Individual Details
Cyril GRANT
(16 Sep 1828 - 9 May 1880)
Cyril's name is variously given as Cyrille Lagrandeur or Lagrasset on baptismal records of St Pierre Parish Church in Sorel, Quebec, Canada and the Peshawbestown Catholic Church in Leelanau County, Michigan. According to the former, he was baptized on September 17, 1828 thus making the date of birth on his headstone inaccurate.
Cyril married Amelia "Emily" Manseau July 10, 1855 in what was then Provemont, Michigan. He and Emily came to the Centerville area of Lake Leelanau and homesteaded in 1857. Together they had ten children; Amelia Josephina, Julia Genevieve, Edward Cyrille, Maria Isabella "Elizabeth", Philomena, Antoine Francis, Cecilia, Helen, Joseph and Cyril Octave.
Just when he began using "Grant" as his surname is not exactly known.
He served in the Civil War from August 12, 1862 to June 4, 1865 as a private in Company A, 26th Regiment, Michigan Volunteers under General U.S. Grant (no relation). He spent from November, 1863 to the summer of 1864 in the hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, with dysentery, and was wounded, apparently not seriously, on April 7, 1865. According to his widow's application for a pension, he continued to suffer off and on from the aftermath of dysentery condition, until his death in 1880.
Cyril could neither read nor write, which could account for the discrepancies amoung the varying documents attached to his life.
Events
| Birth | 16 Sep 1828 | Sorel, Richelieu, Québec, Canada |  | ||
| Christen | 17 Sep 1828 | Saint-Pierre, Sorel, Richelieu, Québec, Canada |  | | |
| Marriage | 10 Jul 1855 | Provemont, Leelanau, Michigan, United States - Emily M MANSEAU | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1860 | Centerville, Leelanau, Michigan, United States - Emily M MANSEAU | | | |
| Military | 1862 - 1865 | Civil War: Company A, 26th Regiment, Michigan Volunteers | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1870 | Bingham, Leelanau, Michigan, United States - Emily M MANSEAU | | | |
| Death | 9 May 1880 | Bingham, Leelanau, Michigan, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Cyrille LAGRANDEUR | ||||
| Burial | Saint Mary's Cemetery, Lake Leelanau, Leelanau, Michigan, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Emily M MANSEAU (1839 - 1921) |
| Child | Josephine Emily GRANT (1856 - 1952) |
| Child | Julia GRANT (1858 - 1933) |
| Child | Edward GRANT (1860 - ) |
| Child | Eliza GRANT (1861 - 1942) |
| Child | Mary GRANT (1866 - 1891) |
| Child | Antoine Francis GRANT (1869 - 1917) |
| Child | Cecelia GRANT (1871 - 1957) |
| Child | Ellen GRANT (1874 - 1897) |
| Child | Joseph Louis GRANT (1876 - 1896) |
| Child | Cyril Octave GRANT (1880 - 1941) |
| Father | Paul LAGRANDEUR ( - ) |
| Mother | Geneviève DABATTE ( - ) |
Notes
Christen
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Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Syrell Grant, age 29, a farmer; his wife, Amelia, age 21; and daughters; Amelia J, age 4; and Julia, age 2.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4232703_00841?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7667%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4232703_00845
Military
Enlisted 12 August 1862; discharged 4 June 1865.Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Cyril Grant, age 40, a farmer; his wife, Emily, age 31; and children: Josephine, age 14; Julia, age 12; Edward, age 10; Eliza, age 8; Mary, age 4; and Anthony, age 1.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11864-35610-95?cc=1438024&wc=9229-16T:518655401,519473101,519110501
Endnotes
1. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 March 2015), Cyril Grant; memorial #33441136.
2. "Parish Registers: Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 20 April 2015), baptism of Cyrille Lagrandeur; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1828, image 43.
3. Parish Registers: Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel (Sorel, Richelieu, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1827-1841, image 41, baptism of Cyrille Lagrandeur; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed 20 April 2015).
4. "Parish Registers: Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 20 April 2015), baptism of Cyrille Lagrandeur; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1828, image 43.
5. Parish Registers: Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel (Sorel, Richelieu, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1827-1841, image 41, baptism of Cyrille Lagrandeur; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed 20 April 2015).
6. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 March 2015), Cyril Grant; memorial #33441136.
7. 1860 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Michigan, Leelanau, Centerville, page 44, image 5, dwelling 347, family 343, lines 14-17, Syrell Grant and family; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 April 2015); National Archives and Records Administration.
8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 March 2015), Cyril Grant; memorial #33441136.
9. 1870 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Michigan, Leelanau, Bingham, page 16, image 16, dwelling 138, family 132, lines 3-10, Cyril Grant and family; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 20 April 2015); National Archives and Records Administration.
10. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 March 2015), Cyril Grant; memorial #33441136.
11. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 March 2015), Cyril Grant; memorial #33441136.