• General Notes

  BB: The following were baptisms for the children of Charles and Sarah Gray in 1st Reformed Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia:
  1.  Joseph C Gray  bap May 5 1845
  2. Sarah Jane Gray bap May 5 1845
  3. Charles Gray bap June 6 1847
  4. Hannah Gray bap June 2d 1849 (probably Susannah on the tree)
  5. Mary Jane Gray bap June 2d 1849 (BB - not same family)
  6. Mary Ann Gray bap July 4 1852 (b. Jan 10 1852)
  7. Matilda Gray  bap July 4 1852 - no parents given (BB - not same family)
  8. Emily Gray bap Nov 2 1856
  9. Margaret Gray bap Apr 6 1861 (b Aug? 7 1860)
  BB: I also have found 2 stillborn deaths which may belong to this couple in 1840 and Dec 1845.  The Dec 1845 record only states the father as Chas Gray.  Sarah Gray states in the 1900 Census that she had 10 children and 5 were then living.  There was also an Isabella Gray bap Jan 2 1842 in this church who may be the first child of this couple.  I don't have her above.
  The interesting note here is that Joseph's middle name starts with a C which leads me to believe Sarah may have been a Crowe or a Creelman.  Since she is attending the same church as Nancy Creelman Brewster she may be her older sister.  However, the Crowes also belong to this Church.
  Some of these children do not have parents recorded and at a later date someone has gone through and added a few parents and corrected some spelling of names!  This was the only Gray family with recorded baptisms at this date.  There is an earlier Gray family having children baptized in the 1820s which may prove helpful later.
  
  Immigration Record:
  Ship Siddons. Liverpool to NYC arr 14 Nov 1844
  Chas Gray 30  weaver    Ireland
  Sally 26
  Joseph 6
  Mary Ann 4
  Samuel 1
  On the same record are William Brewster and Nancy (Creelman) Brewster, further evidence that Sarah/Sally and Nancy are sisters.
  
  1880 United States Federal Census
  Name:     Sarah Mc Allister
  Age:     32
  Birth Year:     abt 1848
  Birthplace:     Pennsylvania
  Home in 1880:     Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Race:     White
  Gender:     Female
  Relation to Head of House:     Daughter
  Marital Status:     Married
  Spouse's Name:     David Mc Allister
  Father's Birthplace:     Ireland
  Mother's Name:     Sarah Gray
  Mother's Birthplace:     Ireland
  Household Members:    
  Name     Age
  Sarah Gray     60
  Mary Ann Gray     22
  Emley Gray     30
  Sallie Bryan     20
  David Mc Allister     43
  Sarah Mc Allister     32
  Chalres G. Mc Allister     4m
  
  Name:    Sarah Gray
  Age:    75
  Birth Date:    May 1825
  Birthplace:    Ireland
  Home in 1900:    Philadelphia Ward 40, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Race:    White
  Gender:    Female
  Marital Status:    Widowed
  Father's Birthplace:    Ireland
  Mother's Birthplace:    Ireland
  Mother: number of living children:    5
  Mother: How many children:    10
  Occupation:    View on Image Neighbors:    View others on page  Household Members:    Name    Age
  Elexander Waddell
  38
  Emily G Waddell
  38
  Sarah Gray
  75
  Violet K Mcallister
  14
  Ethel G Mcallister
  13
  
  
  
  

Details of Sarah's family with Charles [1844 - Immig Philly] Gray