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John Grant and Margaret Cooper
« on: Saturday 29 May 10 20:09 BST (UK) »
The good people on the US board found this information on my husband's grandmother. Can anyone find more about her parents, in particular where John Grant came from as I too have Grants in my family.  Where he is buried in Canada would also be helpful.
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Death Date: 02 Jun 1969
Death Place: Essondale, B. C., British Columbia, Canada
Name: Georgina Rose Weir
Gender: Female
Age: 77y
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1891
Birthplace: , Scotland
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Orin Harry Weir
Father: John Grant
Mother: Margaret Cooper
Indian Agency:
Indian Band/Tribe:
Film Number: 2034058
Digital Folder Number: 4479285
Image Number: 1078
British Columbia Archives Film Number: B13297
Registration Number: 69 09 008895
Collection: British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986


This is from http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#surname=weir&p=recordResults&searchType=close&givenName=georgina%20rose
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Re: John Grant and Margaret Cooper
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 30 May 10 02:58 BST (UK) »
Georgina's parents might not have emigrated.  Have you checked Scotland's People for their marriage and her birth and their possible deaths?

Ina Grant, b. 1891 Scotland, 21, single, travelled on the Teutonic from Glasgow arriving 13 May 1912.  Her destination was Montreal, Quebec under the sponsorship of Mrs. Francis as a domestic worker.  This link explains a bit about the society
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19070313&id=YFsuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IH8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5511,1193449

Orin held the following land
http://www.rootschat.com/links/08se/
Map to locate the land - townships are north to south and ranges east to west.  His land was southeast of Drumheller.  He held 1 section or 1 square mile.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/wag1941/waghorn.html

http://www.rootschat.com/links/08sf/
This newspaper article on Orin shows him living Fork Lake, Alberta which is northeast of Edmonton or west of Cold Lake, Alberta.  Actually quite a distance from Edmonton.


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Re: John Grant and Margaret Cooper
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 30 May 10 04:21 BST (UK) »
Thank you for all of that. Just been saying to my husband that we could be related. Me with a grandmother who is a GRANT and he with greatgrandfather GRANT. Now to check back in Scotland.
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Re: John Grant and Margaret Cooper
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 30 January 22 13:11 GMT (UK) »
Re-visited older thread - 2010  (You might already have this information by now)

Langley Advance Langley, British Columbia, Canada - 5 Jun 1969, Thu    Page 15

Obituary for Georgina Rose Weir (Aged 77)

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93796432/obituary-for-georgina-rose-weir-aged/

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Re: John Grant and Margaret Cooper
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 30 January 22 13:13 GMT (UK) »


FIND A GRAVE

Georgina Rose Grant Weir 1891 - 1969

Fort Langley Cemetery Fort Langley, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127217158/georgina-rose-weir

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« Reply #5 on: Sunday 30 January 22 13:17 GMT (UK) »


Obituary Orin Harry Weir - Langley Advance Langley, British Columbia, Canada
23 Jan 1975, Thu    Page 4

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93796593/orin-harry-weir-23-january-1975/

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Re: John Grant and Margaret Cooper
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 30 January 22 13:23 GMT (UK) »


Obituary James Frances Weir - Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada - 17 Jun 1998, Wed   Page 17

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93796719/james-f-weir-17-june-1998/

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Re: John Grant and Margaret Cooper
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 30 January 22 13:39 GMT (UK) »


U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index - Orin Harry Weir Jr
Orin H Weir Jr
Birth Date 17 May 1921 Billings, Montana
Death Date 24 Feb 2002
Father Orin H Weir - Mother Gorge I Cooper

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Re: John Grant and Margaret Cooper
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 30 January 22 21:09 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, Sandra. It has been a while since I looked at this site. Interesting to read that Georgina has two daughters. Lerna was my husband's mother but we have never heard of Bernice. Knew there was a sister, Bobby, who had disappeared at the start of WWII and believed there was one called Margaret. Did not know that my husband's uncle Orin was born in Montana. Thanks again for your information.
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