Harrower Family Tree » James Gray (1826-1910)

Personal data James Gray 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • He was born in the year 1826 in Dunbar, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1897 Foundry Labourer; Death of Wife, Juliet Sanderson.Source 4
    • in the year 1883 Labourer (Widower); Marriage to Juliet Sanderson.Source 5
    • in the year 1861 Labourer in 357 High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891 Iron Factory Labourer in 6 Starks Land, Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1848 Baker. Marriage to Janet Bogie.Source 6
  • Resident:
  • (Informant at Death) on August 3, 1910 in Combination Poorhouse, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland: Janet Marr, Niece, 25 Quality Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
  • He died on August 3, 1910 in Combination Poorhouse, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland, he was 84 years old.Source 7
    Oorzaak: Cerebral Hemorrhage
  • A child of James Gray and Catherine Falconer

Household of James Gray

(1) He is married to Juliet Sanderson.

They got married on January 1, 1883 at Free Church Manse, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, he was 57 years old.Source 5

Event (Witness at Marriage) on January 1, 1883 in Free Church Manse, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland : John Wilson, Catherine Rutherford.Source 5


(2) He is married to Janet Bogie.

They got married on November 14, 1848 at Cupar, Fife, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. James Gray  1848-????
  2. Mary Ann Gray  1850-????
  3. Jessie Gray  1858-????
  4. Christopher Gray  1861-????


Notes about James Gray

1, Cannot find James in 1871 or 1881 census Ancestry

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James Gray
????-< 1883

James Gray
1826-1910

(1) 1883

Juliet Sanderson
± 1833-1897

(2) 1848

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????-1881

James Gray
1848-????
Mary Ann Gray
1850-????
Jessie Gray
1858-????
Christopher Gray
1861-????

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Sources

  1. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Gray Parish: Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall; ED: 5; Page: 6; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1891_135 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for James Gray and Juliet Sanderson
    Name: Juliet S Gray
    Age: 57
    Estimated birth year: abt 1834
    Relationship: Wife
    Spouse's name: James Gray
    Gender: Female
    Where born: Kirkcaldy, Fife
    Registration Number: 442
    Registration district: Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall
    Civil Parish: Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall
    County: Fife
    Address: 6 Starks Land
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number:27
    Line: 2
    Roll: CSSCT1891_135
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Gray 63 Head
    Juliet S Gray 57 Wife Kirkcaldy
  2. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Gray Parish: Kinghorn; ED: 1; Page: 7; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1901_140 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for James Gray
    Name: James Gray
    Age: 75
    Estimated birth year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunbar, Haddington
    Registration Number: 439
    Registration district: Kinghorn
    Civil Parish: Kinghorn
    County: Fife
    Address: 25 High Street
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 50
    Line: 22
    Roll: CSSCT1901_140
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Gray 75 Head
    Barbara Willison 47 Servant
    Agnes Kay 32 Housekeeper
    Peter Kay 52 Visitor
  3. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Gray Parish: Kirkcaldy; ED: 5; Page: 3; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1861_58 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for James Gray
    Name: James Gray
    Age: 34
    Estimated birth year: abt 1827
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Janet Gray
    Mother's name: Catherine Gray
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunbar, Haddingtonshire
    Registration Number: 442
    Registration district: Kirkcaldy
    Civil Parish: Kirkcaldy
    County: Fife
    Address: 357 High Street
    Occupation: Labourer
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 18
    Line: 18
    Roll: CSSCT1861_58
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Gray 34 Head. Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. Labourer
    Janet Gray 32 Wife Cupar, Fife
    James Gray 13 Son Cupar, Fife
    Mary Ann Gray 11 Son Cupar, Fife
    Jessie Gray 3 Daughter Kirkcaldy, Fife
    Christopher Gray 1 Mo Son Kirkcaldy, Fife
    Catherine Gray 59 Mother Lasswade, Edinburghshire
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1897 GRAY, JULIET (Statutory registers Deaths 439/ 11)
    1897 GRAY, JULIET (Statutory registers Deaths 439/ 11)
    Deaths in the District of Kinghorn in the County of Fife, 1897
    Julliet (sic) Gray, Married to James Gray, Foundry Labourer.
    1897, February Ninth, 3.45 P.M.
    23 High Street, Kinghorn. F.
    64 Years.
    Parents: -------Sanderson, Reported Father (Deceased), Marjory Wilson, M.S. Aitken (Deceased).
    COD Bronchitis, one Month, as certified by Jas. Welsh M.D. F.R.C.S.
    James Gray. His X mark, Widower. John Hepburn, Reg. Witness (Present)
    Registered
    1897 February 10th at Kinghorn.
    John Hepburn,
    Registrar
  5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1883 GRAY, JAMES, JULIET SANDERSON (Statutory registers Marriages 442/ 10)
    1883 GRAY, JAMES, JULIET SANDERSON (Statutory registers Marriages 442/ 10)
    Marriages in the District of Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall in the County of Fife 1883.
    1883, First January at Free Church Manse, Kirkcaldy, After Publication according to the Forms of the Free Church of Scotland.
    (Signed)
    James Gray, His X mark.
    Labourer (Widower) Age 53, Market Street, Kirkcaldy.
    Parents: James Gray, Linen Weaver (Deceased)
    Catherine Gray M.S. Falconer (Deceased)
    (Signed) Juliet Sanderson, Flax Mill Worker, (Spinster).Age 49 Cowan Street, Kirkcaldy.
    Parents: Joseph Sanderson, Merchant Seaman (Deceased)
    Marjory Sanderson M.S. Aitken.
    (Signed) James Stalker, Minister
    (Signed) John Wilson Witness, Catherine Rutherford, Witness
    Registered
    1883 January 3rd at Kirkcaldy.
    John Foreman,
    Assistant Registrar
  6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1848 GRAY, JAMES JANET BOGIE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 420/ 50 193 Cupar)
    14/11/1848 GRAY, JAMES JANET BOGIE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 420/ 50 193 Cupar)
    Marriages in the Parish of Cupar
    1848 28th October
    Gray, James, Baker, and Janet Bogie of this parish married 14 Nov 1848 by the Revd James Cochrane ist Minr of Cupar
  7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1910 GRAY, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 439/ 32)
    1910 GRAY, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 439/ 32)
    Deaths in the District of Kinghorn in the County of Fife 1910.
    James Gray, Labourer
    Widower of Janet Bogie
    1910 August Third 6h.30m.
    Combination Poorhouse, Kinghorn
    M. 85 Years
    Parents: James Graay, Weaver (Deceased)
    Catherine Gray M.S. Falconer (Deceased)
    COD: Cerebral Heamorrhage
    as Certified by G Wishart Murdoch mBCM
    Inf. Janet Marr, Niece
    *:- 25 Quality Street, Kirkcaldy
    Registered 1910 August 4th Kinghorn
    John Drummond Registrar

Historical events

Day of marriage November 14, 1848

  • The temperature on November 14, 1848 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken . Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
    • February 21 » Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
    • March 20 » German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
    • May 29 » Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
    • June 2 » The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
    • September 13 » Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1⁄4 inches (3.2cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.

Day of death August 3, 1910

  • The temperature on August 3, 1910 was between 11.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
    • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
    • June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
    • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
    • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
    • October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.


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