1  	Patrick Grant	1823 - 1895
..		+Martha Thompson	1836 - 1916
.......	2  	Frank Grant	1860 - 1931
.......	2  	Mary Grant	1862 - 1939
.......	2  	Nellie Grant	1866 - 1919
.......	2  	Rose Ann Grant	1868 - 1957
...........		+John Rowan	
................	3  	Roy Rowan	
................	3  	Charles Rowan	
................	3  	Mae Rowan	
.......	2  	Lizzie Grant	1871 -
.......	2  	James P. Grant	1872 - 1946
.......	2  	Catherine Grant	1876 -
...........		+Nelson Lane	1881 - 1958
.......	2  	Martha Grant	1878 -
.......	2  	Margaret Grant	1883 -

See also Lane and Grant Connection


Al,
  Received your pictures and other information.  Thank you. 
  Couple of questions/requests:
    1)  Is it possible to get map of the cemetery.  We have a couple of 
various cemeteries here in the States that show where various people are 
buried.  We do have a copy of part of the cemetery plots where the THOMPSONs 
are buried in Kansas and if you would like we will pass it on to you.  It is 
just another piece of information.  I received one where part of the GANTs 
are buried in Eureka, Kansas.  It is interesting to look over and in a way it 
helped to locate my Father's still born sister.
    2)  What does the word"con" mean.  Example on the 1891 Census for Patrick 
GRANT it states "Con 9, Lot 26" 
    3)  Is there a source I can write to for a copy of the town map for the 
1860s and 1870s.  In reading the information you sent me there is reference 
to various places where people lived, built house, the church location.  It 
would be interesting  to be able to plot on a map these locations.
    4)  The Church.  When Maureen's Gradmother Catherine GRANT, daughter of 
Patrick GRANT, stated several times that nobody could really know her age 
because all the records burned up with the church.  Maureen does not know if 
that was the truth or just something her Grandmother said so people would not 
go looking.  Is the picture you tookof the church one of the original church 
that might date back around 1877 when she was born?  Or was there a fire that 
destroyed the original church?  If the original church was destroye, where 
could I go to find original/or copied birth certificates, baptismal 
certificates, etc.
    5)  I find it interesting to compare the two census for Patrick GRANT 
family (1881 and 1891)  The names appear to be the same.  Elizabeth (1881) vs 
Lizzie (1891), Francis (1881) vs Frank (1891). Etc.  What I find interesting 
is that Patrick GRANT and Martha THOMPSON GRANT do not really age.  In fact, 
Patrick gets younger with time.  I do question the ages listed in the census. 
 I know the information in the book, "The Blood Creek Thompsons" may not be 
correct but right now that is my only source.  I also note that the ages for 
the GRANT kids only age about eight years when the censuses were taken 10 
years apart.
    6)  It was good be to be able to compare the map in the book with the map 
you sent me.  I do not know the date on the map in the book but I can assume 
it must have been from the late 1860s to early 1870s.  The book states that 
the map was from the mid-1800 butin comparing the names of individuals living 
on the various properties I find, for the most part they are the same from 
the book to the map you sent.  I was also interesting to know who purchase 
the land that James THOMPSON owned.  Not really important information but 
something of interest.
    7)  I note that you had circled Jno ROWAN at the time of the map.  Is 
that a relative to the ROWANs that married into the Patrick GRANT and Martha 
THOMPSON family?  If so, what is the relationship?

I have a lot more questions but I know I am driving you crazy with them.
  Again, it was great to get this information.  It will take me a while to 
put it all together.
  Hope the book has proved useful to your friend Mike Daley.
   Gene Gant


An excellent book (140 pages) called The Blood Creek Thompsons has been 
sent to me by Gene Gant (not Grant). It chronicles this family's history from Ireland 
to Osgoode Township, Canada, to Illinois and then to Kansas.

Some of the surnames mentioned are Thompson Grant Finn Hickey Corrigan 
McNally Burns and Connor O'Connor.
 September 11, 2003:

1881 Census Place:	Osgoode, Russell, Ontario, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375865  NAC C-13229  Dist 104  SubDist G  Div 3  Page 22  Family 87
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
Patrick GRANT	M	M	50	Irish	Ireland
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
Martha GRANT	F	M	43	Irish	Ireland
			Religion:	Catholic	
Francis GRANT	M		20	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
Mary GRANT	F		19	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
Ellen GRANT	F		17	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
Rosie GRANT	F		15	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
Elizabeth GRANT	F		12	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
James P. GRANT	M		10	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
Catherine GRANT	F		6	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
Martha GRANT	F		3	Irish	Ontario
			Religion:	Catholic	
Duncan CAMERON	M	M	31	Scottish	Ontario
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Elizabeth CAMERON	F	M	25	Scottish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Mary E. CAMERON	F		2	Scottish	Ontario
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
Alaxa D F. CAMERON	M		1	Scottish	Ontario>
			Religion:	C. Presbyterian	
	Born:	Jun 10/12	
Duncan CAMERON	M	W	77	Scottish	Scotland
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	C. Presbyterian