Peter (Patrick) Grant, Farm grieve, agricultural labourer

1784 - 1861  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Peter (Patrick) Grant
  	Peter was also known as Patrick, the names being interchangeable when translated from his native Gaelic. Patrick seems to have been used more often in the Highlands and Peter when Patrick/Peter was later living in Banffshire and Morayshire. Peter/Patrick was 42 when he married Catherine McKenzie. He may have had a first marriage but I cannot be certain. He was not mentioned as a widower in his marriage register entry when he married Catherine McKenzie and his death certificate did not record a first marriage. Service in the Army might also explain his later age when marrying, but he is never later identified in any records as an Army pensioner, so this is unlikely. Perhaps he was just late finding a partner! The only living descendants of Peter/Patrick are the New Zealand descendants of his (illegitimate) grandson William Grant (born 1847 Evanton, Ross-shire, died 1917 Dunedin, New Zealand). One of these NZ descendants (the website owner) did not realise until DNA testing that he married a descendant of Peter/Patrick's youngest brother, William Grant (1803-1869, gardener at Boath House, Nairn)!
  Suffix	Farm grieve, agricultural labourer
  Born	Feb 1784	Oldtown of Sheuglie (Shenval), Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  Christened	24 Feb 1784	Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  	Urquhart baptisms: 1784 Febr 24 Peter son to Robert Grant Oldton Shewglie and Elspet Grant his wife.
  Gender	Male
  Event:	c 1830	Braefield (near Loch Meiklie), in upper Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire
  	The farm of Braefield seems to have had some significance to the Grant siblings. Perhaps their parents Robert and Elizabeth Grant lived on that farm? Connections: 1. Peter/Patrick Grant was living at Braefield (and therefore presumably working for the Grants of Corrimony) in 1826, at the time he was married. 2. sibling Alexander Grant had a son Donald born at Braefield in 1832. 3. (fanciful, but...) sibling William Grant named a daughter Jane Ogilvie Christie Grant (see below). Braefield may have been in the possession of one of the Grants of Corrimony as Jane Ogilvie Grant (born 1754), an unmarried daughter of Alexander Grant of Corrimony appears to have resided at Braefield at the time of her death there in 1833 age 79 [Inverness Courier 27 Feb 1833]. Ownership of Braefield appears to have been owned at the time by Grant of Lakefield (nearby, and one of the Grants of Sheuglie).
  Census:	6 Jun 1841	Sinclair's [Buildings], 130 North Back Street, Forres, Moray
  	Peter Grant, age 50-54, Labourer, not born in Moray Catherine Grant, age 35-39, not born in Moray William Grant, age 14, not born in Moray Eliza Grant, age 11, not born in Moray Donald Grant, age 6, not born in Moray [c1868 from Morayshire Ordinance Survey name books: Sinclair's Buildings - This name applies to several houses in North Back Street nearly opposite to North Street. They are two stories high, slated and in good repair. The Property of Mr. A. Watson, who lives in one of them.]
  Event:	15 Nov 1845	Peter is a witness at the baptism of his nephew Robert Grant, son of his youngest brother William Grant
  	Witnesses at Robert Grant's baptism in Forres were his uncle Peter Grant, day labourer in Forres and George Cumming, farm servant in Tannachy
  Interests:	Feb 1846	Forres, Moray
  	Forres Elgin and Nairn Gazette, Northern Review and Advertiser - Saturday 7 March 1846: POSSIBLY the Patrick Grant who signed the petition along with many other male inhabitants of Forres to the Town Council for opening the Burgh, February 1846.
  Census:	30 Mar 1851	130 North Back Street, Forres, Moray
  	Peter Grant, Head, married, age 52 [sic], Ag labourer, born Forres [sic] Catharine Grant, wife, married, age 45, born Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire Elizabeth Grant, daughter, age 19, born Urquhart, Inverness-shire Donald Grant, son, unmarried, apprentice draper, born Forres, Morayshire
  Occupation:	1827 - 1861	Peter's occupations from various records
  	1827: Farm grieve (overseer) 1834: Day labourer 1841: Labourer 1851: Agricultural labourer 1861: described as an agricultural labourer on his death certificate
  Residence:	1784 - 1861	Peter's places of residence from census and other records
  	1784: Oldtown of Sheuglie (Shenval, near Loch Meiklie), upper Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire 1787: Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire (where his sister Mary Grant was born) 1790: Ballindrom (near Tomchrasky), in the Braes of Glenmoriston (upper Glenmoriston), Inverness-shire (where his brother Donald Grant was born. I suspect his mother was then residing with her parents while husband Robert was away in the Army, or just returned) 1799-1803: Glenurquhart (where his younger siblings were born) 1826: Braefield (near Loch Meiklie), in upper Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire 1827: Aberchirder, Marnoch, Banffshire 1829: [Torshee?], Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire? Unsure, but daughter Elizabeth baptised at Glenurquhart age 6 days. Mother Catherine could possibly have travelled back for the baptism from elsewhere, but we cannot be sure. It is also to be noted that Peter's place of residence is missing in the baptismal entry. 1834: Forres, Morayshire 1841-1861: Sinclair's Buildings, 130 North Back Street, Forres, Morayshire
  Died	31 Mar 1861	Sinclair's Buildings, 130 North Back Street, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
  	1861 deaths in the district of Forres in the county of Elgin: Peter Grant, agricultural labourer, married to Catherine McKenzie, died 31st March 1861 at 5.40am at 130 North Back Street, Forres, male, age 74 [sic] years, father Robert Grant farmer decd, mother Elizabeth Grant maiden surname Grant decd, died of old age (certified), informant Elizabeth Grant, daughter, present at death.
  Buried	Clunyhill Cemetery, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I13	Grant
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert Grant, 42nd Regiment, descendant of Grants of Corrimony, Glenurquhart,   b. c1763, Glenurquhart (likely in the Braes of Glenurquhart), Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1845  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth Grant, (possibly a Grant of Craskie descendant),   b. c1764, likely in the Tomchrasky area, Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	c1783	likely in Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  	With Elizabeth likely from Glenmoriston according to my theory, Elizabeth and Robert would have married at the bride's parents' home - if the parents were then still living in Glenmoriston (as I suspect they were given Elizabeth's appearance there in 1790). There are no marriage registers surviving for 1783 for the parish of Urquhart and Glenmoriston. However, it if was a Catholic marriage, no entry might anyway appear.
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine McKenzie,   b. c May 1795, Bunoich (close to Fort Augustus), Boleskine, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. 23 Dec 1864, Sinclair's Building, 130 North Back Street, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	7 Jun 1826	Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland (most likely in the house of William McKenzie at Lewiston)
  	Urquhart marriages: 1826 June 7 Patrick Grant, Braefield and Cathrine McKenzie dau to Wm McKenzie Sess Clerk Kilmore
  Children	+ 1. William Mackenzie Grant, Draper in Elgin,   b. May 1827, Aberchirder, Marnoch, Banffshire, Scotland ,   d. 23 Mar 1903, Auchray Buildings, 257 High Street, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 75 years)  [Birth]   2. Elizabeth Grant,   b. 6 Dec 1829, [Torshee?], Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Dec 1909, "Gowanlea", Alexandra Terrace, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland  (Age 80 years)  [Birth]   3. Donald Alexander Mackenzie Grant,   b. 5 Jul 1834, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland ,   d. 18 Mar 1852, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland  (Age 17 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Peter/Patrick Grant d 1860 Forres Cluny Hill Cemetery, Forres, Morayshire
  		Braefield Glenurquhart c1910