Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameCatherine Jean Grant 
[62, 2003 edn, Grant, Vol II, p. 1634]
[62, 2003 edn, Grant, Vol II, p. 1634]Birth18 Aug 1917
Death10 Dec 2007, London, Mx
Burial18 May 2008, Ely Cathedral
General3rd dau.
FatherSir Arthur Grant Bart CBE DSO (1879-1931)
MotherEvelyn Alice Lindsay Wood (1884-ca1976)
Spouses
Marriage10 Jun 1938, St Margaret’s, Westminster, London [62, Grant, Vol II, p. 1634], [3, Marriage, Q2 of 1938, Westminster dist, vol 1A, p. 1260]
Notes for Catherine Jean Grant
No identifiable birth index record found for her, 12 Catherine Grant births in Scotland from 1916 to 1918:
Surname/ S City
No Year /Maiden Forename e District County/ GROS
Name x MR Data
1 1916 GRANT CATHERINE F ST NICHOLAS ABERDEEN CITY/ABERDEEN 168/01 0871
2 1918 GRANT CATHERINE F ANDERSTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/11 0086
3 1918 GRANT CATHERINE F NIGG (KINCARDINE) /KINCARDINE 266/00 0142
4 1916 GRANT CATHERINE A R M F MILTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/09 0957
5 1918 GRANT CATHERINE BRYSO F KELVIN GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/13 0071
6 1917 GRANT CATHERINE MARY F PERTH /PERTH 387/00 0120
7 1918 GRANT CATHERINE MAXWE F COATBRIDGE OR OLD MONKLAND /LANARK 652/02 1089
8 1918 GRANT CATHERINE MCDAD F CARRIDEN /WEST LOTHIAN 663/02 0079
9 1916 GRANT CATHERINE MILLE F POSSILPARK GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/07 0439
10 1918 GRANT CATHERINE QUINN F CAMBUSNETHAN /LANARK 628/00 0142
11 1918 GRANT CATHERINE YEATE F LOCHGELLY /FIFE 405/02 0276
12 1917 GRANT IRIS CATHERINE F KINLOCHLEVEN /ARGYLL 525/04 0008
And a further 6 such births can be found in England and Wales. Where was she born?
No Grant births in Monymusk in 1917 to 1918 with any forename, 19 such in Aberdeenshire but not listed.
But this is found (on FreeBMD and FindMyPast) for England and Wales for the 3rd quarter of 1917 and a mother’s surname of Wood with the surname of Grant and no forename:
Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Sep 1917 (>99%)
Grant Jean Wood Stafford 6b 29
No baptisms on FindmyPast from 1917 to 1919
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But her and Harry’s church marriage certificate has been found which certifies both her age, 20, and her father, Sir Arthur Grant (deceased). Mer mother Evelyn Grant witnessed the marriage (her sister Evelyn was by then Evelyn Deakin and also signed the certificate, in the margin).
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No death or probate index record can be found for her.
BUT this announcement was place in the Daily Telegraph around December 2007:
“Jean, widow of Sir Harry Legge-Bourke KBE, DL, MP and mother of Bill, Heneage and Victoria died on 10th December 2007 in London, aged 90, after a long illness. Funeral 12 noon Thursday 20th December at Chelsea Old Church SW3 followed by private cremation. Family flowers only. Interment at a later date in Ely Cathedral.”
And this announcement was made around April 2008:
“Lady Legge-Bourke's ashes will be interred beside her husband's in Ely Cathedral during Evensong at 4p.m on Sunday 18th May.”
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TFPL, Jan 2018: Beryl Holt has e-mailed with this excellent information:
“She was born at Brocton Hall, Brocton, Stafford on 18th August 1917 and was baptised in our village church, St Thomas's, Walton on the Hill, Stafford on 22 September, 1917.
“Her father was at that time Commandant of the German POW Camp on Cannock Chase.”
I think this points to the fact that the above birth index entry for the birth of Jean Grant in Stafford district was for her. The birth certificagte would of course prove this.
Later: Beryl very kindly added this:
“I have not seen the birth certificate but I have had access to Sir Arthur's diary in which he says - "18th August 1917. A fine girl was born to us this morning at about 6.30 a.m. Dr Blumers being there. (Not sure about the name as difficult to read) I was called to Brocton Hall at about 4.15 so I had a pretty long day."
“The details of the baptism were found in our Parish Magazine. I do not have ready access to this but I am almost certain that the baby was baptised Catherine Jean.”
I think this will do for evidence as I am not sufficiently concerned to purchase a copy of the birth certificate. Perhaps we can wait for the 1921 census for confirmation.
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Surname/ S City
No Year /Maiden Forename e District County/ GROS
Name x MR Data
1 1916 GRANT CATHERINE F ST NICHOLAS ABERDEEN CITY/ABERDEEN 168/01 0871
2 1918 GRANT CATHERINE F ANDERSTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/11 0086
3 1918 GRANT CATHERINE F NIGG (KINCARDINE) /KINCARDINE 266/00 0142
4 1916 GRANT CATHERINE A R M F MILTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/09 0957
5 1918 GRANT CATHERINE BRYSO F KELVIN GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/13 0071
6 1917 GRANT CATHERINE MARY F PERTH /PERTH 387/00 0120
7 1918 GRANT CATHERINE MAXWE F COATBRIDGE OR OLD MONKLAND /LANARK 652/02 1089
8 1918 GRANT CATHERINE MCDAD F CARRIDEN /WEST LOTHIAN 663/02 0079
9 1916 GRANT CATHERINE MILLE F POSSILPARK GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/07 0439
10 1918 GRANT CATHERINE QUINN F CAMBUSNETHAN /LANARK 628/00 0142
11 1918 GRANT CATHERINE YEATE F LOCHGELLY /FIFE 405/02 0276
12 1917 GRANT IRIS CATHERINE F KINLOCHLEVEN /ARGYLL 525/04 0008
And a further 6 such births can be found in England and Wales. Where was she born?
No Grant births in Monymusk in 1917 to 1918 with any forename, 19 such in Aberdeenshire but not listed.
But this is found (on FreeBMD and FindMyPast) for England and Wales for the 3rd quarter of 1917 and a mother’s surname of Wood with the surname of Grant and no forename:
Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Sep 1917 (>99%)
Grant Jean Wood Stafford 6b 29
No baptisms on FindmyPast from 1917 to 1919
___________________
But her and Harry’s church marriage certificate has been found which certifies both her age, 20, and her father, Sir Arthur Grant (deceased). Mer mother Evelyn Grant witnessed the marriage (her sister Evelyn was by then Evelyn Deakin and also signed the certificate, in the margin).
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No death or probate index record can be found for her.
BUT this announcement was place in the Daily Telegraph around December 2007:
“Jean, widow of Sir Harry Legge-Bourke KBE, DL, MP and mother of Bill, Heneage and Victoria died on 10th December 2007 in London, aged 90, after a long illness. Funeral 12 noon Thursday 20th December at Chelsea Old Church SW3 followed by private cremation. Family flowers only. Interment at a later date in Ely Cathedral.”
And this announcement was made around April 2008:
“Lady Legge-Bourke's ashes will be interred beside her husband's in Ely Cathedral during Evensong at 4p.m on Sunday 18th May.”
___________________
TFPL, Jan 2018: Beryl Holt has e-mailed with this excellent information:
“She was born at Brocton Hall, Brocton, Stafford on 18th August 1917 and was baptised in our village church, St Thomas's, Walton on the Hill, Stafford on 22 September, 1917.
“Her father was at that time Commandant of the German POW Camp on Cannock Chase.”
I think this points to the fact that the above birth index entry for the birth of Jean Grant in Stafford district was for her. The birth certificagte would of course prove this.
Later: Beryl very kindly added this:
“I have not seen the birth certificate but I have had access to Sir Arthur's diary in which he says - "18th August 1917. A fine girl was born to us this morning at about 6.30 a.m. Dr Blumers being there. (Not sure about the name as difficult to read) I was called to Brocton Hall at about 4.15 so I had a pretty long day."
“The details of the baptism were found in our Parish Magazine. I do not have ready access to this but I am almost certain that the baby was baptised Catherine Jean.”
I think this will do for evidence as I am not sufficiently concerned to purchase a copy of the birth certificate. Perhaps we can wait for the 1921 census for confirmation.
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Notes for Edward Alexander Henry ’Harry’ & Catherine Jean (Family)
Their marriage index:
First name(s) EDWARD A H
Last name LEGGE-BOURKE
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1938
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ EDWARD A H LEGGE-BOURKE married
CATHERINE J GRANT
Spouse's last name GRANT
District WESTMINSTER
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 1260
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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First name(s) EDWARD A H
Last name LEGGE-BOURKE
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1938
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ EDWARD A H LEGGE-BOURKE married
CATHERINE J GRANT
Spouse's last name GRANT
District WESTMINSTER
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 1260
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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