Delaware Family Group Sheet for the Joseph M. GRANT Family


Husband: Joseph M. GRANT
Birthdate: 11 May 1824
Birthplace: Cecil Co, MD
Death date: 17 May 1901
Place of death:
Burial: May 1901, Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, De.
Father: John Grant
Mother: Margaret A. Miller

Marriage date: 31 Jul 1850
Marriage place: Newark, De

Wife: Elizabeth Mary HOLT
Birthdate: abt 1832
Birthplace: Holt Farm, Cecil County, Maryland
Death date: 31 Aug 1892
Place of death: Wilmington, Delaware
Burial: Sep 1892, Wilmington Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware.
Father: Isaac J. Holt Jr.
Mother: Mary Ann Campbell

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Harry M. Grant
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 1853
Birthplace:
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial: Wilmington Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware.
Marriage date: 10 Dec 1880
Marriage place: Wilmington, New Castle Co, De.
Spouse's name: Mary G. Bratton

Documentation/Sources:
1. Delaware Public Archives, Hall of Records, Dover, DE. 19901.
2. Birth, Marriage, Death records.
3. US Census records 1850 thru 1920 for New Castle Co Delaware, and Cecil Co Maryland.
4. City Directories 1855-1940, Wilmington, De.
5. Tatnal Tombstone Records for Wilm, De.
6. Isaac Holt's Will and other Probate Records.
7. Holt Family Genealogy Book by Kathryn Sims, Cecil County Historical Society, 135 East Main Street, Elkton, MD 21921.
8. Local News Paper Articles; The Sunday Morning Star, Wilm Del; Cecil Whig, Elkton, MD, and others found on Ancestry for Births, Engagements, and obituaries.
9. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Notes:
*Joseph occupation was listed as a Cooper.
*Since the Joseph and Elizabeth lived next door to her parents in Wilmington, Elizabeth provided care to them in their later years.
*Mary Bratton Grant died 22 Feb 1923 in New York City where Harry worked for the Vulcanized Fiber CO. A funeral for her also took place in New York and was officiated by Mary's cousin Rev Charles Bratton Dunbell. She was later buried at Wilmington Brandywine Cemetery, Wilm, De.
 

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