James Grand | |
Birth Date: | 8 March 1857 |
Birth Place: | Yorkville (Toronto), Canada West |
Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
Resting Place: | St. James Cemetery |
Known For: | Co-founder of Grand & Toy |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Parents: | James Grand and Mary Ann Grand |
Relations: | Percy Grand (son) James Grand II (son) James Grand III (grandson) |
Spouse: | Elizabeth Jane Toy |
James Grand (8 March 1857 - 7 November 1921) was a Canadian businessman who founded the stationery store Grand & Toy with his brother-in-law, Samuel Martin Toy, in 1883. Toy died in 1906 and firm was in control by the Grand family until 1990.[1]
Grand was married to Elizabeth Jane Toy in Toronto on 8 March 1881. They had three sons, including Percy Grand, who succeeded Grand as head of the firm until 1913.