William Gray1

(12 December 1806 - circa December 1877)
FatherJonathan Gray2 (3 Aug 1779 - 11 Dec 1837)
MotherMary Horner2 (c 1785 - c 1849)
     William Gray was born on 12 December 1806 at York, Yorkshire, England, .1,3 He was the son of Jonathan Gray and Mary Horner.2 William Gray was baptized on 12 January 1807 at Holy Trinity in Goodramgate, York, Yorkshire, England, .4 He married Lucy Lumley, daughter of Benjamin Lumley, on 4 August 1830 at England, .5 William Gray married Margaret [--?--] in 1843 at England, .1,6 A possible death for his was registered in the December quarter of 1877 in the York registration district.7 William Gray died on 25 September 1880 at York, Yorkshire, at age 73.3

Census

30 March 1851Head of FamilyMinster Yard with Beddern, York, Yorkshire, England, 1
7 April 1861Head of FamilyMinster Yard, York, Yorkshire, England, 8
2 April 1871Head of FamilyGray's Court, Minster Yard, York, Yorkshire, England, 9

Family 1

Lucy Lumley ( - c 1838)
MarriageHe married Lucy Lumley, daughter of Benjamin Lumley, on 4 August 1830 at England, .5 
Children

Family 2

Margaret [--?--] (c 1810 - c Dec 1879)
Marriage*William Gray married Margaret [--?--] in 1843 at England, .1,6 
Children

Research Notes

  • William Gray was a solicitor in 1861.8
  • He was an attorney and land owner in 1871.9

Citations

  1. [S72] 1851 Census of England & Wales, online http://www.ancestry.co.uk, Class: HO107; Piece: 2353; Folio: 347; Page: 16.
  2. [S443] Mrs Edwin Gray, Papers and Diaries of a York Family 1764-1839, page 284.
  3. [S443] Mrs Edwin Gray, Papers and Diaries of a York Family 1764-1839, page 284: William Gray b Dec 12 1806, d Sept 25 1880.
  4. [S444] Robert Beilby Cook, YPRS Holy Trinity in Goodramgate, William, first child of Jonathan Gray, Attorney at Law, son of William and Faith Gray by Mary his wife daughter of Joseph and Margaret Horner, born Dec 12 1806, bap Jan 12 1807. (page 346).
  5. [S443] Mrs Edwin Gray, Papers and Diaries of a York Family 1764-1839, page 284: William Gray (1806-1880) married Lucy, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Lumley, August 4 1830, who died 1838.
  6. [S443] Mrs Edwin Gray, Papers and Diaries of a York Family 1764-1839, page 284: William Gray (1806-1880) married Margaret, daughter of Andrew Hutton W.S. Stirling. 1843, d 1879.
  7. [S110] FreeBMD, online http://www.freebmd.org.uk/, DEATH of William Gray aged 66 - York 9d 33 Jun 1877.
  8. [S115] 1861 Census of England & Wales, online http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Class: RG9; Piece: 3545; Folio: 102; Page: 6.
  9. [S112] 1871 Census of England & Wales, online http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Class: RG10; Piece: 4744; Folio: 130; Page: 12.