I am an American and the children I'm interwested in would all be my 1st cousins 3 times removed. I'm intersted in the question of how it is that all of the 3 children that lived into adulthood ended up with "Grant-Lane" as thier surnames as opposed to simply "Lane".

All four of AGL's children were given the name "Grant" as a middle-name, but (apparently) later the 3 adults added a hyphen between the middle and surnames:

Horace M Grant-Lane (1870-1945)

Evangeline Agnes Grant Lane (1872-1872)

Francis S E Grant-Lane (1874-1964)

Cyril George O Grant-Lane (1875-1948)

Horace, Francis, and Cyril all either emigrated or traveled much to Australia. I'm guessing that this incorporation of middle with the surname might be (or might have been) something to do with how the Australian legal system processes emigrees and longer term travelers.

Or perhaps it has to do with Australian middle-naming traditions--but I'm a little dubious of this sor of explanation, since I'm talking about adults.

Can anyone enlighten me on this middle/surname question?

Many thanks in advance!

John James