William Gray

WilliamGray01 williamgray modified gvwilliamandanniegray WilliamGray02 Death William Gray Coleraine 1946 aged 86

William was born in 1861.

• Birth Notes

  Date of Birth given as 1861 on marriage certificate when he said he was 21 in 1882. Date of Birth given as 1864 in 1901 census and 1862 in the 1911 census. 

William's father was James [Camus/Glenhall/Cullyvenny] Grey and his mother was Eliza Jane Brown.  His paternal grandparents were James [Camus] Gray and Elizabeth "Bethy" ??Henry??; his maternal grandparents were Robert Brown and Elizabeth ????. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Robert Brown, James, Samuel, Mary, Margaret, Margaret and Hester.  He was the third oldest of the eight children.  He died at the age of 86 on February 17th, 1947.

• Death Notes

  Date of death given as 12th Feb on gravestone but 17th Feb in Coleraine Chronicle death notice!! Buried in the old graveyard of Englishtown Presbyterian Church (between Coleraine and Garvagh, 4 miles from Coleraine), along with wife Ann Brewster, daughter Tilly, Tilly's husband George Neilly and "twin son died in infancy".
  
  Registration number    Forename of deceased    Surname of deceased    Date of death    Age at death    Date of birth    Sex of deceased    Registration district    
  D/1947/94/1008/34/137    William    Gray    17th February 1947    86        Male    Coleraine(pre-1973 Q4)
  Of Mountsandel Road (Tilly's home), son W J Gray PAD.

• General Notes

  Residing in Cullyvenney, Macosquin at time of marriage on 16th March 1882. Father James Grey, witness Robert Gray, he spelled his name Grey on marriage certificate.  He was married in Coleraine Registry Office, NOT a church. 
  
  He was living at Englishtown when his son, William, was born in 1888.
  
  In Griffiths Valuation Revision Book 20D, John Gray is replaced by William Gray in 1889 in House 7b in Englishtown.  In 1894, William Gray moved to the sexton's house, 4a, in Englishtown and is replaced in 7b by a Mary Jane Connell.  Living in Englishtown in 1901 census. Name now spelled with an "a". 
  
  Still living in Englishtown by time of daughter, Alice Boyd Gray's wedding in 1918. 
  
  Linda Gilmore gives him living in Glenleary in 1893 according to Cullyvenny School Register.  I think this must be incorrect and have never seen the register. 
  
  Daughter, Anna Maggie gives her address as Dromore in 1908 marriage certificate but she was living with her grandfather, Robert Brewster since the 1901 census.
  
  Jim Gray of Ballylintagh gives William Gray, sexton of Englishtown Presbyterian Church as the brother of his grandfather, James Gray of Cullyvenny.  Since William Gray's birth is not recorded, but James Gray's is, this is an essential link in the chain back to my earlier Grays. 

Details of William's family with Ann R Brewster