Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Maria Gray

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 4 Feb 1816 - Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, England ²⁴²⁹ ^,2436 Christening: 4 Feb 1816 - Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, England ²⁴³⁶ ^,5028 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: John Gray ⁶⁰¹ Mother: Mary Branston ⁶⁰¹ ^,2426

Notes
General:

030416 information from Janet McIntyre:

Maria Gray 4th February 1816 daughter of John and Mary Gray (cooper)

Mary Gray

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 30 Jun 1811 - Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, England ²⁴²⁹ Christening: 30 Jun 1811 - Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, England ⁵⁰²⁸ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: John Gray ⁶⁰¹ Mother: Mary Branston ⁶⁰¹ ^,2426

Spouses and Children

1. Living Marriage Notes

030416:

Janet McIntryre did not include the year in the information she provided. I will write to ask.

Notes
General:

030416 information from Janet McIntyre:

Mary Gray born 30 June 1811
daughter of John and Mary Gray
Mary married 7th July Jospheh White Wolborough father of Mary John Gray
2518A/PR/1/10

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Catherine Christine McLaughlin

Samuel Branscombe Gray

Sex: M
AKA: Samuel Drunscoube Gray ⁵⁰³⁴
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1845 - Warrington, Lancashire, England ²⁴²⁶ Christening: Death: 11 Feb 1899 - Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ( about age 54) ²⁴²⁶ Burial: Cause of Death: Killed by train ²⁴²⁶
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1845, Warrington, Lancashire, England.

Parents

Father: William Wreyford Gray ²⁴²⁹ Mother: Mary Ann Branscombe ²⁴²⁵

Spouses and Children

1. *Elizabeth Tinsley Edge ²⁴²⁶ Marriage:

Notes
General:

030416:

There is a wealth of information on this person and his family and descendants on the Ancestry family tree known as the Gray/Thrussell family run managed by Jeremy Gray. I suspect he is a direct descendant.
Medical:

11 Feb 1899 • Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Found dead 7 February 1899 on the railway line under Penny Lane Bridge in Liverpool, after being run over by a train.

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living

William Nichols Gray

Sex: M
AKA: William Nicholas Gray ⁵⁰³⁵
Individual Information

Birth Date: 27 Sep 1867 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁴⁴² Christening: 20 Oct 1867 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁴⁴² Death: 3 Feb 1942 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 74) ³⁸⁹⁶ Burial: After 3 Feb 1942 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁸⁹⁶ ^,5036 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1867, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Secretary, St. John's Floating Dry Dock Co, 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Living with father, 309 Water St. E., 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Co-Owner of Gray and Goodland, Stationers, with William H. Goodland, 206 Water St., After 1910, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 134 Gower St., 1913, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 134 Gower St., 31 Aug 1919, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 1921 Newfoundland Census of William Gray Household, 134 Gower St., 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Sister in law Emily Frances Victoria Morry living with William and his wife Jane.
• Residence: 134 Gower St., 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 142 Gower Street, Between Dec 1934 and 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 1935 Newfoundland Census of Household of William Gray, 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Emily Morry staying with them at this time.
• Occupation: Proprietor, Book Store, $4000 pa, 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Sale of John Henry Morry II property to Thomas Grant, 12 Jun 1936, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Executor)

Parents

Father: George Gray ⁶⁰¹ ^,2436 ^,2442 Mother: Frances Ann Price Crews ¹⁴¹ ^,2442 ^,3896

Spouses and Children

1. *Jane Josephine Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,282 ^,283 ^,5037 Marriage: 10 Oct 1892 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵¹¹ ^,2962 ^,5035 ^,5038
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Edward Botwood, Rural Dean, 10 Oct 1892, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: John Morry, Fanny Morry, Alice Morry, G. F. Martin, 10 Oct 1892, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

090621: From Jean Carter Stirling's transcript of Petty Harbour records

1892Gray, William Nicholas, 25, of St. John's, accountant, son of George Gray, accountant, married 10 October 1892 Jane Josephine Morry, 25, of Ferryland daughter of John Morry, Merchant.

Notes
General:

090911 from NGB website transcript of 1921 Census:

GRAY, William N. M Head Married 1868 Sept 53 St. John's City GRAY, Josephine F Wife Married 1871 Nov 50 St. John's City DOBBIN, Clara F Servant Single 1901 Sept 20 St. Mary's MOORAY, Emily F. F Sister in law Single 1870 Jan 51 Ferryland Note that all their ages are given incorrectly, underestimating their ages. This is a common flaw in Census returns.

280413:

On NGB there are transcriptions of all the legible headstones in Forest Rd. Cemetery. They give William's date of death as Feb 3, 1912 and his age as 74. We know that his birth date was 27 Sep 1867. Clearly the date on the gravestone transcription is in error and should be Feb. 3. 1942, I have corrected it as such on my family tree and will inform the NGB staff.

Gray and Goodland Stationers, Booksellers and Printers, 206 Water St. (from McAlpine's 1913 Directory)

240815:

In his will, which I transcribed from a copy obtained for me by Enid O'Brien at the Supreme Court Probate Office today, he left almost his entire fortune to his wife, Jane Josephine Morry Gray, with the exception of a few modest bequests to charities and relatives of his. One interesting bequest was an amount given to George LeMessurier. I'm not sure what his reasons were for making this bequest.

William Philip Gray

Sex: M
AKA: Philip Gray ²⁴³²
Individual Information

Birth Date: Between Apr and Jun 1839 - Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, England ²⁴³¹ ^,2432 Christening: Death: Jan 1914 - Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ²⁴²⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: William Wreyford Gray ²⁴²⁹ Mother: Mary Ann Branscombe ²⁴²⁵ Marriage Did Not Marry

William Wrayford Gray

Sex: M
AKA: Rayford Gray ³⁹⁷⁴ ^,5031, Wrayford William Gray ²⁴³⁷
Individual Information

Birth Date: 26 Oct 1867 - Doctor's Cove, Barrington Municipal District, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada ²⁴⁴⁰ Christening: Death: 1 Jul 1950 - Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada ( at age 82) ¹¹⁹⁸ ^,2440 Burial: 3 Jul 1950 - Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada ²⁴⁴⁰ Cause of Death: Hypostatic Pneumonia/Paralysis Agitans ²⁴⁴⁰
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1866, Doctor's Cove, Barrington Municipal District, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1867, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1868, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Occupation: Fisherman, 1891, Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Residence: Living with aged parents according to Census, 1891, Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Census: Househild of John and Matilda Gray, 1901, Doctor's Cove, Barrington Municipal District, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Head of household is a farmer; son "Rayford" is a fisherman; wife and daughter show no employment.
• Occupation: Mariner, 28 Dec 1910, Doctor's Cove, Barrington Municipal District, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Occupation: Shipping Master appointed by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, 1915, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Occupation: Surveyor and Measurer of Shipping and Surveyor of Accommodations for Seamen, 1915, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Occupation: Collector of Customs for 18 years, 1920-1938, Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Parents

Father: John Gray ²⁴³⁶ ^,2437 ^,2438 ^,2439 ^,2440 Mother: Matilda Kenney Crowell ²⁴³⁷ ^,2438 ^,2439 ^,2440 ^,3973

Spouses and Children

1. *Effie Goodwin ¹¹⁹⁸ Marriage: 30 Nov 1905 - Atwood's Brook, Barrington Regional Municipality, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada ²⁴³⁸
Marriage Events
• Alt. Birth: 1905, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. 250815:

Name Wrayford Gray
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 1905
Event Place , Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Effie Goodwin <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG8-XF2>
Registration Date 1905 Volume 1837 Page 35

Citing this Record
"Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG8-XFK : accessed 25 August 2015), Wrayford Gray and Effie Goodwin, 1905, Marriage; citing p. 35, volume 1837, , Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

. Marriage Notes

250815:
Wrayford Gray
mentioned in the record of Wrayford Gray and Effie Goodwin
Name Wrayford Gray
Birth Date 1866
Birthplace Doctor'S Cove
Age 39
Spouse's Name Effie Goodwin
Spouse's Birth Date 1877
Spouse's Birthplace Atwoods Brook
Spouse's Age 28
Event Date 30 Nov 1905
Event Place Atwoods Brook, Nova Scotia
Father's Name John
Mother's Name Matilda
Spouse's Father's Name William
Spouse's Mother's Name Sophia

Canada Marriages, 1661-1949
Indexing Project (Batch) Number M72404-2
System Origin Canada-EASy
GS Film number 1298994
Reference ID P35 CN109

Citing this Record
"Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F22Y-RVM : accessed 25 August 2015), Wrayford Gray and Effie Goodwin, 30 Nov 1905; citing Atwoods Brook, Nova Scotia, reference P35 CN109; FHL microfilm 1,298,994.

2. Edna Mary Trefry ³⁹⁷² Marriage: 28 Dec 1910 - Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: M. C. Higgins - Baptist, 28 Dec 1910, Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Witnesses: Nettie Worthen and Harold Trefry, 28 Dec 1910, Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marriage Notes

250815

William Wrayford Gray
mentioned in the record of William Wrayford Gray and Edna Mary Trefry
Name William Wrayford Gray
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 28 Dec 1910
Event Place Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender Male
Father's Name John Gray
Mother's Name Matilda Gray
Spouse's Name Edna Mary Trefry
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Father's Name Hervey Trefry
Spouse's Mother's Name Elizabeth Trefry
Certificate Number 18561

Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932
Digital Folder Number 004093106
Image Number 00569

Citing this Record
"Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBK-7646 : accessed 25 August 2015), William Wrayford Gray and Edna Mary Trefry, 28 Dec 1910; citing Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, p. , Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Notes
General:

250815:

Order-in-Council Appointments of the Government of Canada, found on the Library and Archives Canada website:

1439.Item: Surveyor and Measurer of Shipping and Surveyor of Accommodn [Accommodations] for Seamen Barington, N. S. [Nova Scotia] - Appoint [Appointment] of Wrayford W. Gray - M. M. and F. [Minister of Marine and Fisheries] 1915/03/12 Order-in-Council Number: 1915-0572 Date Introduced: 1915/03/13 Considered Date: 1915/03/13 Approved Date: 1915/03/16 Reference: RG2, Privy Council Office, Series A-1-a, For Order in Council see volume 1110, Access Code 90 <http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/02/02010504_e.html>
Register Number:
Series A-1-d, Volume 2811

1440.Item: Shipping Master, Barrington, N. S. [Nova Scotia] - Appt [Appointment] of Wrayford W. Gray - M. M. and F. [Minister of Marine and Fisheries] 1915/03/11 Order-in-Council Number: 1915-0573 Date Introduced: 1915/03/13 Considered Date: 1915/03/13 Approved Date: 1915/03/16 Reference: RG2, Privy Council Office, Series A-1-a, For Order in Council see volume 1110, Access Code 90 <http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/02/02010504_e.html>
Register Number:
Series A-1-d, Volume 2811

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William Wrayford Gray
Nova Scotia Vital Records
Name William Wrayford Gray
Event Type Death
Event Date 1950
Event Place Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender Male
Birth Date 1867
Age 82
Registration Date 1950
Volume 1950 Page 3872

Citing this Record
"Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMGZ-1XN : accessed 25 August 2015), William Wrayford Gray, 1950, Death; citing p. 3872, volume 1950, Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

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William Wrayford Gray
Nova Scotia Deaths
Name William Wrayford Gray
Event Type Death
Event Date 01 Jul 1950
Event Place Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender Male
Age 82
Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Father's NameJohn Gray <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-PT73>
Mother's NameMatilda Crowell <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-PT7Q>
Certificate Number 2-003872

Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955 <https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Nova_Scotia_Deaths,_1890-1955_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)>
Digital Folder Number 004092699
Image Number 00144

Citing this Record
"Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-PT7S : accessed 25 August 2015), William Wrayford Gray, 01 Jul 1950; citing Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 2-003872, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

The informant at the time of his death was a niece named Mabel Hopkins at 391/2 Edward St., Halifax.

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250815:

There is a possibility, though it would seem increbily unlikely, that at the age of 12 he fathered a child out of wedlock in England. A person by his exact name (an uncle perhaps) was registered as the father of a child named Samuel Branscombe Gray, the unwed mother being Elizabeth Tinsley Edge, daughter of George edge, in Cheshire Parish. I record it here because it seems almost certain that if the father was not this person he was certainly a relative who may be found later on and added. Here is the information from Family Search:

William Wrayford Gray
mentioned in the record of Samuel Branscombe Gray and Elizabeth Tinsley Edge
NameWilliam Wrayford Gray <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F769-3B7>
Gender Male
SonSamuel Branscombe Gray <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F769-3BQ>

Other information in the record of Samuel Branscombe Gray and Elizabeth Tinsley Edge
from England, Cheshire Parish Registers
NameSamuel Branscombe Gray <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F769-3BQ>
Event Type Intended Marriage
Event Date 23 Jul 1879
Event Place , , Cheshire, England
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Father's Name William Wrayford Gray
Spouse's NameElizabeth Tinsley Edge <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F769-3BW>
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Father's NameGeorge Edge <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F769-3B4>

England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000 <https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops%E2%80%99_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)>
GS Film number2106067 </search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A2106067>
Digital Folder Number004019026 </search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A004019026>
Image Number 00320

There is a marriage record between a William Wreyford Gray and a Mary Ann Branscombe in Newton Abbott in 1838. It would seem most likely from the names given to the child above that the father of that child was in fact the son of this marriage. But with this unusual combination of names I am convinced that they are all somehow related to the Grays in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

William Wreyford Gray

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 4 Nov 1808 - Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, England ²⁴²⁹ Christening: 4 Nov 1808 - Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, England ⁵⁰²⁸ Death: 23 Dec 1872 - Highweek, Newton Abbott, Devon, England ⁵⁰³⁹ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Cooper, 1841, Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Farmer (retired), 1871, Highweek, Newton Abbott, Devon, England. Living as a boarder on his own in a house run by a widow named Matilda Allan, a retired draper, living with her son and daughter. No way of knowing if they were related.
• Alt. Death: After 1871, Highweek, Newton Abbott, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: John Gray ⁶⁰¹ Mother: Mary Branston ⁶⁰¹ ^,2426

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Ann Branscombe ²⁴²⁵ Marriage: Between Jul and Sep 1838 - Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England ²⁴³⁰ Children: 1. William Philip Gray 2. George Gray 3. Samuel Branscombe Gray 4. Henry Gray 5. George Gray

Notes
General:

030416 information from Janet McIntyre:

William Wreyford Gray 4/11/1808
son of John and Mary Gray
Wolborough St Mary 251A/PR/1/4

There is evidence online that he married a woman named Mary Ann Branscombe but there seems to be no source for this information. Censuses show several of the purported sons of the marriage but never the wife. William is always shown as a widower in these censuses starting with 1861.

I have just discovered a very well sourced family tree on Ancestry.com which deals extensively with this family. It is the Gray/Thrussell Family Tree and is managed by a person named Jeremy Gray who appears to be a direct descendant of William Wreyford Gray and Mary Ann Branscombe. I am going to use his information to clear up the relationships and information on this family previously collected from less reliable online trees.

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. *Ron Hynes ¹³⁵ Marriage: Children: 1. Living

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