Stephen Grant 1871- 1951
Labourer
His family lived in Gashouse Lane from 1871
1871.Stephen Grant was born 2/1/1871 to David Grant, labourer, & Margaret Griffin in Gashouse Lane . Informant was David Grant, father .
1896 Stephen Grant , labourer, married Catherine Reilly on 15/11/1896 at Trinity Without. His address Johnstown: hers Green Lane . His father David Grant, labourer- image available on irishgen & marriage on RI
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10 Johnstown . . . . . . . . .
1901C.Stephen Grant, 27, general labourer, was living Gashouse Lane . Stephen could read but his wife could not
| Grant | Stephen | 27 | Male general labourer | Head of Family | Catholic |
| Grant | Kate | 23 | Female | Wife | Catholic |
| Grant | James | 1 | Male | Son | Catholic |
| Grant | Margaret | Female | Daughter | Catholic |
1911C..Stephen Grant, 38, general labourer, was living Gashouse Lane .. Married 15 years, 9 children, 7 still alive . the 6 eldest children still at school
| Grant | Stephen | 38 | Male general labourer | Head of Family | Roman Catholic |
| Grant | Catherine | 34 | Female | Wife | Roman Catholic |
| Grant | David | 14 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Grant | James | 7 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Grant | Patrick | 5 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Grant | Margaret | 12 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Grant | Ellen | 6 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic |
| Grant | Christopher | 3 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
| Grant | Stephen | 1 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
Betty, 1948,knew (at least to see) the family living in Gas House Lane. Betty was specifically recalling a little old lady, suffering from St Vitus Dance and wrapped in a brown shawl (a blanket, really). She was married, according to Betty, to Stephen Grant and lived in Gas House Lane. St John’s was our local parish church and a few of these little old “maggies” (as we called them) came to Mass wrapped in those blankets. Little did I think we were related to any of them! But Betty was always better attuned to “people” and Dad, apparently told her that this particular maggie was his great-aunt or something. And she was indeed!
St Vitus Dance: uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet
1951.Stephen Grant, 81, married, died 27/6/1951, nepcoditis?? , at 8 Johnstown Avenue. Informant Stephen Grant, son. - image on irishgen
1970 Catherine Grant , 96, widow, of 9 Johnstown Avenue, died 25/7/1970 in St Patricks Hospital of cerebral thrombosos. Informant
Christopher Grant, 1908,of 9 Johnstown Avenue, married Mary Dalton on 29/9/1939
Cannot find any other marriages for the other sons born 1897-1910 -
From a 2018 press article - relates to the 1970s. Jim O’Brien’s memory doesn’t stretch back as far as Gerry’s but he you can smell the city he describes. He would regularly travel back to the city to visit his Grandmother at Gas House Lane in Johnstown from England.
“The houses weren’t really fit for living; you had the Hannigans living next door to my Grandmother and there must have been 14 or 15 living in a lot of the houses. You had the front room, the back room and the all-in-one living room with a stove; that was it. You had a tap and a toilet outside with no running water inside. You’d have one person coming in to go to bed and one person getting out: that was how everybody slept.”