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Record #3865
Name :
: Mabel GRANT (1874 - 1941)


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Date of Birth
: 1874

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 25 Aug 1941
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Derbyshire, Derby
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialScotland, Dunbartonshire
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 May 1889
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Buenos Ayrean

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Homes / Agencys
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Agency
: Blaikies (Mrs.) Emigration Home
NotesA birth registration was found for Mabel Grant; Year of Registration: 1874; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Derby; County: Derbyshire; Volume: 7b; Page: 474. (Parents: George Nelson Grant and Mary Hannah Copeland, married 1868.)

In 1881, Mabel Grant, 5 years of age, was shown residing at 10 Carpenter Street, Perthshire, Scotland, with her parents Mary Grant, 28, and Nelson Grant, 39, Army Pensioner. (1881 Census of Scotland, Perth East Church, Perthshire; ED: 1; Household schedule number: 73; Line: 7; Roll: 1881_109.)

In 1889, Mabel Grant, 14, arrived in Quebec, Canada, along with 16 girls, from Mrs. Blaikie's Emigration House, 6 Lauriston Lane, Edinburgh, Scotland, en route to Mr. Wallace, Belleville, Ontario, Canada. It is not known why, but Mabel's sister Effie Grant apparently had arranged the emigration.

On November 8, 1894, at Belleville Methodist Church, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Mabel Grant and another home child, (John) Stephen Geoghan (aka Gagan).

Their first child, Laura Maud, was born in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, in 1896. The family left Canada in 1900 and went to Scotland.

Mabel and Stephen Gagan had six more children in Scotland: Alfred Stephen, born 11 May 1902, Anderston, Glasgow Scotland; Edward (Teddy), born 1904, 41 Richard Street, Glasgow, Scotland; Nelson Grant, born, 1907, Pattison Street, Dalmuir, Scotland; George Copeland, born 1909, Pattison Street, Dalmuir, Scotland; Mabel Louise, born 5 Oct 1912, Pattison Street, Dalmuir, Scotland; and Horace, born 1915, Pattison Street, Dalmuir, Scotland.

Mabel Grant Gagan died in August 25, 1941 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Stephen Geoghan/Gagan died January 1, 1954 in Scotland. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-08 15:33:26 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-24 10:07:30 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3865 GRANT, Mabel 1874ENG, DBY, Derby May 1889 : Buenos Ayrean CAN Blaikies (Mrs.) Emigration Home