{"id":615,"date":"2019-09-26T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevensonfamily.club\/?page_id=615"},"modified":"2020-02-23T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T15:52:35","slug":"hugh-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/stevensonfamily.club\/index.php\/hugh-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"The search for Hugh’s father"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 1872, by naming her first son Hugh Grant Forrester, Harriet Forrester left a significant clue as to the name of his father. Looking for the person behind the name took many years but now we finally have evidence as to whom the father actually was. Thanks to a tip received from a fellow enthusiast investigating the Grant family we now know without a doubt that Mark Grant, Harriet Forrester’s uncle (by marriage), was the father of Hugh Grant Forrester. See baptism image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In order to find the father we decided to look for a Hugh Grant close to Harriet Forrester. The first clue was quickly found: a certain Mark Grant was recorded as being a witness to the second marriage of Harriet Forrester’s mother to Michael Davis. Investigating Mark Grant we quickly dicovered that his father was called Hugh :-)……finding him proved more difficult but we eventually discovered him doing quite well for himself in Altrincham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See images: Little Hugh’s namesake was an Irishman who managed to develop a business as clothier in Altrincham1<\/a><\/sup> See images<\/p>\n\n\n\n