Grant, George Russell
Birth Year:
1890
Death Year:
1964
Spouse(s):
None
George Russell Grant was born on June 9, 1890 in Plantagenet, Ontario. He never married. He died on December 28, 1964, in Princeton, BC. He is buried in the Princeton Cemetery.
He came to the Similkameen Valley in 1905 and resided in Princeton from 1924. He served in World War I.
He initially worked at Blakeburn. His death registration notes that he worked for the BC Forest Service for twenty years and had retired around 1958.
For a long time his saddle – a ladies’ side-saddle – was in the museum. Meston brothers came in and took it out to treat it during the summer of 1978.
He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #56 (Princeton).
References:
Death registration (BC Archives)