Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Richard Robb Grant

From Graces Guide

Richard Robb Grant, engineer, of Turnbull, Grant and Jack

c.1823 Born in Glasgow

1857 Married Catherine Napier in Glasgow[1], daughter of Peter Napier.

1877 Was one of the trustees dealing with the Napier business after Robert Napier's death.

1881 Mechanical Engineer & Ironfounder, the firm employing 300 men, lived in Partick with Catherine Grant 50, Catherine N Grant 21, Agnes R Grant 19, Hector Grant 17, Edith Grant 16, Jane N Grant 14, Richard Grant 13, James H Grant 12, Peter N Grant 10[2]

1891 Engine Maker & Iron Founder, lived in Partick, with Catherine N Grant 60, Catherine N Grant 31, Richard Grant 28, engineer's draughtsman, Peter N Grant 20, medical student[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. 1881 census
  3. 1891 census