Alexander Wilson Grant

[GillianK]

Yes please - do you not have a rest on Sundays?! As far as I am aware, they were not divorced, but there is a mystery surrounding a second Mrs Grant and a child. No-one spoke about it.

[Merry]

Originally Posted by GillianK

Yes please - do you not have a rest on Sundays?! As far as I am aware, they were not divorced, but there is a mystery surrounding a second Mrs Grant and a child. No-one spoke about it.

lol This is resting!

We don't post details of living people on this site without their permission, so moving forward with Alexander we may have to tread carefully.

If you are thinking of getting the death certificate that may be useful if the informant is someone of interest. I'm thinking if they were not actually divorced then he may have lived with someone, making finding info difficult. There are a couple of marriages for Alexander W Grant before his death but they could easily be other people as there's no way to tell what the recorded middle names are.

I will look at the London electoral rolls in case that throws up anything.

[Merry]

We think Alexander died in Marylebone district in 1952.

There's an Alexander Grant (no middle name or initial) living at 43 Queen Anne St, Marylebone from the mid 1940s through to 1952. There is also Ada Grant living at the same address. She is still there in 1953 but he isn't, so that fits with the death already listed on this thread further back.

Obviously we don't know this is the right Alexander.

Ada is sometimes Ada E and sometimes Ada I.

This looks very likely to be the correct couple:

Marriages Jun 1943

Grant Alexander W Webb Marylebone 1a 1091
Webb Ada E Grant Marylebone 1a 1091

So, divorced or not (we don't know!) he did remarry!

[Merry]

Here she is on the 1939 Register:

Ada (E) Grant (Webb) dob 10 Sep 1899 Camberwell London England Avondale Square

In 1939 she is married and with her husband John C (or E) Webb. They have a daughter, Eileen Webb b 1 Feb 1924. I expect this is her birth reg which gives Ada's maiden name:

Births Mar 1924
Webb Eileen R Healey Marylebone 1a 676

So, did Ada have a child with Alexander? She would have been into her 40s when they married.

I've searched births 1940-1952 surname Grant and mmn Healey - none. surname Grant and mmn Webb (in case she gave the wrong previous surname!) - still none in the right area.

So.… was the child you were aware of her daughter from her first marriage?

[Merry]

Ada Ellen Healey married John C Webb in 1919. He died in Q4 1939 in Camberwell district (where they were living in Sept 1939) aged 38.

Of course it's possible the talk of a child was because Ada had become pregnant by Alexander, but she lost the child. If it was a stillbirth there could be a record, but they are not open to the public.

[Merry]

Death:

Ada Ellen Grant dob 10 Sep 1899 reg 1976 Apr-May-Jun St Pancras London

[GillianK]

Thank you Merry I understand and take note of your advice.

[GillianK]

Btw The only daughter of whom I am totally aware is my Mum, Jean.

[Merry]

Ada married Alexander the year after her daughter Eileen was married, so she would never have been seen as a 'child' of the household.

[GillianK]

Hi Merry I am now looking for further information re the families of James Thom Grant (1899-1973) and William Wilson Grant (1902-1954) who were my grandfather’s brothers and my mum’s uncles. Would be great to gather further names to find Mum’s other relatives as she has always believed she has none. Thank you.