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Doris Hamilton Bray 1916 – 1969 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 JAN 1916

Birth Location: Cook Street, Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Death Date: 28 APR 1969

Death Location: Flat 1, 8 Ida Street, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia

Father: Abdiel Bray

Mother: Lily Kessell

Spouse(s): Smith None, Norbert Smans, Gunnar Höglander

Children(s): Barrie Smith, Norbert Smans

In 1916, Doris Hamilton Bray entered the world in Cook Street, Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, born to Abdiel Bray and Lily May Kessell. Doris Hamilton Bray married Smith, Norbert Cornelius Franscisus Joannes Maria Smans, Gunnar Tage Höglander, and had children including Barrie Robert Smith, Norbert Smans. Doris Hamilton Bray passed away in 1969 in Flat 1, 8 Ida Street, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia.

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Biography

  • In 1916, Doris Hamilton Bray entered the world in Cook Street, Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, born to Abdiel Bray and Lily May Kessell.
  • Doris Hamilton Bray married Smith, Norbert Cornelius Franscisus Joannes Maria Smans, Gunnar Tage Höglander, and had children including Barrie Robert Smith, Norbert Smans.
  • Doris Hamilton Bray passed away in 1969 in Flat 1, 8 Ida Street, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Abdiel Bray
1878 – 1952
Birth Location: Moonta Mines, South Australia, Australia
AB
Lily Kessell
1882 – 1967
Birth Location: Wallaroo Mines, South Australia, Australia
LK

Spouses(s)

Smith None
1908 – 1984
Birth Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia
S
Norbert Smans
1902 – 2002
Birth Location: Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Holland
NS
Gunnar Höglander
1914 – 1989
Birth Location: Sweden
GH

Children(s)

Barrie Smith
1934 – 2014
Birth Location: Townsville General Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
BS
Norbert Smans
1939 – 2016
Birth Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia
NS

Doris Bray's Ancestors

Self
Doris Bray
1916 – 1969
Birth Place: Cook Street, Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Parents
Abdiel Bray
1878 – 1952
Moonta Mines, South Australia, Australia
Lily (May) Kessell
1882 – 1967
Wallaroo Mines, South Australia, Australia
Grandparents
Thomas Bray
1845 – 1915
St Neot, Cornwall, England
Susan Hampton
1845 – 1926
Liskeard, Cornwall, England
William (Henry Harris) Kessell
1857 – 1922
Ludgvan, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Emily Vivian
1862 – 1928
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Great-Grandparents
William Bray
1816 – 1876
Grace Stevens
1816 – 1890
Ralph Hampton
1808 – 1891
Eleanor Carter
1810 – 1859
Richard Kessell
1836 – 1912
Mary Harris
1836 – 1921
Edward Vivian
1834 – 1883
Elizabeth Lawn
1834 – 1921
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bray
1786 – 1841
Constance Paul
1776 – 1871
William Stevens
1783 – 1883
Elizabeth Elliott
1783 – 1883
Thomas Hampton
1777 – 1857
Mary Glasson
1785 – 1885
Thomas Carter
1765 – 1840
Mary Uren
1770 – 1857
Richard Kessell
1804 – 1867
Margaret Jarman
1801 – 1883
William Harris
1812 – 1867
Ann Curnow
1814 – 1880
William Vivian
1808 – 1877
Rebecca Stevens
1809 – 1891
John Lawn
1814 – 1873
Elizabeth Rodgers
1816 – 1887

Doris Bray's Descendants

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Doris (Hamilton) Bray (17 JAN 1916 – 28 APR 1969) m. Smith (BET 1908 AND 1916 – BEF 1984) m. Norbert (Cornelius Franscisus Joannes Maria) Smans (13 APR 1902 – BEF 2002) m. Gunnar (Tage) Höglander (22 OCT 1914 – 22 OCT 1989)
  1. 1. Barrie (Robert) Smith (21 AUG 1934 – 19 JUL 2014) m. Valma (Anne) Anderson (20 OCT 1935 – 11 MAY 2012)
    1. 1. Christine (Margaret) Smith (29 MAR 1960 – ) m. Darryl (John Sydney) Wright (11 OCT 1950 – )
      1. 1. Marc (Andrew) Wright (21 JUN 1980 – )
      2. 2. Shane (Jon) Wright (10 OCT 1983 – ) m. Jessica (Crystal) Morales (11 MAR 1984 – )
        1. 1. Skyla (Ruby) Wright (4 JAN 2014 – )
        2. 2. Maxim (Forest) Wright (11 APR 2016 – )
        3. 3. River (Lennox) Wright (10 OCT 2021 – )
    2. 2. Malcolm (Robert) Smith (27 APR 1964 – ) m. Lynette (Lesley) Kammerer (2 OCT 1960 – ) m. Ling (Tze) Lim (ABT 1983 – )
      1. 1. Terri (Louise) Smith (1 JUN 1983 – ) m. David Bell (9 SEP 1983 – )
        1. 1. Blake Bell (26 APR 2005 – )
        2. 2. Cayden Bell (16 NOV 2007 – )
      2. 2. Jeffery (Laurence) Smith (10 DEC 1988 – )
    3. 3. Steven (Bradley) Smith (20 DEC 1968 – ) m. Heather (Michelle) Leanders (17 SEP 1971 – )
      1. 1. Justin (Alexander) Smith (28 JAN 2005 – )
  2. 2. Norbert Smans (24 JUL 1939 – BEF 2016) m. Florence O'Toole (ABT 1944 – )
    1. 1. John Olsen (17 AUG 1962 – )
      1. 1. Pershah (Lee) Olsen (1994 – )

Doris Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1916
17 JAN 1916
Birth of Doris Hamilton Bray in Cook Street, Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Cook Street, Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
1969
28 APR 1969
Age 53
Death of Doris Hamilton Bray in Flat 1, 8 Ida Street, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
Flat 1, 8 Ida Street, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 JAN 1916
    Event Place: Cook Street, Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 APR 1969
    Event Place: Flat 1, 8 Ida Street, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
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