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Banffshire / Re: Grant aliases in the Kirkmichael and Tomintoul Area - Grant alias Brown?
« on: Thursday 14 August 25 06:28 BST (UK) »
Hi Ashley, I've only just come across your chain of posts on this subject.
I have been researching a family line from Kirkmichael using the Grant alias Brown (or vice versa) name. Peter Brown alias Grant m Mary Grant in 1800. He was the ferryman operating from just south of Ballentruan and he continued to live at the Boatcroft until his death there in 1856.
His father was Peter Brown who seems to have been the one who added the Grant alias. He didn't use it when he married Ann Christie in 1776 but when their first child William was born the following year, Peter is described as Brown alias Grant.
So, my assumption is that the original family name was Brown and the Grant alias was added later. That would eliminate the previously made suggestion that Brown was added because they came from Glen Brown.
Certainly the Brown name was used, often on its own, by Peter's son, grandson and several great grandchildren, although others stuck with the Grant name. So confusing!
Could you help me with one matter you previously raised? In a section headed Brushes with the Law, you refer to John Grant or Brown being convicted in 1853 of poaching at Dufftown. Do you have any further information on this?
I, too, live in Australia (Sydney).
All the best
Shaun
I have been researching a family line from Kirkmichael using the Grant alias Brown (or vice versa) name. Peter Brown alias Grant m Mary Grant in 1800. He was the ferryman operating from just south of Ballentruan and he continued to live at the Boatcroft until his death there in 1856.
His father was Peter Brown who seems to have been the one who added the Grant alias. He didn't use it when he married Ann Christie in 1776 but when their first child William was born the following year, Peter is described as Brown alias Grant.
So, my assumption is that the original family name was Brown and the Grant alias was added later. That would eliminate the previously made suggestion that Brown was added because they came from Glen Brown.
Certainly the Brown name was used, often on its own, by Peter's son, grandson and several great grandchildren, although others stuck with the Grant name. So confusing!
Could you help me with one matter you previously raised? In a section headed Brushes with the Law, you refer to John Grant or Brown being convicted in 1853 of poaching at Dufftown. Do you have any further information on this?
I, too, live in Australia (Sydney).
All the best
Shaun