Alexander Grant & Marion Sarah Fletcher

  bwcommonheath STRATH, INVERNESS, SCOTLAND ; KILMORE DISTRICT, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

Alexander GRANT

b. 1802 Scotland (parents Alexander GRANT and Ann McKINNON)
d. 14 Jun 1877, Goldie, Vic. (buried Kilmore, Vic.)

m. 1 Jan 1827 Strath, Inverness, Scotland

Marion Sarah FLETCHER

b. 1805 Scotland (parents John FLETCHER and Christine FLETCHER)
d. 15 Jul 1872 Moranding, Vic. (buried Kilmore)

Alexander & Marion Grant migrated to Australia in 1937 aboard the William Nicol with their three oldest children.

Children

1. James GRANT b. 5 Oct 1827 Strath, Inverness, Sco.; chr. 5 Dec 1827 Strath, Inverness, Sco.; d. 26 Jul 1889 Tatura, Vic. (buried Tatura, Vic.); m. 1856 Vic. – Mary McINNIS- 7 children

2. Janet GRANT b. 4 Jan 1830 Strath, Inverness, Sco. ; chr. 26 Feb 1830 Aisk, Strath, Inverness, Sco. ; d. 26 Dec 1905 Willowmavin, Vic. (buried Kilmore, Vic.); m. Aug 1851 Glenvale, Vic. – Alexander McKENZIE ‘Black Sandy’ – 10 children

3. Marion Sarah GRANT b. 16 Jan 1833 Strath, Inverness, Sco.; chr. 21 Feb 1833 Strath, Inverness, Sco.; d. 10 Mar 1913 Armadale, Vic. ; buried Gobur, Vic. ; m. 27 Jul 1852 Kilmore, Vic. – Alexander McKENZIE ‘Red Sandy’ (b. 8 Jan 1813 Ardersier, Inverness, Sco.; chr. 11 Jan 1813 Ardersier, Inverness, Sco.; parents John McKENZIE& Jean MATHESON ; d. 29 May 1896 Terip Terip, Vic.) – 13 children
Interview with Marion Sarah McKenzie from the Weekly Times 8 Jun 1912

4. John GRANT b. 24 Jul 1835 Strath, Inverness, Sco.; chr. 10 Dec 1835 Strath, Inverness, Sco.; d. 10 Dec 1835 Strath, Inverness, Sco.

5. John GRANT b. 19 Dec 1837 Sydney, NSW ; d. 12 Feb 1843 Merri Creek, Vic. ; m. 1869 Vic. – Alice BREEN – 6 children

6. Christina GRANT b. 3 Mar 1840 Merri Creek, Vic. ; d. 26 Jul 1889 Woodstock, Vic.; buried Yan Yean, Vic.; n.m.

7. Anne GRANT b. 3 Feb 1842 Merri, Creek, Vic. ; d. 21 Sep 1909 (buried Kilmore, Vic. ; m. 5 Mar 1861 Vic. – Bernard COLLINS – 10 children

On 18 December 1873, 70-year-old Alexander Grant married 30-year-old Ellen Rachen (nee Dwyer).

The premises now occupied by Mr Brian Stockfeld were built by the Heaphy family, and a licensed public house was established there. This hotel continued to flourish for some time. Bob Shanahan, who also farmed the land recently sold by Frank Laffan, held the licence at one period. James Grant, an uncle to Mrs Wm Hall and Mr Wm McKenzie, present day residents at Kilmore, was next in possession. It would appear as if that occupant allowed the roadside licence to lapse, and change over to the business of a butter hawker. Buying butter from dairy farmers, collecting same, and delivering it per horse drawn wagon at Melbourne, was a class of business much in vogue in early colonial days.
(Reminiscences of an Old Road, Part 2)