Grant Family History & Genealogy

Came into the world as Archibald Leach. Cary Grant. Born January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, UK Died November 29, 1986 in Davenport, Iowa, USA (cerebral hemorrhage) Birth Name Archibald Alec Leach Height 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant," Grant is said to have replied, "So would I." Cary Grant was born Archibald Alexander Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. His early years in Bristol would have been an ordinary lower-middle-class childhood, except for one extraordinary event. At age nine, he came home from school one day and was told his mother had gone off to a seaside resort. However, the real truth was that she had been placed in a mental institution, where she would remain for years, and he was never told about it (he would not see his mother again until he was in his late 20s). He left school at age 14, lying about his age and forging his father's signature on a letter to join Bob Pender's troupe of knockabout comedians. He learned pantomime as well as acrobatics as he toured with the Pender troupe in the English provinces, picked up a Cockney accent in the music halls in London, and then in July 1920, was one of the eight Pender boys selected to go to the United States. Their show on Broadway, "Good Times", ran for 456 performances, giving Grant time to acclimatize. He would stay in America. Mae West wanted Grant for She Done Him Wrong (1933) because she saw his combination of virility, sexuality and the aura and bearing of a gentleman. Grant was young enough to begin the new career of fatherhood when he stopped making movies at age 62. One biographer said Grant was alienated by the new realism in the film industry. In the 1950s and early 1960s, he had invented a man-of-the-world persona and a style - "high comedy with polished words". In To Catch a Thief (1955), he and Grace Kelly were allowed to improvise some of the dialogue. They knew what the director, Alfred Hitchcock, wanted to do with a scene, they rehearsed it, put in some clever double entendres that got past the censors, and then the scene was filmed. His biggest box-office success was another Hitchcock 1950s film, North by Northwest (1959) made with Eva Marie Saint since Kelly was by that time Princess of Monaco. Although Grant retired from the screen, he remained active. He accepted a position on the board of directors at Faberge. By all accounts this position was not honorary, as some had assumed. Grant regularly attended meetings and traveled internationally to support them. The position also permitted use of a private plane, which Grant could use to fly to see his daughter wherever her mother Dyan Cannon, was working. He later joined the boards of Hollywood Park, the Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle - Hollywood, California), Western Airlines (acquired by Delta Airlines in 1987) and MGM. Grant expressed no interest in making a career comeback. He was in good health until almost the end of his life, when he suffered a mild stroke in October 1984. In his last years, he undertook tours of the United States in a one-man-show, "A Conversation with Cary Grant", in which he would show clips from his films and answer audience questions. On November 29, 1986, Cary Grant died at age 82 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Davenport, Iowa. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Grant the second male star of Golden Age of Hollywood cinema (after Humphrey Bogart). Grant was known for comedic and dramatic roles; his best-known films include Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Notorious (1946), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959) and Charade (1963). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dale O'Connor Spouse (5) Barbara Harris (11 April 1981 - 29 November 1986) ( his death) Dyan Cannon (22 July 1965 - 21 March 1968) ( divorced) ( 1 child) Betsy Drake (25 December 1949 - 13 August 1962) ( divorced) Barbara Hutton (8 July 1942 - 30 August 1945) ( divorced) Virginia Cherrill (9 February 1934 - 26 March 1935) ( divorced)

Born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822, Hiram Ulysses Grant was the first child of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant. Descended from a long line of patriots, including an ancestor who fought in the French and Indian War and a grandfather who served in the American Revolution at Bunker Hill, Grant's father was a passionate abolitionist and Whig Party supporter who worked as a foreman in a tannery. When Grant was born, his parents selected the name Ulysses from a hat, but his father later added his own name, Hiram, to his birth certificate. Ulysses S. Grant, or Hiram Ulysses Grant, was an accomplished American military leader and politician. He served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877, and as Commanding General, he played a crucial role in leading the Union Army to victory during the American Civil War. As president, Grant was committed to civil rights and collaborated with Radical Republicans to safeguard the rights of African Americans, including the creation of the Justice Department.

Ulysses S. Grant of Wilton, Saratoga County, NY was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio United States, and died at age 63 years old on July 23, 1885 in Wilton, Saratoga County, NY. Ulysses Grant was buried at General Grant National Memorial W 122nd St & Riverside Dr, in New York, New York County.

Jennifer Diane Grant was born on February 26, 1966 in Burbank, California United States to Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon. She was the parent of Davian Adele Grant. Jennifer's partner was Arthur Page IV, and they had a child Cary Benjamin Grant Page. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jennifer Diane Grant.

William Logan Grant was born on November 14, 1914 in Marion, Grant County, Indiana United States, and died at age 58 years old on September 1, 1973 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.

Nancy Patrice (Guiney) Grant was born on April 7, 1933 in Portland, Maine United States to Helena May (Callan) Guiney and Jeremiah Robert "Jere" Guiney, and had siblings Jeremiah Robert Guiney, Philip Daniel Guiney Sr., Margaret Ellen (Guiney) Morrison, and Catherine Helena (Guiney) Warner. She married Hamilton Wyman Grant on December 26, 1959, and they were married until Hamilton's death on December 10, 2012. Nancy Grant died at age 86 years old on December 3, 2019 in Portland, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery 380 Stroudwater St, in Westbrook, Cumberland County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Patrice (Guiney) Grant.

Howard Payne Grant was born to Henry Charles Grant (1890 - 1944) and Azalea Artis Grant (1910 - 1983). He had one sibling, Artis Charles Grant Sr. (1920 - 1983). Howard P. Grant was a veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army at Fort Macarthur, San Pedro, California, on April 2, 1945. Howard Grant married Julia Myles in 1948 and they had son Bruce Howard Grant (1949 - 2009).

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert J Grant.

Tilla Grant was born in April 1864 at Jamaica, West Indies. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tilla Grant.

Mary Mary (Grant) Cribbins was born in 1801 in Ramsgate, Kent County, England United Kingdom. She was married to John Cribbins, and had children William Cribbins, Charles Cribbins, Mary Jane Grant (Cribbins) Greaves, and Henry Thomas Cribbins. Mary Cribbins died at age 69 years old in September 1871. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary (Grant) Cribbins.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Desiree Hazel Grant-Lee.

Married William in St. George's Church, Geelong in 1869.

A very sweet, energetic boy with a sense of humor and very lovable.

Deven Charles Grant-Lee was born on April 8, 2008. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Deven Charles Grant-Lee.

Jamie Robert Grant was born circa May 6, 1977, and died at age 24 years old circa July 23, 2001 at LAURENS COUNTY HOSPITAL in LAURENS, Laurens County, South Carolina United States. Jamie Grant was buried circa July 26, 2001 at BETHEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH S. CHURCH ST, in CROSS HILL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jamie Robert Grant.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Doris Jane (Finch) Grant.

Elizabeth Eughioote (Coody-Long Hair) Grant was born in 1696 in Cherokee Nation, Tennessee US, and died at age 35 years old in 1731 in Cherokee Nation. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Tassel Coody-Long Hair Carpenter.

William James Grant was born on September 22, 1856, and died at age 63 years old on September 22, 1919. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William James Grant.

Ulysses S. Grant of Wilton, Saratoga County, New York United States was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, OH, and died at age 63 years old on July 23, 1885 in Wilton, Saratoga County, NY. Ulysses Grant was buried on August 8, 1885 in New York, New York County.

Algie (Grant) Townsend of New York, Kings County, New York United States was born on January 26, 1974 in Brooklyn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Algie Townsend.