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William Joseph Bray 1864 – 1951 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 MAR 1864

Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia

Death Date: 2 JUN 1951

Death Location: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Father: John Bray

Mother: Emma Dawe

Spouse(s): Alice Sampson

Children(s): Samuel Bray, James Bray, Florence Bray, Hilda Bray

William Joseph Bray was born in 1864 in Moonta, South Australia, Australia, the child of John Bray and Emma Dawe. William Joseph Bray married Alice Sampson, and had children including Samuel John Bray, James Sampson Bray, Florence Kate Bray, Hilda Elizabeth Alice Bray. William Joseph Bray passed away in 1951 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

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Biography

  • William Joseph Bray was born in 1864 in Moonta, South Australia, Australia, the child of John Bray and Emma Dawe.
  • William Joseph Bray married Alice Sampson, and had children including Samuel John Bray, James Sampson Bray, Florence Kate Bray, Hilda Elizabeth Alice Bray.
  • William Joseph Bray passed away in 1951 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Bray
1841 – 1914
Birth Location: Illogan, Cornwall, England
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Emma Dawe
1843 – 1921
Birth Location: Redruth, Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

Alice Sampson
1864 – 1926
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Children(s)

Samuel Bray
1888 – 1961
Birth Location: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
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James Bray
1889 – 1935
Birth Location: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
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Florence Bray
1891 – 1976
Birth Location: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
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Hilda Bray
1906 – 1975
Birth Location: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
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William Bray's Ancestors

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William Bray
1864 – 1951
Birth Place: Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Parents
John Bray
1841 – 1914
Illogan, Cornwall, England
Emma Dawe
1843 – 1921
Redruth, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
William Bray
1816 – 1876
Buckland, Devonshire, England
Grace Stevens
1816 – 1890
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Joseph Dawe
1810 – 1871
St Uny, Redruth, Cornwall, England
Mary Rule
1812 – 1885
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bray
1786 – 1841
Constance Paul
1776 – 1871
William Stevens
1783 – 1883
Elizabeth Elliott
1783 – 1883
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bray
1757 – 1841
Ann Polkinghorne
1761 – 1841
Leonard Paul
1749 – 1834
Charity James
1754 – 1841

William Bray's Descendants

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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)
        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 – )
      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 – )
        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 – )
      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 – )
    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 – )
        2. 2. Fiona (Maree) Bray (22 FEB 1983 – ) m. Richard Stokes (26 SEP 1969 – )
        3. 3. Helen (Anne) Bray (2 OCT 1984 – ) m. Warwick (Kingsley) Mundt (27 JUN 1977 – )
      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 – )
        2. 2. Jay (Maree) Moroney (31 DEC 1981 – )
  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)
        1. 1. Darryl (William) Fritz (30 DEC 1971 – ) m. Mary Cryan (ABT 1971 – )
        2. 2. Melinda (Maree) Fritz (6 APR 1975 – )
      2. 2. Margaret (Gail) Shipstone (1 JAN 1948 – ) m. George (Edwin) Smith (10 FEB 1941 – )
        1. 1. Megan (Ruth) Smith (27 APR 1974 – )
        2. 2. Erin (Elizabeth) Smith (3 MAY 1976 – )
      3. 3. Paul (Russell) Shipstone (11 DEC 1956 – ) m. Peita Merritt (ABT 1956 – )
        1. 1. Nicole (Amanda) Shipstone (1977 – )
    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 – )
        1. 1. Margaret (Kay) Curtis (12 NOV 1968 – )
        2. 2. Rosemaree (Anne) Curtis (8 APR 1970 – )
        3. 3. Lynette (Joy) Curtis (8 DEC 1974 – )
        4. 4. Mark (John) Curtis (9 SEP 1981 – )
      2. 2. John (Ernest) Shipstone (3 OCT 1946 – ) m. Elizabeth Francis (28 APR 1943 – )
        1. 1. Janette Shipstone (13 OCT 1973 – )
        2. 2. Rebecca Shipstone (26 NOV 1975 – )
      3. 3. Bruce (Perry) Shipstone (6 OCT 1950 – ) m. Jill (Maxine) Creese (ABT 1950 – )
        1. 1. Paul (Simon) Shipstone (10 MAR 1973 – )
      4. 4. Philip (Samuel) Shipstone (1 JUN 1954 – ) m. Julie (Anne) O'Keefe (18 JAN 1956 – )
        1. 1. Timothy (Philip) Shipstone (18 AUG 1979 – )
        2. 2. Daniel (John Philip) Shipstone (10 NOV 1982 – )
        3. 3. Samantha (Louise) Shipstone (21 APR 1984 – )
      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 – )
        1. 1. Aaron (Patrick) Smithwick (2 AUG 1972 – )
        2. 2. Justin (Adam) Smithwick (16 OCT 1977 – )
      2. 2. Allen (William) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Jennifer Suhan (AFT 1946 – )
        1. 1. Cameron (Joseph) Hayward (23 FEB 1980 – )
        2. 2. Amanda (Elizabeth) Hayward (29 SEP 1981 – )
      3. 3. Jennifer (Irene) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Greg Kliveer (AFT 1946 – )
        1. 1. Luke Kliveer (24 OCT 1978 – )
        2. 2. Joel Kliveer (2 SEP 1980 – )
      4. 4. Dianne (Hilda) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Robert (George) Welcome (AFT 1946 – )
        1. 1. Robyn (Joy) Welcome (12 SEP 1970 – )
        2. 2. Michelle (Kate) Welcome (25 JUL 1976 – )
      5. 5. Rhonda (Merle) Hayward (AFT 31 DEC 1949 – ) m. Phillip Love (AFT 1946 – )
        1. 1. Joshua (Phillip) Love (15 APR 1981 – )
      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 – )
        1. 1. Kelly (Anne Kristine) Gardiner (17 AUG 1981 – )
        2. 2. Stacey (Leigh Anne) Gardiner (16 AUG 1983 – )
      2. 2. Catherine (May) Gardiner (17 NOV 1953 – ) m. Keith (Wayne) Tugwell (2 SEP 1950 – )
        1. 1. Natalie (Susan) Tugwell (5 MAR 1976 – )
        2. 2. Nathan (Mark) Tugwell (17 NOV 1977 – )
      3. 3. Shirley (Coral) Gardiner (19 AUG 1955 – ) m. Edward (Martin) Horton (30 MAR 1953 – )
        1. 1. Jennifer (Louise) Horton (13 DEC 1976 – )
        2. 2. Edward (Luke) Horton (10 OCT 1979 – )
      4. 4. Martha (Elizabeth) Gardiner (8 AUG 1961 – ) m. Trevor (Len) Horwell (26 SEP 1954 – )
        1. 1. Anita (Elizabeth) Horwell (7 APR 1981 – )
        2. 2. Josephine (Marie) Horwell (15 FEB 1982 – )
      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 – )
        1. 1. Robert (William) Kropp (4 SEP 1983 – )
      3. 3. Christine (Mary) Kropp (11 AUG 1959 – ) m. David (Mark) Rollason (ABT 1959 – )
        1. 1. Rebecca (Fay) Rollason (7 DEC 1984 – )
      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 – )

William Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1864
19 MAR 1864
Birth of William Joseph Bray in Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Moonta, South Australia, Australia
1951
2 JUN 1951
Age 87
Death of William Joseph Bray in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 MAR 1864
    Event Place: Moonta, South Australia, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 JUN 1951
    Event Place: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
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