Arthur Douglas Grant (1874 - 1949)

Born 26 Sep 1874 in Tokomairiro, Otago, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Buchanan (Scott) Grant — married 17 Sep 1907 (to 17 May 1949) in Gladfield, Wylies Crossing, Taieri Plaini, Otago, New Zealand

Died 17 May 1949 at age 74 in East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand

Biography

Arthur Grant has Scottish Ancestors.

Arthur Grant lived in Tokomairiro, Otago, New Zealand.

Arthur Grant lived in West Taieri, Otago, New Zealand.

Arthur Grant lived in Wylies Crossing, Otago, New Zealand.

Arthur Douglas Grant, a farmer, was born on the 26th of September, 1874, at Tokomairiro, Otago, New Zealand^{[citation needed]}, the 5th of 8 children of William Grant and Ellen Buchanan.^[1][2]

On leaving school [he] worked for his father at "Clairinch" and "Gladfield".

At 32, on the 19th of September, 1907, he married Margaret Buchanan Scott at "Gladfield", North Taieri, Otago, New Zealand.^[3] and they had 5 children.^[1]

From the time of his marriage to Margaret Scott in 1907 until his death in 1949 he resided at "Gladfield," which during that period had become his property.

[He] was a staunch member of the West Taieri Presbyterian Church, being elected a deacon in 1908, and an elder a few years later. For many years he was Session Clerk until failing health forced him to resign. The "Clairinch" buggy so well known in his parents' time continued in use to take the "Gladfield" family the long drive to church, come hail or snow, until a Model T. Ford was acquired. He took a deep interest in local affairs, especially the Farmers' Union, being President of the West Taieri Branch for a number of years.

At 74 years of age, a resident at "Gladfield", Wylies Crossing, he died on the 17th of May, 1949, his death registered at East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand^[5] and was buried in the West Taieri Cemetery, Taieri Plain, Greater Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} A Grant family saga (pine trees transplanted): a story of early Otago. Date: 1965. From: Auckland, Printed by J. E. Jenkins, 1965. 105 p. By: Wyllie, William James Grant, b. 1899. Page 94.
2. ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007" Name Arthur Grant Birth Date abt 1875 Death Age 74 Death Date 17 May 1949 Death Place Greater Dunedin, Otago Burial Place Otago, New Zealand Cemetery West Taieri Spouse Name Margaret Scott Grant
3. ↑ "New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937" Name Arthur Grant Marriage Year 1907 Marriage Place New Zealand Spouse Margaret Buchanan Scott Folio Number 5969 Household Members Margaret Buchanan Scott Arthur Grant
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998,"
5. ↑ "New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966" Name Arthur Grant Death Date 1949 - Apr-May-Jun Registration Place East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand Folio Number 2247 Arthur Grant
6. ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007" Name Arthur Grant Birth Date abt 1875 Death Age 74 Death Date 17 May 1949 Death Place Greater Dunedin, Otago Burial Place Otago, New Zealand Cemetery West Taieri Spouse Name Margaret Scott Grant
7. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-PXK1 : 27 April 2016), Arthur Grant, 1949; citing Dunedin, Dunedin Probate and Letters of Administration Files (I), 1907-1950, record number 24373, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 101044910.