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John Bray 1841 – 1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: BET OCT 1841 AND DEC 1841

Birth Location: Illogan, Cornwall, England

Death Date: 6 OCT 1914

Death Location: District Hospital, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Father: William Bray

Mother: Grace Stevens

Spouse(s): Emma Dawe

Children(s): William Bray, John Bray, Thomas Bray, John Bray, Emily Bray, Selena Bray, Florence Bray, John Bray, Hilda Bray, James Bray, Ethel Bray

In 1841, John Bray entered the world in Illogan, Cornwall, England, born to William Bray and Grace Stevens. John Bray married Emma Dawe, and had children including William Joseph Bray, John Bray, Thomas Henry Bray, John Bray, Emily Elizabeth Bray, Selena Bray, Florence Bray, John Bray, Hilda May Bray, James Henry Bray, Ethel Grace Bray. John Bray passed away in 1914 in District Hospital, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

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Biography

  • In 1841, John Bray entered the world in Illogan, Cornwall, England, born to William Bray and Grace Stevens.
  • John Bray married Emma Dawe, and had children including William Joseph Bray, John Bray, Thomas Henry Bray, John Bray, Emily Elizabeth Bray, Selena Bray, Florence Bray, John Bray, Hilda May Bray, James Henry Bray, Ethel Grace Bray.
  • John Bray passed away in 1914 in District Hospital, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Bray
1816 – 1876
Birth Location: Buckland, Devonshire, England
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Grace Stevens
1816 – 1890
Birth Location: St Austell, Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

Emma Dawe
1843 – 1921
Birth Location: Redruth, Cornwall, England
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Children(s)

William Bray
1864 – 1951
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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John Bray
1867 – 1867
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Thomas Bray
1868 – 1915
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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John Bray
1870 – 1875
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Emily Bray
1872 – 1916
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Selena Bray
1874 – 1946
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Florence Bray
1878 – 1964
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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John Bray
1880 – 1891
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Hilda Bray
1882 – 1961
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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James Bray
1884 – 1949
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Ethel Bray
1889 – 1931
Birth Location: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
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John Bray's Ancestors

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John Bray
1841 – 1914
Birth Place: Illogan, Cornwall, England
Parents
William Bray
1816 – 1876
Buckland, Devonshire, England
Grace Stevens
1816 – 1890
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
John Bray
1786 – 1841
Redruth, Cornwall, England
Constance Paul
1776 – 1871
St Uny, Redruth, Cornwall, England
William Stevens
1783 – 1883
Cornwall, England
Elizabeth Elliott
1783 – 1883
Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bray
1757 – 1841
Ann Polkinghorne
1761 – 1841
Leonard Paul
1749 – 1834
Charity James
1754 – 1841
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ambrose Bray
1723 – 1823
Jane Garbey
1722 – 1822
Edward Polkinghorne
1732 – 1832
Dorothy Woolcock
1731 – 1831
Nicholas Paull
1715 – 1776
Mary Francis
1715 – 1815

John Bray's Descendants

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John Bray (BET OCT 1841 AND DEC 1841 – 6 OCT 1914) m. Emma Dawe (25 DEC 1843 – 3 APR 1921)
  1. 1. William (Joseph) Bray (19 MAR 1864 – 2 JUN 1951) m. Alice Sampson (24 MAY 1864 – 28 OCT 1926)
    1. 1. Samuel (John) Bray (20 MAY 1888 – 24 DEC 1961) m. Bella (Lesley) Donald (13 APR 1891 – 6 FEB 1919) m. Annie Doane (22 JUL 1889 – 6 DEC 1968)
      1. 1. William (John Donald) Bray (6 FEB 1920 – BEF 2017) m. Nita (Eileen) Laidlaw (31 MAR 1923 – 23 AUG 1977)
        1. 1. Eileen (Joyce) Bray (31 JAN 1943 – 23 JUN 2019) m. Neville (James) Hammond (17 OCT 1941 – BEF 23 NOV 2019)
        2. 2. John (Leslie) Bray (9 DEC 1944 – ) m. Ivy (May) Archer (31 JAN 1944 – )
        3. 3. Hilda (May) Bray (20 MAR 1955 – ) m. Lloyd (Jeffrey) Wilson (31 MAR 1943 – )
      2. 2. Phyllis (Mildred) Bray (7 JUL 1921 – 21 JUN 2004) m. William (John) Marsh (29 JAN 1914 – BEF 2004)
        1. 1. Beverly (Ann) Marsh (29 JAN 1942 – ) m. Graeme Burnett (1 JAN 1946 – )
        2. 2. Barry Marsh (14 APR 1948 – 17 APR 1948)
        3. 3. Brenda (Phyllis) Marsh (7 JUN 1949 – ) m. Gerald (William) Dickerson (19 OCT 1948 – )
      3. 3. William (Sampson Elward) Bray (13 MAY 1928 – 17 AUG 2020) m. Valrae (Jessie) Harris (7 MAR 1930 – 16 DEC 2015)
        1. 1. Roslyn (Susanne) Bray (16 MAR 1950 – ) m. Jeffrey (Thomas) McAlister (ABT 1950 – )
        2. 2. Valda (Anne) Bray (22 JAN 1952 – ) m. Michael (William) O'Keeffe (10 JUN 1952 – )
        3. 3. William (George) Bray (25 NOV 1953 – ) m. Deborah (Anne) Turner (26 JAN 1961 – )
      4. 4. William (John Francis) Bray (22 JUL 1930 – 7 OCT 2006) m. Dell Younger (6 MAY 1935 – 29 JUL 2023) m. Lillian (Agnes) Grant (8 MAR 1923 – 28 MAR 2022)
        1. 1. Robert (Leslie) Bray (16 FEB 1958 – ) m. Marie (Ann) Britnell (18 FEB 1957 – )
        2. 2. Debbie (Anne) Bray (6 MAY 1960 – ) m. Alexander (Charles) Moroney (30 JAN 1956 – )
    2. 2. James (Sampson) Bray (5 NOV 1889 – 24 FEB 1935) m. Anna (Louisa) Vandersee (1 FEB 1892 – 25 APR 1968)
    3. 3. Florence (Kate) Bray (28 JUL 1891 – 19 MAY 1976) m. George (Ernest) Shipstone (21 JUN 1889 – 5 APR 1960)
      1. 1. Samuel (William Bray) Shipstone (23 JUL 1915 – 24 JAN 2006) m. Mavis (Estelle) Francis (9 JAN 1918 – 26 JUL 1998)
        1. 1. Barbara (Joan) Shipstone (29 DEC 1945 – ) m. Darryl Fritz (15 OCT 1948 – ) m. Neville (John) Horsburgh (ABT 1945 – 2008)
        2. 2. Margaret (Gail) Shipstone (1 JAN 1948 – ) m. George (Edwin) Smith (10 FEB 1941 – )
        3. 3. Paul (Russell) Shipstone (11 DEC 1956 – ) m. Peita Merritt (ABT 1956 – )
      2. 2. Ernest (Bray) Shipstone (3 MAR 1917 – 18 NOV 1998) m. Bessie (Myra Nina Maude) Walker (20 NOV 1921 – BEF 2021)
        1. 1. Robyn (Kay) Shipstone (21 OCT 1944 – ) m. Robin (John) Curtis (5 AUG 1940 – )
        2. 2. John (Ernest) Shipstone (3 OCT 1946 – ) m. Elizabeth Francis (28 APR 1943 – )
        3. 3. Bruce (Perry) Shipstone (6 OCT 1950 – ) m. Jill (Maxine) Creese (ABT 1950 – )
        4. 4. Philip (Samuel) Shipstone (1 JUN 1954 – ) m. Julie (Anne) O'Keefe (18 JAN 1956 – )
        5. 5. Michael (Andrew) Shipstone (21 MAY 1962 – )
      3. 3. Leonard (Bray) Shipstone (5 MAY 1924 – 12 JUN 1926)
    4. 4. Hilda (Elizabeth Alice) Bray (6 MAR 1906 – 30 OCT 1975) m. John Gardiner (20 MAY 1896 – 29 AUG 1953)
      1. 1. Mary (Alice) Gardiner (21 DEC 1926 – ) m. Ronald (Walter) Hayward (ABT 1926 – )
        1. 1. Cheryl (Ann) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Patrick (George) Smithwick (AFT 1946 – )
        2. 2. Allen (William) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Jennifer Suhan (AFT 1946 – )
        3. 3. Jennifer (Irene) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Greg Kliveer (AFT 1946 – )
        4. 4. Dianne (Hilda) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Robert (George) Welcome (AFT 1946 – )
        5. 5. Rhonda (Merle) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Phillip Love (AFT 1946 – )
        6. 6. Raylene (Mary) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Peter Thompson (AFT 1946 – )
      2. 2. John (Sampson) Gardiner (3 AUG 1928 – ) m. Winifred (Gertrude) Royal (13 MAY 1931 – )
        1. 1. John (Frank) Gardiner (2 JAN 1952 – ) m. Judith (Anne) Nordheim (2 SEP 1959 – )
        2. 2. Catherine (May) Gardiner (17 NOV 1953 – ) m. Keith (Wayne) Tugwell (2 SEP 1950 – )
        3. 3. Shirley (Coral) Gardiner (19 AUG 1955 – ) m. Edward (Martin) Horton (30 MAR 1953 – )
        4. 4. Martha (Elizabeth) Gardiner (8 AUG 1961 – ) m. Trevor (Len) Horwell (26 SEP 1954 – )
        5. 5. Joann (Louise) Gardiner (1 OCT 1971 – )
      3. 3. Clarice (Maude) Gardiner (20 SEP 1931 – ) m. Henry (James) Kropp (7 JAN 1926 – )
        1. 1. Steven (James) Kropp (6 JUN 1954 – ) m. Theresa (Christine) Knowles (ABT 1954 – )
        2. 2. Jeffrey (Thomas) Kropp (18 JUN 1956 – ) m. Glenda (Ann) Holmes (ABT 1956 – )
        3. 3. Christine (Mary) Kropp (11 AUG 1959 – ) m. David (Mark) Rollason (ABT 1959 – )
        4. 4. Barbara (Ann) Kropp (12 FEB 1962 – )
        5. 5. Peter (Robert) Kropp (11 JUL 1965 – )
        6. 6. Kenneth (Paul) Kropp (16 JUN 1971 – )
        7. 7. Ruth (Lynette) Kropp (30 JAN 1979 – )
  2. 2. John Bray (7 JUL 1867 – 16 JUL 1867)
  3. 3. Thomas (Henry) Bray (8 JUN 1868 – BET 1915 AND 1968)
  4. 4. John Bray (14 AUG 1870 – 14 MAR 1875)
  5. 5. Emily (Elizabeth) Bray (3 SEP 1872 – 13 JUN 1916) m. Edward Prideaux (1865 – 3 OCT 1906)
    1. 1. Edwin (James) Prideaux (24 MAY 1893 – 25 JUL 1978) m. Mary (Margaret) Graham (27 APR 1898 – 6 SEP 1982)
    2. 2. Edward Prideaux (4 MAY 1895 – BEF 1995)
    3. 3. Emma (Florence Violet) Prideaux (21 NOV 1899 – 19 AUG 1981) m. John (Leslie) Hart (ABT 1900 – 18 NOV 1983) m. Charles (William) Waghorn (ABT 1899 – BEF 1999)
      1. 1. Gordon (James) Hart (BEF 1927 – 1927)
      2. 2. Yvonne (Janice) Hart (16 SEP 1932 – 19 MAY 1994) m. John Hamilton (15 SEP 1928 – 19 JAN 2000)
        1. 1. [________] Hamilton (AFT 1956 – ) m. [________] Morrissey (AFT 1956 – )
        2. 2. [________] Hamilton (AFT 1957 – ) m. [________] Bosco (AFT 1957 – )
  6. 6. Selena Bray (27 MAY 1874 – 20 OCT 1946) m. John (Hutton) Wood (ABT 1874 – 27 MAY 1906) m. Frederick (Peter) Reichmann (11 NOV 1881 – 27 NOV 1939) m. Francis (Brownie) Oxford (ABT 1874 – 22 AUG 1949)
    1. 1. Kate Woods (AFT 1899 – BEF 1999)
    2. 2. Olive (May) Reichmann (AFT 1907 – BEF 2007) m. William (Richard) Bennett (AFT 1907 – BEF 2007)
      1. 1. Doreen Bennett (EST 1936 – )
  7. 7. Florence Bray (12 OCT 1878 – 30 MAY 1964) m. Ernest (Robinson) Blakeney (28 MAR 1878 – 27 MAR 1962)
    1. 1. Ivy (Ethel) Blakeney (9 JAN 1902 – 9 JAN 1982) m. Fredrick Monro (ABT 1902 – BEF 2002)
    2. 2. Florence (Emma May) Blakeney (17 MAY 1904 – 6 SEP 1914)
    3. 3. Gordon (Ernest) Blakeney (8 MAY 1906 – BEF 2006)
    4. 4. Hilda (Edith) Blakeney (26 APR 1908 – 28 NOV 1966) m. George (Harry) Easterbrook (1 MAY 1902 – 7 FEB 1949)
      1. 1. Darryl (Hilda) Easterbrook (EST 1929 – ) m. George (John) Lloyd (EST 1923 – 5 OCT 1974)
      2. 2. Maurice (George) Easterbrook (9 JUL 1932 – 19 MAR 2019) m. Marion (Dawn) [________] (14 NOV 1933 – 13 JAN 2019)
    5. 5. John (Bertram) Blakeney (16 FEB 1914 – 11 JAN 1970)
  8. 8. John Bray (5 NOV 1880 – 25 SEP 1891)
  9. 9. Hilda (May) Bray (13 DEC 1882 – 4 MAY 1961) m. William Bragg (2 MAR 1886 – 15 FEB 1963)
    1. 1. John Bragg (23 JAN 1910 – 21 MAY 1966) m. Margaret (Elizabeth) O'Connell (ABT 1910 – BEF 2010)
      1. 1. Edward (John) Bragg (JUN 1953 – 9 SEP 1953)
    2. 2. Hilda (Beryl) Bragg (1 AUG 1912 – 19 DEC 1992) m. Thomas Hull (1903 – 15 JUN 1982)
      1. 1. William (Graham) Hull (AFT 1933 – 1985)
    3. 3. William Bragg (31 MAR 1917 – BEF 31 JUL 1992)
    4. 4. Betty (Mary) Bragg (25 JAN 1937 – 1 FEB 2009)
  10. 10. James (Henry) Bray (10 NOV 1884 – 1949) m. Lillian (Agnes) Brookes (8 SEP 1888 – 18 DEC 1974)
    1. 1. Victor (Horace James) Bray (11 AUG 1913 – 24 JAN 1991)
    2. 2. Edna (Lillian) Bray (13 FEB 1917 – BEF 2017) m. Alfred (John) Olson (ABT 1917 – BEF 2017)
    3. 3. Noel Bray (AFT 1921 – 7 OCT 1973)
  11. 11. Ethel (Grace) Bray (2 OCT 1889 – 22 MAR 1931) m. Thomas (Bede) Carman (8 MAY 1886 – 31 MAY 1951)
    1. 1. Claude (Hilary) Carman (18 JUL 1911 – 22 JUL 1985) m. Gladys MacDonald (1922 – 11 NOV 2014)
      1. 1. Peter (John) Carman (AFT 1946 – 1980)
      2. 2. MaryAnn Carman (3 OCT 1953 – 30 OCT 2019)
    2. 2. Vera (Mary) Carman (10 OCT 1912 – BEF 2012) m. Thomas (Edward Leslie) Weaver (ABT 1912 – BEF 2012)
    3. 3. John (Bede) Carman (20 MAR 1915 – 5 OCT 1990) m. Dulcie (Agnes) Schaffer (ABT 1915 – BEF 2015)
      1. 1. Vera (Edith) Carman (ABT 1944 – 26 SEP 1953)
    4. 4. Thomas (Kevin) Carman (25 SEP 1919 – BEF 2019) m. Elfreda (Clara) Peever (AFT 1918 – 1982)
    5. 5. Kevin Carman (AFT 1921 – )
    6. 6. Leslie Carman (AFT 1923 – BEF 2021) m. Helen (Martha) Villianos (AFT 1923 – )
    7. 7. Ethel (Rita) Carman (17 MAY 1924 – 6 FEB 2001) m. Edward (Francis) Shaunessy (8 JAN 1923 – 6 AUG 1996)
      1. 1. Diane Shaunessy (EST 1948 – )
      2. 2. Marcia Shaunessy (EST 1949 – ) m. [________] Prenzler (EST 1949 – )
    8. 8. Unnamed Carman (1927 – 8 OCT 1927)

John Bray's Timeline

3 Records

1841
31 MAY 1841
Birth of John Bray in St Neot, Cornwall, England
St Neot, Cornwall, England
1841
BET OCT 1841 AND DEC 1841
Birth of John Bray in Illogan, Cornwall, England
Illogan, Cornwall, England
1914
6 OCT 1914
Age 73
Death of John Bray in District Hospital, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
District Hospital, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 MAY 1841
    Event Place: St Neot, Cornwall, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: BET OCT 1841 AND DEC 1841
    Event Place: Illogan, Cornwall, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 OCT 1914
    Event Place: District Hospital, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
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