This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grant, Fraser Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/3009 Message Board Post: Halifax Chronicle-Herald – Monday, October 9, 1961 – Hugh Grant – Thorburn – one of the oldest residents of Pictou County died suddenly at his home Sunday. He was 97. He was born in Barney’s River but moved to Thorburn as a young man and lived here since. He was a coal miner by trade and worked most of the mines in this area. He was a member of the Union Presbyterian Church and for more than 50 years was a member of Hudson Lodge AF&AM. Surviving are his wife, one son, Dougald – Vancouver, two daughters; Mary in Halifax and Isabel at home, one stepdaughter, Nellie Fraser of Halifax, one stepson, James Fraser, and one grandson. The remains are resting at the home from where the funeral will be held Tuesday at 2:30 with burial in Lorne Street Cemetery, New Glasgow.