Born about in Essa Township, Simcoe County, Canada West
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Nelson Grant
and Sarah Ann (Squier) Grant
Sister of
Maria Jane (Grant) Agar
Wife of
William Thompson Banting
— married
28 Jan 1879 in Thompsonville, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Angus Nelson Banting, William Thompson Banting, Alexander Kenneth Banting, Esther Alena (Banting) Jackson and Frederick Grant Banting MC
Died
at about age 86
in Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
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Biography
On Apr. 14, 1854, Margaret was born in Essa Twp, Simcoe County, Canada West (Ontario). She was the first child born in the new town of Alliston.[1]
On Dec. 28, 1854, Margaret was baptized Wesleyan Methodist by Rev. J. Biggs in Essa Twp. [2]
On Jan. 28, 1879, she married William Thompson Banting in Thompsonville, Simcoe County, Ontario in a Methodist ceremony. Margaret was 24, of Thompsonville, and born in Essa Twp. to Alexander and Sarah A. Wm. T. Banting was 29, a yeoman, and of and born in Tecumseth Twp. to John and Hester Banting. The witnesses were Ephraim Book of York and Elizabeth Grant of Thompsonville. [3]
William was born on March 31, 1850 to John Banting and Hester Merideth in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County. [4]
About 1881, Nelson was born.
About 1882, Thompson was born.
About 1884, Kenneth was born.
About 1886, Alfred was born and died the same year.
About 1887, Esther was born.
On Nov. 14, 1891, Frederick Grant Banting was born. He received the Nobel Prize in 1923 and a knighthood. He married Marion Robertson of Elora, Wellington Co. in 1924. He married Henrietta Ball in 1939.
On March 3, 1928, William died at 79 in Simcoe County. He was buried in Alliston Union Cemetery. [5]
In 1940, Margaret died in the Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston, Ontario.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Alliston," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alliston&oldid=885367561 (accessed April 13, 2019).
- ↑ Wesleyan Methodist Baptism Register
- ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNG-FJD : 10 April 2015), Wm T Banting and Margret Grant, 28 Jan 1879; citing registration , Thompsonville, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,505.
- ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKH8-G9G : 11 December 2014), William Thompson Banting, 03 Mar 1928; citing Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, 30885, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,184,484.
- ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKH8-G9G : 11 December 2014), William Thompson Banting, 03 Mar 1928; citing Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, 30885, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,184,484.
- ↑ Mrs. Banting, Alliston, dies (1940, Dec 03). The Globe and Mail (1936-2017) Retrieved from ProQuest
See also:
- William T., Margaret, Nelson A., William T., Alexander W., Ester Alora, and Fredrick S. Banting are listed as living in Essa, Ontario in the 1901 Canada Census.
- Wikipedia: Frederick Banting.
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Grant-9378 and Grant-6419 appear to represent the same person because: They have the same birth date, husband, and children.
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I have Margaret Grant's parentage and connections to Loyalist families in Ontario, back to New York State in the 1700s, and back to Germany. I would like to connect to this profile. Please send me an email.
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