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Harry Layton Bray 1921 – 2003 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 JUN 1921

Birth Location: Exeter, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 29 DEC 2003

Death Location: Canada

Father: Vivian Bray

Mother: Nora Maingy

Spouse(s): Mary Darling, Yetta Bessette, Ruth Pellerin, Margaret Patching

Children(s): Bruce Bray, John Bray, James Bray, Duncan Bray

Harry Layton Bray was born in 1921 in Exeter, Ontario, Canada, the child of Vivian Morcom Bray and Nora Eileen Maingy. Harry Layton Bray married Mary Kathleen Darling, Yetta Josephine Bessette, Ruth Marie Pellerin, Margaret Louise Patching, and had children including Bruce Layton Bray, John Bertran Davidson Bray, James Francis Lenard Bray, Duncan Richie Bray. Harry Layton Bray passed away in 2003 in Canada.

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Biography

  • Harry Layton Bray was born in 1921 in Exeter, Ontario, Canada, the child of Vivian Morcom Bray and Nora Eileen Maingy.
  • Harry Layton Bray married Mary Kathleen Darling, Yetta Josephine Bessette, Ruth Marie Pellerin, Margaret Louise Patching, and had children including Bruce Layton Bray, John Bertran Davidson Bray, James Francis Lenard Bray, Duncan Richie Bray.
  • Harry Layton Bray passed away in 2003 in Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Vivian Bray
1887 – 1975
Birth Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Nora Maingy
1893 – 1966
Birth Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Spouses(s)

Mary Darling
1921 – 2021
Birth Location: (Canada)
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Yetta Bessette
1921 – 2021
Birth Location: (Canada)
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Ruth Pellerin
1921 – 2021
Birth Location: (Canada)
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Margaret Patching
1945 –
Birth Location: (Canada)
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Children(s)

Bruce Bray
1944 –
Birth Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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John Bray
1946 –
Birth Location: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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James Bray
1948 –
Birth Location: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Duncan Bray
1954 –
Birth Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Harry Bray's Ancestors

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Harry Bray
1921 – 2003
Birth Place: Exeter, Ontario, Canada
Parents
Vivian Morcom Bray
1887 – 1975
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nora (Eileen) Maingy
1893 – 1966
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Grandparents
Samuel (A) Bray
1846 – 1934
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Elizabeth Lount
1853 – 1936
Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Great-Grandparents
Richard Bray
1821 – 1894
Catherine Williams
1825 – 1854
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ambrose Bray
1785 – 1839
Rebecca Thomas
1792 – 1830

Harry Bray's Descendants

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Harry (Layton) Bray (17 JUN 1921 – 29 DEC 2003) m. Mary (Kathleen) Darling (ABT 1921 – BEF 2021) m. Yetta (Josephine) Bessette (ABT 1921 – BEF 2021) m. Ruth (Marie) Pellerin (ABT 1921 – BEF 2021) m. Margaret (Louise) Patching (1 MAR 1945 – )
  1. 1. Bruce (Layton) Bray (5 JUN 1944 – )
  2. 2. John (Bertran Davidson) Bray (27 NOV 1946 – )
  3. 3. James (Francis Lenard) Bray (19 DEC 1948 – )
  4. 4. Duncan (Richie) Bray (8 MAR 1954 – )

Harry Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1921
17 JUN 1921
Birth of Harry Layton Bray in Exeter, Ontario, Canada
Exeter, Ontario, Canada
2003
29 DEC 2003
Age 82
Death of Harry Layton Bray in Canada
Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 JUN 1921
    Event Place: Exeter, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 DEC 2003
    Event Place: Canada
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