Individual Details

Elisha John "John" GRANT

(Abt Apr 1870 - Abt Jul 1932)

Events

BirthAbt Apr 1870Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Census1871Main Street, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Census1881Scholar - Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Census1891Railway Labourer - High Street, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Marriage6 Jun 1891(Registration District), Wallingford, Berkshire, England - Kate Louisa MOODY
Census1901General Labourer - 4 The Croft, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Census1911Carman - 17 Boyne Terrace, Boyn Hill, Berkshire, England
ResidenceAbt Aug 191517 Boyne Hill Terrace, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
OccupationAbt Aug 1915Carman - Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
MilitaryFrom 31 Aug 1915 to 3 Mar 1919Army Service Corps, British Army
DeathAbt Jul 1932(Registration District), Windsor, Berkshire, England

Families

SpouseKate Louisa MOODY (1872 - )
ChildAnnie Amelia GRANT (1892 - )
ChildKate Elizabeth GRANT (1893 - )
ChildViolet Winifred "Winnie" GRANT (1895 - )
ChildJohn Augustus Edward GRANT (1897 - )
ChildSusan Rhoda GRANT (1900 - )
ChildIrene Edith Caroline GRANT (1906 - 1968)
FatherAmos GRANT (1842 - 1906)
MotherHannah AUGER (1844 - 1927)
SiblingThomas Walter GRANT (1865 - 1895)
SiblingEdwin GRANT (1867 - )
SiblingMaria Elizabeth GRANT (1873 - )
SiblingCharles William GRANT (1875 - 1944)
SiblingHerbert Daniel GRANT (1877 - 1965)
SiblingSusan GRANT (1880 - 1950)
SiblingJoseph Sidney "Sidney" GRANT (1884 - 1960)
SiblingWilliam GRANT (1887 - 1906)

Notes

Census

Listed as Elisha J. aged: 11 months

Census

Listed as John, aged: 11

Census

Listed as John 0- in the household of his brother Thomas.

Marriage

In 1911 census say married 20 years

Census

At the same address his sister Susan plus:

Edwin Owen - Boarder - 21 - General Labourer - born: Hendred, Berks

Military

Extracts from British Army WWI Service Records:

Attestation Form: Dated: 31? August 1915

No: 16111 (305405?)
Name: Elisha John Grant
Corps: Army Service Corps
Address: 17 Boyne Hill Terrace, Maidenhead
Age: 46 years
Occupation: Carman
Married: Yes

Description on enlistment: Age: 46 years - Height:m 5 ft 3½ins - Chest: 37½ ins - Expansion: 2 ins

Next of kin: Kate Louisa Grant - 17 Boyne Hill Terrace, Maidenhead - Wife

Particulars of marriage:
Wife: Kate Louisa Moody - Spinster
Date/Place of marriage: 6 June 1891 - Wallingford

Particulars of children:

Irene Edith Caroline - born: 21 May 1906 - Maidenhead
Susan Rhoda - born: 11 February 1900 - Maidenhead

Service towards engagement reckons from: 31 August 1915
Joined at Aldershot - 31 August 1915
Attested: 31 August 1915
Posted Depot: 31 August 1915
Demobilized: 3 March 1919

Embarked - Southampton - 24 September 1915
Disembarked - Havre - 25 September 1915
Posted to No. 21 Labour Company

Name/address of last employer: Jeayes Kasmer? 84 King Street, Maidenhead
Trade before joining: Carman

Medals: 1914-15 star; British & Victory Medals


Death

Kate is a widow in the 1939 register.

Endnotes

1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1870 Apr/Jun - Thame - Vol: 3a Page: 586.

2. 1871 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG10; Piece: 1429; Folio: 2; Page: 1.

3. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 1492; Folio: 9; Page: 9.

4. 1891 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG12; Piece: 986; Folio: 27; Page: 2.

5. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1891 Apr/Jun - Wallingford - Vol: 2c Page: 586.

6. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, Name: Elisha John Grant.

7. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 1158; Folio: 19; Page: 29.

8. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 6654; Schedule Number: 147.

9. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, Name: Elisha John Grant.

10. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, Name: Elisha John Grant.

11. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, Name: Elisha John Grant.

12. GRO (England & Wales) Death Registrations, 1932 Jul/Sept - Windsor - Vol: 2c Page: 475.