Robert MacDonald Grant

1907 - 1961  (53 years)

• Name	Robert MacDonald Grant  [1]
  Nickname	Bob; Coddy
  Birth	14 Jul 1907	Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, UK   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	Jan 1930	Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  	to New York, USA (arrived 17 Jan 1930) on ship 'California'
  Occupation	Between 1939 and Mar 1961	Kokomo, Indiana, USA   [1, 3]
  	Golf Professional
  	Extract from Death Report: Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune, March 24th, 1961. Bobby came to the Kokomo Country Club in 1939 from Indianapolis where he was assistant to Jimmy Lawson at the Indianapolis Country Club. He succeeded Charles Higgs, who resigned the Kokomo job because of ill health. He came to the USA in 1930, his first American job being assistant pro at Lake Mahopac, N.J. Then he went to Detroit where he was assistant pro for five years at the Clinton Valley County Club. His tenure at the Kokomo club was interrupted for three years of duty with the U. S. Air Force during World War II. He resumed his duties as pro at Kokomo in 1946. Genial and likeable, he was popular with everyone who knew him. He was one of the longest driving professionals in Indiana and was widely regarded as one of the finest teachers of the game in the state.
  Death	24 Mar 1961	Kokomo, Indiana, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  	Cause: [Private Note]
  		Robert McDonald 'Coddy' Grant Obituaries from Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune
  Burial	29 Mar 1961	Kokomo, Indiana, USA   [5]
  	Address: Sunset Memory Gardens
  	Funeral Notice: Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune, Sunday March 26th 1961: Funeral services for Bob Grant, Kokomo Country Club golf pro, will be at 10 a.m. (CST) Tuesday, in the Ellers Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Harry H. Walrond officiating. Burial in Sunset Memory Gardens will be private. Friends will be received at the chapel from 6 to 10 p.m. today and from noon until 10 p.m. Monday. Mr. Grant was a member of the Elks Lodge, American Legion Post No. 6 and the Professional Golfers Assn. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary(?)* Grant, Indianapolis; a stepson; three brothers and one sister living in Scotland. Mr. Grant's friends over Indiana were shocked at the news of his death, and numerous tributes to him were received here. Al Roche, golf writer for the Indianapolis Star, wrote, "Grant was some 250 pounds of fun. I referred to him as 'King Kong' because if you liked to see a ball sent way out yonder from the tee, Sir Robert was one of the guys who could entertain in that fashion. When the Indiana Professional Golfers Assn. opens its spring meeting Monday in Indianapolis, Bob's booming voice will be missing when the singing starts and we all will miss him too."
  		Grant Robert Macdonald Plot: Section 7, Block 3, Lot 26, Grave 3
  Person ID	I42	Our Tree | 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   [6, 7]
  	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	Living
  Family ID	F3976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2012

  
  

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• Sources

  [S133] Louisa Chamberlain (n, Grant - Louisa, (Anecdotal). [S135] General Record Office for Scotland, GRO Scotland, (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). [S364] Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo Tribune Archives, (http://kokomo.newspaperarchive.com/). [S134] Obituary, ([copy on file]), Kokomo Tribune Newspaper Archive. [S364] Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo Tribune Archives, (http://kokomo.newspaperarchive.com/), 26 March 1961. * name of widow is likely to be an error [S15] Birth Certificate, (Copy on file), [of daughter Louisa]. [S16] Marriage Certificate, (Copy on file).