Louisa Grant

1914 - 1999  (85 years)

• Name	Louisa Grant  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Lou
  Birth	29 Mar 1914	Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, UK   [2]
  	At 11:00pm
  Christening	17 May 1914	Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, UK
  	baptised by Charles D Bentinck
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Cook  [1]
  	Lou worked as a cook in both private/domestic and business settings. After she left Dornoch she worked for a short time in London for people connected with those who had stayed with her mother during the game-shooting season in Scotland. One of these positions was in the household of Lady Violet Bonham Carter. In 1958, during her time as cook with Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital, Rhydlafar, Cardiff, she was part of the team that won first prize in the Hospitals Cooking Competition at the Hotel and Catering Exibition at Olympia in London. In later life she worked as a cook with organizations such as British Steel and Marks & Spencer.
  Residence	From Jul 1939 to 1999	Pentyrch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  Address: 28 Heol-y-Pentre
  Death	19 Jun 1999	Church Village, Glamorgan, Wales, UK   [3]
  	Cause: Septicaemia & Pneumonia
  	Address: East Glamorgan Hospital
  Burial	Pentyrch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  	Address: St Catwg's Church
  	After cremation at Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd
  		Chamberlains Pentyrch
  Person ID	I40	Our Tree | Chamberlain, George (I-28), McDonald, Robert (I-1022), Murray, William (I-1058)
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	William Grant,   b. 7 Dec 1873, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, UK d. 20 Dec 1945, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, UK (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Louisa McDonald,   b. 27 Dec 1876, Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK d. 4 Aug 1953, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, UK (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1904	Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland, UK   [4, 5]
  	Address: George & Abbotsford Hotel
  	Officiating Minister: Jardine Wallace of Traquair; Witnesses: Duncan Pope McLeod & Christina McDonald (sister of bride?). William recorded as living at Evelix Cottage, Dornoch & Louisa at Darnick, Melrose
  Family Census	3 Apr 1911	Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, UK
  Address: Church Street
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arthur Thomas Chamberlain,   b. 9 Aug 1910, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK d. 27 Jun 1991, Church Village, Glamorgan, Wales, UK (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1939	Pentyrch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK   [5]
  	Address: St Catwg's Church
  	winessed by Louisa's Brother, George and Arthur's Mother
  Children	1. Living
  Photos		Louisa Grant and Arthur Thomas Chamberlain Graham's Parents at Pentyrch, 1935
  		'Acko' and Lou Graham's parents, Newport 1990
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2006

  
  

• Photos

  Family Chamberlain-Grant Graham with his mother and her mother c.1948

  
  

  Graham's Photos » Slide Show		Louisa Chamberlain (née Grant) Graham's Mother
  		Adam and Lou Thomas Adam Grant and sister Louisa Chamberlain (née Grant) at the New Theatre in Cardiff, 1950s
  		Louisa Chamberlain (née Grant) Graham's Mother

  
  

  Albums

  Graham's Album (4) Chamberlains

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Graham Chamberlain, AGC, (Anecdotal). [S15] Birth Certificate, (Copy on file). [S17] Death Certificate, (Copy on file). [S15] Birth Certificate, (Copy on file), [of daughter Louisa]. [S16] Marriage Certificate, (Copy on file).