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WILLIAM PHILLIP Bray 1842 – 1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 September 1842

Birth Location: Redruth, Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 March 1904

Death Location: Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan,, USA

Father: Philip Bray*

Mother: Jane Lane*

Spouse(s): Christina Rule

Children(s): Sarah Bray, Annie Drapeau, Harriet Bray, Harriet Julian, Mary Bray, Artemas Bray, Phillipa Crownover, Phillippa Bray, Amelia Perkins

WILLIAM PHILLIP Bray was born in 1842 in Redruth, Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, the child of Philip Bray* and Jane Lane*. WILLIAM PHILLIP Bray later married Christina Rule, and together they raised children including Sarah Jane Bray, Annie Drapeau, Harriet Bray, Harriet Bennetts Julian, Mary E. Bray, Artemas N. Bray, Phillipa Crownover, Phillippa Bray and Amelia M. Perkins. In 1904, WILLIAM PHILLIP Bray passed away in Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan,, USA.

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Parents

Philip Bray*
1823 – 1861
Birth Location: Redruth, Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
PB
Jane Lane*
1825 – 1878
Birth Location: Redruth, Cornwall, England
JL

Spouses(s)

Christina Rule
1843 – 1919
Birth Location: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
CR

Children(s)

Sarah Bray
1859 – 1941
Birth Location: Allegheny
SB
Annie Drapeau
1866 – 1946
Birth Location: Illinois
AD
Harriet Bray
1869 –
Birth Location: Illinois
HB
Harriet Julian
1870 – 1954
Birth Location: –
HJ
Mary Bray
1872 –
Birth Location: Missouri
MB
Artemas Bray
1878 –
Birth Location: Michigan
AB
Phillipa Crownover
1879 – 1924
Birth Location: Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, United States of America
PC
Phillippa Bray
1879 –
Birth Location: Michigan
PB
Amelia Perkins
1882 – 1949
Birth Location: Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, United States of America
AP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 September 1842
    Event Place: Redruth, Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates, Year: 1880; Census Place: Tilden, Marquette, Michigan; Roll: 594; Page: 357C; Enumeration District: 021, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 2 Range 8, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: M593_280; Page: 516A; Family History Library Film: 545779

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 8 Apr 1860
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Data Source: County court records located at Greensboro, North Carolina or Family History Library microfilm # 0536823-0536828

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Township 2 Range 8, St Clair, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 2 Range 8, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: M593_280; Page: 516A; Family History Library Film: 545779

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Tilden, Marquette, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Tilden, Marquette, Michigan; Roll: 594; Page: 357C; Enumeration District: 021

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 March 1904
    Event Place: Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan,, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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