Pilot Officer James Murray GRANT

Pilot Officer James Murray GRANT

Male 1909 - 1941  (32 years)

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  • Name James Murray GRANT 
    Prefix Pilot Officer 
    Birth 6 May 1909  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Christening 13 Jun 1909  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Jul 1941  [3
    Burial Englefield Green, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20116  Whitewater Region Early Families
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2023 

    Father William Morley GRANT,   b. 24 Sep 1872, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951 (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Margaret Cowan 'Maggie' JOHNSTON,   b. 30 May 1871, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951 (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 8 Oct 1895  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F1738  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F9715  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2008 

  • Documents
    01819-Grant, James Murray - Second World War Book of Remembrance
    01819-Grant, James Murray - Second World War Book of Remembrance
    Veterans Affairs Canada
    The Canadian Virtual War Memorial
    http://www.veterans.gc.ca/images/collections/books/bww2/ww2031.jpg
    01819-Grant, James Murray Remembered
    01819-Grant, James Murray Remembered
    Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1798688/GRANT,%20JAMES%20MURRAY
    Years Ago Column the Cobden Sun, April 17, 1941 - fire at Collins Dairy; Pilot Officer Murray Grant visits the King
    Years Ago Column the Cobden Sun, April 17, 1941 - fire at Collins Dairy; Pilot Officer Murray Grant visits the King
    The Cobden Sun, April 17, 1991

  • Sources 
    1. [S906] United Church of Canada Archives Victoria University, Church Record - Beachburg Pastoral Charge Baptism Records, (Microfilm reels LCM-63 and LCM-64).

    2. [S777] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Birth Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 042047 Ross Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3).
      Jas Murray Grant  b.May 5 1909  Lot 9 Con 12 Ross Twp;  to William Grant, farmer, and Margaret Cowan Johnston who were married Ross Twp Oct 8 1895 Dr Jonathan Brown,  informant, father; Forester's Falls

    3. [S776] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Death Registrations Online at Ancestry.ca", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 701258 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: James Murray Grant Death Date: 24 Jul 1941 Death Location: Military Age: 32 Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909 Birth Location: Renfrew County, Ontario Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS944_1
      d. oversease; previously reported missing after air operations overseas, now for official purposes presumed to have died
      residence 119 Delatra St, Woodstock

    4. [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), # 010666 Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3).
      Name: William M M Grant Birth Place: Tp of Ross Age: 23 Father Name: James Grant Mother Name: Hannah Grant Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Spouse Name: Margaret C C Johnston Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse Birth Place: Tp of Ross Spouse Father Name: Samuel Johnston Spouse Mother Name : Eliza Johnston Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1895 Ross Twp

    5. [S436] Methodist Church (Beachburg, Westmeath Twp.,, Ontario, Canada), Church Records - Methodist Marriage Register, Beachburg, Westmeath Twp., 1892-1906 (Reliability: 3).
      Wm Morley Grant, 23, Ross, Ross, B, farmer, James Grant & Hannah Hughes
      to Margaret C JOhnston 24, Ross, ross, sp; Samuel Johnston & Eliza McFeetors
      wit: Ira J Grant & jennie S Johnston, Ross at res bride's father, Ross, Oct 8 1895, by Wm Wells