Click to expand/collapse all notes

Click to expand/collapse all other details

Samuel Alexander Wray

Samuel was born in Ireland.¹

Birth Notes
- try to find "The Days of the Laggan Presbytery", Rev. G A Lecky 1908 (study of Presbyterianism in East Donegal)

Samuel's father was Samuel Wray and his mother was Elizabeth Dun. He had a brother and two sisters, named William, Maria and Eliza. He died before 1881.²

Death Notes
- No death cert. found, died after 1871 and before 1881 census

General Notes
- RIC records: this is not him, but may be related
  Name:     WRAY, SAMUEL
  Birth Date/Age:     19
  Birthplace:     Londonderry
  Marriage or Comments:     Y
  Enlisted:     1870
  Film #:     856066
  Page #:     124
  
  Also not him:
  
  Name:     Samuel Alexander    Wray         Date of Death:     20-Jun-1881
  Age:     2 Months         Parish / District:     DONEGAL
  Address:     Drumstevlin         County:     Co. Donegal
  Status:     Bachelor (Previously unmarried)         Denomination:     Civil Record
  Occupation:     FARMERS SON         Sex:     Male
  Graveyard         Informant
  Graveyard:            Relationship:     Father
  Parish:            Name:     John Wray
  County:            Address:     Drumstevlin
  Notes:

Occupation Details
- From 1843 to 1846 Samuel's occupation was tailor (journeyman) in manufacturing.³
  - Occupation Notes
    - Tailor (journeyman), according to son Samuel's death cert. (death reported by a neighbour). Also at birth of Margaret Jane Wray
  From 1850 to 1871 his occupation was policeman in public administration in Derry.⁴
  
  His occupation was Police sergeant in public administration.⁵

Whereabouts
- Samuel lived in Manorcunningham from 1838.⁶
  He lived in Slievebuck from 1843.⁷
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Sleabuck [Slievebuck]
  He lived in Sheskinapoll from 1846.³
  
  He lived in Derry from 1850.⁴

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Samuel Wray
  - b.1772 in Raphoe d.> 1838
  
  Samuel Alexander Wray
  - b. in Ireland d.< 1881
  
  Elizabeth Dun
  - b.1787 in Scotland d.01 Feb 1882 in Montgomery County

Personal Timeline

Individual Additional Information

Details of Samuel's family with Rebecca Steen

¹ William Wray 1880
² Steen Wray 1881
³ William Wray baptism
⁴ Catherine Wray baptism
⁵ Rebecca Steen death
⁶ Wray Steen marriage
⁷ Margaret Jane Wray baptism
Further sources/citations:
Wray Hutchison marriage, Samuel Wray Sarah Davis marriage, Wray Baxter marriage

Page last modified