gearoidmac2@eircom.net in 2004

I have been looking at your Grant family genealogy site. Under Donegal you think that the Grant families around the Buncrana area have died out. Well let me tell you nothing could be farther from the truth. The place is drowning in Grant surnames. The problem is however that they are not Grants at all. The original name was O´Grainne. In the 1609 Pardon Lists (lists of those who took part in the Cahir O´Doherty Rebellion of 1608) there are 2 Mag Ráine and 7 O´Gráinne, two forms of the same name as the Irish speakers of Inishowen interchanged "O" and "Mac" without any obvious reason. The modern name of this family is erroneously given as "Grant", an Anglo-Norman name with which it has no connection. In all records up until the beginning of the 20th. century it appears as (O) Granny and then about 1900( the 1901 census) some high minded person decided to change the name to "Grant" with the result that people who were born and married as Granny suddenly became Grant.
In local speech many of the families are still known as Granny (my own included) but it is not "cool" and sign themselves as Grant.
I hope this is of some help to you.
Gearoíd Mac Lochlainn.

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Hello again David. A number of members of my own family emmigrated to America in the 18804s to Philadelphia and again at the beginning of the 20th.century to the Butte area of Montana. Contact with these branches of the family has been lost. I would appreciate any help that you could give in re-establishing contact with the descendents of those people. Maybe people from those areas whose ancestors came from Donegal might have got in touch with you. If so I would love to hear about them.

Thanks again,
Gearsid.

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From Nadine Siebert in 2004

I have actually traced my Mothers family, they are from Druminderry, Ballymagan, Buncrana in Donegal.
I didnt know if this may be a branch you were looking for

Father: Charles Grant

Mother: Catherine Grant, also known as Cassie

The Children are:

Charles 19/2/20

Patrick 29/10/21

William John 1/2/24

Joseph 28/12/25

Mary-Jane 1/5/28 - My Mother

Anne Celine 18/1/31

James Columba 7/6/33

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Hello,
My name is Seamus Grant i am 14 years old.
I am from Buncranna in Co. Donegal.
I was wondering if you could please tell me more about my family Tree.
my father is John Grant and my mother is Ann Divenney.
My grandfather is Daniel Grant.

yours sincerely
seamus grant