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Samuel John Bray 1888 – 1961 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 MAY 1888

Birth Location: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Death Date: 24 DEC 1961

Death Location: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Father: William Bray

Mother: Alice Sampson

Spouse(s): Bella Donald, Annie Doane

Children(s): William Bray, Phyllis Bray, William Bray, William Bray

Samuel John Bray was born in 1888 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, the child of William Joseph Bray and Alice Sampson. Samuel John Bray married Bella Lesley Donald, Annie Doane, and had children including William John Donald Bray, Phyllis Mildred Bray, William Sampson Elward Bray, William John Francis Bray. Samuel John Bray passed away in 1961 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

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Biography

  • Samuel John Bray was born in 1888 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, the child of William Joseph Bray and Alice Sampson.
  • Samuel John Bray married Bella Lesley Donald, Annie Doane, and had children including William John Donald Bray, Phyllis Mildred Bray, William Sampson Elward Bray, William John Francis Bray.
  • Samuel John Bray passed away in 1961 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Bray
1864 – 1951
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Alice Sampson
1864 – 1926
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Spouses(s)

Bella Donald
1891 – 1919
Birth Location: Queensland, Australia
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Annie Doane
1889 – 1968
Birth Location: Mackay, Queensland, Australia
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Children(s)

William Bray
1920 – 2017
Birth Location: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
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Phyllis Bray
1921 – 2004
Birth Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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William Bray
1928 – 2020
Birth Location: Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
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William Bray
1930 – 2006
Birth Location: Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
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Samuel Bray's Ancestors

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Samuel Bray
1888 – 1961
Birth Place: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Parents
William Joseph Bray
1864 – 1951
Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Alice Sampson
1864 – 1926
Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Grandparents
John Bray
1841 – 1914
Illogan, Cornwall, England
Emma Dawe
1843 – 1921
Redruth, Cornwall, England
James Sampson
1833 – 1908
Perranuthoe, Cornwall, England
Eliza Lawn
1835 – 1906
Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
William Bray
1816 – 1876
Grace Stevens
1816 – 1890
Joseph Dawe
1810 – 1871
Mary Rule
1812 – 1885
William Lawn
1803 – 1855
Elizabeth Gray
1808 – 1881
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bray
1786 – 1841
Constance Paul
1776 – 1871
William Stevens
1783 – 1883
Elizabeth Elliott
1783 – 1883
William Lawn
1777 – 1834
Elizabeth Phillips
1770 – 1859
John Gray
1788 – 1888
Elizabeth [________]
1788 – 1888

Samuel Bray's Descendants

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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)
      1. 1. Geoffrey (Wayne) Hammond (3 APR 1964 – ) m. Rhonda (Winifred) Turner (22 JUN 1959 – )
      2. 2. Robyn (Lesley) Hammond (17 MAY 1965 – ) m. [________] Kuchler (ABT 1965 – ABT 1985)
      3. 3. Kevin (James) Hammond (14 DEC 1966 – ) m. Debbie [________] (ABT 1966 – )
      4. 4. John (Arthur) Hammond (15 MAR 1969 – ) m. Leeah [________] (ABT 1969 – )
    2. 2. John (Leslie) Bray (9 DEC 1944 – ) m. Ivy (May) Archer (31 JAN 1944 – )
      1. 1. Michelle (Maree) Bray (19 SEP 1975 – )
      2. 2. Dion (Lawrence) Bray (17 FEB 1977 – ) m. Kellyraeh Smerdon (ABT 1977 – )
        1. 1. John (Raeh Leslie) Bray (6 JUN 1996 – ) m. Cheyanne (Elizabeth) Gibbs (31 MAR 2000 – )
        2. 2. James (Phillip Lawrence) Bray (ABT 1997 – )
    3. 3. Hilda (May) Bray (20 MAR 1955 – ) m. Lloyd (Jeffrey) Wilson (31 MAR 1943 – )
      1. 1. Angela (Robyn) Wilson (30 JUL 1976 – ) m. [________] Lines (ABT 1976 – )
      2. 2. Keith (Lloyd) Wilson (1978 – )
  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 – )
      1. 1. Troy (Rodney) Burnett (13 JUL 1973 – ) m. Michelle [________] (ABT 1973 – )
        1. 1. Cody (Liam) Burnett (ABT 1993 – )
        2. 2. Delta (Courtney) Burnett (AFT 1993 – )
      2. 2. Katrina (Ann) Burnett (31 DEC 1981 – )
    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 – )
      1. 1. Shane (Christopher) Dickerson (12 MAR 1976 – )
  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 – )
      1. 1. David (Jeffrey) McAlister (6 NOV 1979 – )
      2. 2. Susan (Joy) McAlister (19 OCT 1983 – )
    2. 2. Valda (Anne) Bray (22 JAN 1952 – ) m. Michael (William) O'Keeffe (10 JUN 1952 – )
      1. 1. Brendan (Michael) O'Keeffe (26 JUL 1974 – )
      2. 2. Liam (Michael) O'Keeffe (1 AUG 1983 – ) m. Alison Piotrowski (ABT 1983 – )
        1. 1. [________] O'Keeffe (JUL 2018 – )
    3. 3. William (George) Bray (25 NOV 1953 – ) m. Deborah (Anne) Turner (26 JAN 1961 – )
      1. 1. Daniel (William) Bray (11 OCT 1986 – ) m. Teneille Klein (17 APR 1986 – )
        1. 1. Elliot Bray (21 MAY 2020 – )
        2. 2. Will Bray (21 MAY 2020 – )
  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 – )
      1. 1. Glen (Raymond) Bray (28 JAN 1981 – ) m. Rachel Chadwick (10 AUG 1979 – ) m. Anita Ditchman (30 MAY 1978 – )
        1. 1. Gracy (Maree) Chadwick-Bray (18 JAN 2002 – )
        2. 2. Rayne (Patricia) Chadwick-Bray (14 FEB 2005 – )
        3. 3. Tia (Maree) Bray (10 FEB 2010 – )
      2. 2. Fiona (Maree) Bray (22 FEB 1983 – ) m. Richard Stokes (26 SEP 1969 – )
        1. 1. Ryne (Robert David) [________] (20 MAR 2011 – )
      3. 3. Helen (Anne) Bray (2 OCT 1984 – ) m. Warwick (Kingsley) Mundt (27 JUN 1977 – )
        1. 1. Vennieta (Anne-May) Mundt (24 MAY 2005 – )
        2. 2. Indiana (Trinity) Mundt (26 AUG 2008 – )
    2. 2. Debbie (Anne) Bray (6 MAY 1960 – ) m. Alexander (Charles) Moroney (30 JAN 1956 – )
      1. 1. Shaun (William Charles) Moroney (1 DEC 1979 – ) m. Kelly [________] (ABT 1979 – )
        1. 1. Tylea Maroney (22 MAR 2008 – )
      2. 2. Jay (Maree) Moroney (31 DEC 1981 – )
        1. 1. McKayla (Rose) Moroney (27 MAY 2006 – )

Samuel Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1888
20 MAY 1888
Birth of Samuel John Bray in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
1961
24 DEC 1961
Age 73
Death of Samuel John Bray in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 MAY 1888
    Event Place: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 DEC 1961
    Event Place: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
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