In a message dated 7/13/01 4:10:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Ineke47@goconnect.net writes: > Subj:{not a subscriber} Re: [GRAINGER] GRAINGER in Ripon, Yorkshire - Reply > Date:7/13/01 4:10:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: Ineke47@goconnect.net (Ian Butterworth) > To: icarus@acncanada.net (Joseph & Linda Smith), GRAINGER-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Hi Linda & List, > > Have you thought of looking in Scotland for your GRAINGER Line? > > There are a number of GRAINGER in Scotland and there is strong > circumstantial evidence that some > of them may have spent periods of time in Yorkshire. My 2 x Great > Grandfather - John Grainger a > Ship Porter resided at No. 1 Cumberland Street Lane, Edinburgh, Midlothian, > Scotland when he > married Isabella Bowie his Spouse had a Daughter Born there on the Eight > day of January last - > Named Mary Davidina Brown Baptised on the Sabbath Twenty Second February > current in St Bernard's > Church by the Rev. David Brown, late minister of the Scottish Church in > Liverpool. > > There were GRAINGER in Col. James Durham's Fencibles which was established > around 1795/96. They > fought in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, therefore, it is possible that the > Grainger's had > children born in Ireland. The regiment was disbanded in 1799. It may pay > you to have a look > there. > > There are also GRAINGER in the London area that came from County Durham > sometime in the > nineteenth century so it may also pay you to have a look there also. > > I am still trying to find the parents of my 2 x Great Grandfather John > GRAINGER who was born on > 30 July 1826 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. It is possible that his father was > in Yorkshire. Later > generations were in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland & Monifieth, Forfar, > Scotland before they > immigrated to Australia. Not all of the family came to Australia and I have > not been able to > trace them either. In fact them are proving a bit elusive. > > Just a bit of trivial information for you: - > My Grandmother always said: - > 1. All Graingers (if spelt with "i") are related. > 2. The Graingers are related to the English Royal Family. > > I have not been able to confirm either of these 2 statements but I also > note that some of my > GRAINGER Line are shown on different records as GRANGER so I don't hold to > my grandmother's > statement. There was a Vicar in the 1600's by the name of GRAINGER and when > he died is wife > married a son of the King of Scotland (he never became King) so maybe this > is where my > grandmother's story came from. > > Sorry I cannot be any greater help but I do hope that some of this helps a > bit. > > Talk to you later. > > Best regards, > > > Ian Butterworth. > 23 Glenvale Road > RESERVOIR VIC 3073 > AUSTRALIA > Phone/Fax +61 (0) 3 9470-1170 > Ineke@bigfoot.com > >