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Michael Gray Rayner 1934 – 2003 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1934

Birth Location: Rochford, Suffolk

Death Date: 25 JAN 2003

Death Location: Sutton Coldfield

Father: Wilfred Rayner

Mother: Doris Ewers

Spouse(s): Mary Bell

Children(s): Anthony Rayner, Glen Rayner

Michael Gray Rayner was born in 1934 in Rochford, Suffolk, the child of Wilfred Harry Gray Rayner and Doris Ruth Ewers. Michael Gray Rayner married Mary Ferguson Bell, and had children including Anthony Gray Rayner, Glen Ferguson Rayner. Michael Gray Rayner passed away in 2003 in Sutton Coldfield.

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Biography

  • Michael Gray Rayner was born in 1934 in Rochford, Suffolk, the child of Wilfred Harry Gray Rayner and Doris Ruth Ewers.
  • Michael Gray Rayner married Mary Ferguson Bell, and had children including Anthony Gray Rayner, Glen Ferguson Rayner.
  • Michael Gray Rayner passed away in 2003 in Sutton Coldfield.

Immediate Family

Parents

Wilfred Rayner
1908 – 1977
Birth Location: London
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Doris Ewers
1907 – 1994
Birth Location: Mile End London
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Spouses(s)

Mary Bell
1928 – 1993
Birth Location: LARGS Ayrshire Scotland
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Children(s)

Anthony Rayner
1957 –
Birth Location: London
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Glen Rayner
1959 –
Birth Location: London
GR

Michael Rayner's Ancestors

Self
Michael Rayner
1934 – 2003
Birth Place: Rochford, Suffolk
Parents
Wilfred Harry Gray Rayner
1908 – 1977
London
Doris (Ruth) Ewers
1907 – 1994
Mile End London
Grandparents
Harry (Gray) Rayner
1871 – 1952
London?
Rosa (Matilda) Stillman
1883 – 1926
London?
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Michael Rayner's Descendants

1.
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Michael (Gray) Rayner (1934 – 25 JAN 2003) m. Mary (Ferguson) Bell (11 NOV 1928 – 8 MAY 1993)
  1. 1. Anthony (Gray) Rayner (1957 – )
  2. 2. Glen (Ferguson) Rayner (1959 – ) m. Jane (Veronica) Bowen (15 APR 1961 – )
    1. 1. Katie (Elizabeth Ferguson) Rayner (18 JUN 1984 – )
    2. 2. Daniel (Michael Gray) Rayner (23 SEP 1987 – )
    3. 3. Nicola (Kathleen) Rayner (29 NOV 1989 – )
    4. 4. Emma (Louise) Rayner (29 NOV 1989 – )

Michael Rayner's Timeline

2 Records

1934
1934
Birth of Michael Gray Rayner in Rochford, Suffolk
Rochford, Suffolk
2003
25 JAN 2003
Age 69
Death of Michael Gray Rayner in Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1934
    Event Place: Rochford, Suffolk
    Record Source: England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 JAN 2003
    Event Place: Sutton Coldfield
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