that is!!). He was also known as the School Attendance Officer.
Religious instruction was an integral part of the school curriculum but was not compulsory. This was to be nondenominational.
Since 1870 Voluntary Schools declined except Roman Catholic Schools because Boards Schools provided better buildings and higher pay for teachers.
Elementary education became effectively free with the passing of the 1891 Education Act.
Local authority attendance officers responsible for the enforcement of compulsory attendance changed their approach to truancy under the influence of child welfare legislation and changing views of the child in the first decade of the twentieth century. Some of the changes in their work emerged as a direct response to implementing the law in relation to child welfare, but at the same time, attendance officers themselves increasingly aspired to a new welfare role which emphasized support and help for the needy family in place of the punitive role they had previously undertaken. However, it wasfar from easy for them to transform their image from the familiar one of the ‘kid catcher’.
Attendance Officer's would also keep an eye out for children who had been mistreated and were undernourished.
In 1881 he was married to Emma Willis and the family announcement of the wedding gives his name as 'William Hastings Grant'... It's the only time I've seen the Hastings middle name, including his birth certificate!
William's daughter Vera was born about 1907 and wife Emma is shown as a widow in 1911. William died in 1910 and is buried at Leicester Welford Road Cemetery in a plot with his mother, sister and two aunts.

Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 3 May 2008
Time: 01:00:00

Prior to import, this record was last changed 01:00:00 3 May 2008.

Marriage

User ID: 42CEFD3751992A40A535B3D8220659A22009
Husband: William Grant
Wife: Emma Emma Grant
Child: William Grant
Child: Cecil Grant
Child: Walter Leonard Grant
Child: Beatrice Gertrude Grant
Child: Hilda Maud Grant
Child: Allan Grant
Child: Claude Grant
Child: Vera Athenia Grant
Marriage:
Date: 19 Nov 1881
Place: Leicester[8][9]
Note: Family Addresses from Census
1891 - 92 Filbert St, Leicester
1901 - 16 Grape St, Leicester
1911 - 19 Grape St, Leicester
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1891
Place: Filbert St, Leicester[10]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1892
Place: 2 Albion St, Leicester[11]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1901
Place: 16 Grape St, Leicester[12]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 26 Jul 1907
Place: 19 Grape St, Leicester[13]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1908
Place: 19 Grape St, Leicester[14]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1911
Place: 19 Grape St, Leicester[15][16]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1916
Place: 82 Highcross St, Leicester[17]
User ID: C7044B6E010E3E49A9C440ACEFAE1F6F9EF2
Husband: William Grant
Wife: Selina Hastings Grant
Child: William Grant
Child: Walter William Grant
Child: Laura Anne Grant
Marriage:
Date: 4 Mar 1851
Place: Bishop Street Methodist Church, Leicester
Note: Family Addresses from Census
1851 - 13 Morlidge St, Leicester
1861 - 12 Nichols St, Leicester
1871 - 22 Nichols St, Leicester
1881 - 283 Belgrave Rd, Leicester
1888 - 43 King St, Leicester (from Websters 1888 Directory)
1891 - 4 Arnold St, Leicester
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1851
Place: 13 Morledge St, Leicester[18]
Event:
Type: Death of Spouse
Date: 1856
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 17 Jul 1857
Place: 6 Regent St, Leicester[19]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1861
Place: 12 Nichols St, Leicester[20]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1871
Place: 22 Nichols St, Leicester[21]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1881
Place: 283 Belgrave Rd, Leicester[22]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1888
Place: 43 King St, Leicester[23]
Event:
Type: Family Address
Date: 1891
Place: 4 Arnold St, Leicester[24]

Sources

  • WikiTree profile Grant-1943 created through the import of Rob-Grant-pruned.ged on Dec 28, 2011 by Robert Grant. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.
  • Source: S10 Repository: #REPO1 Title: 1871 England Census
  • Repository: REPO1 Name: www.ancestry.co.uk
  • Source: S11 Repository: #REPO1 Title: 1881 England Census
  • Source: S12 Repository: #REPO1 Title: 1891 England Census
  • Source: S13 Repository: #REPO1 Title: 1901 England Census Page: RG13/2986 125 Data: Text: 16 Grape St, Leicester
  • Source: S14 Repository: #REPO3 Title: Marriage Certificate
  • Repository: REPO3 Name: Robert Anthony Grant
  • Source: S17 Repository: #REPO1 Title: 1851 England Census
  • Source: S18 Repository: #REPO1 Title: 1861 England Census
  • Source: S2 Title: Leicester School Exemption Registers
  • Source: S23 Title: Wrights Directory of Leicester 1911
  • Source: S3 Repository: #REPO1 Title: FreeBMD Death Index 1837-1983
  • Source: S4 Title: 1911 England Census
  • Source: S41 Repository: #REPO6 Title: Wrights Directory of Leicester 1887-1888
  • Repository: REPO6 Name: HistoricaDirectories (Online)
  • Source: S7 Title: Kelly's Directory of Leicester
  • Source: S8 Repository: #REPO3 Title: Birth Certificate
  • Source: S9 Title: Leicester Welford Road Cemetery visitor centre
  • Source: S96 Repository: #REPO15 Title: Leicester Chronicle
  • Repository: REPO15 Name: The British Newspaper Archive
  1. Source: #S8 Page: BXCE 651977 Data: Text: Name: William Grant CONT Year of Registration: 1857 CONT Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep CONT District: Leicester (1837-1974) CONT County: Leicestershire CONT Volume: 7a CONT Page: 138
  2. Source: #S3 Data: Text: Deaths Jul-Aug-Sep 1910 : Grant William age 50 Leicester 7a 89
  3. Source: #S9 Data: Text: Section cO South plot 1234 Burial No. 52465
  4. Source: #S10
  5. Source: #S11
  6. Source: #S12
  7. Source: #S13
  8. Source: #S14 Page: MXD 825039 Data: Text: 1881 Leicester 7a p501 - Witnessed by John Brown & Sarah Annie King Date: 19 Nov 1881
  9. Source: #S96 Data: Text: Leicester Chronicle : 26th November 1881 : GRANT - WILLIS. On the 19th inst., at the Registrar's Office, Leicester, by licence, William Hastings Grant, second son of the late William Grant, to Emma Willis, daughter of H. Willis, parish clerk, of Rothwell, near Kettering.
  10. Source: #S12
  11. Source: #S7 Page: 1892
  12. Source: #S13
  13. Source: #S2 Page: 30D73/07 f6 p318
  14. Source: #S7 Page: 1908 p340
  15. Source: #S4
  16. Source: #S23 Page: page 61 Data: Text: Grape Street - 19 Grant, Mrs Emma Date: 1911
  17. Source: #S7 Page: 1916 - page 202 Data: Text: Highcross Street CONT ============= CONT Friars Causeway --- CONT No 110 - down to CONT 82 Grant Mrs. Emma, apartments. CONT Blue Boar Lane ---
  18. Source: #S17
  19. Source: #S8 Page: BXCE 651977 Data: Text: William Grant's Birth Certificate
  20. Source: #S18
  21. Source: #S10 Data: Date: 1871
  22. Source: #S11
  23. Source: #S41
  24. Source: #S12






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