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Hi, I'm looking for any information on my great Uncle Albert Gray,(1888-1982) who moved to Canada around 1908-1912 from Kent. I know he married an Elizabeth Wellcoat in 1913 and died in Canada in 1982, but know very little of his life. I believe he was in the Royal Medical Corps in the War but know nothing after that.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Many thanks
Lisa
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Elizabeth GRAY ( Wellcoat ) , parents Joseph Wellcoat and Mary Phelp, died 21 May 1935 Pembroke , New Hampshire, USA.
Albert GRAY b 12 Aug 1888 died 6 Feb 1982 Manchester, Hillsboro, New Hampshire , USA
Albert GRAY , widower , parents John GRAY & Alice WELLINGTON, married 9 Oct 1943 Manchester, New Hampshire USA Gertrude Olive Wilson VALLEY.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL8R-VJ7
You can use familysearch to find Albert & Elizabeth in the US census , free of charge.
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Marriage and death records for James Roland Gray , son of Albert Gray & Elizabeth Wellcoat :
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL8R-NWZ
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBJV-R68
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There is also a daughter born 1920 Canada . I will not name her until I can establish whether she is still living.
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Albert GRAY 31 hospital attendant
Elizabeth GRAY 36
GRAY 4 months female
crossed from Canada May 1920 arriving Morristown , New York, destination Manchester ( New Hampshire ). Nearest relative in Country whence came : sister in law Mrs James Achison , ?field , Ontario.
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Hi,
A possible,
Canadian Passenger List on the ship "Empress of Ireland" from Liverpool to St. John, New
Brunswick arriving Feb. 17, 1912
Gray, Albert, age 23, b. England, destination Tweed, Ontario, occupation male nurse, intended
occupation farm work.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ih1/
Cheers,
DB
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Albert Gray 26 male nurse arrived London 8 Sep 1914 from Montreal on Ruthenia.
This fits with his Service Record which shows service in RAMC before he emigrated to Canada and that he was either recalled or re enlisted for war service. The record is on Ancestry and is quite lengthy , so well worth a look if you haven't already done so ( note there are several black images in the middle of the sequence but the records continue thereafter ).
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Albert GRAY 31 hospital attendant
Elizabeth GRAY 36
GRAY 4 months female
crossed from Canada May 1920 arriving Morristown , New York, destination Manchester ( New Hampshire ). Nearest relative in Country whence came : sister in law Mrs James Achison , ?field , Ontario.
?field, I think is Fairfield, a community within the township of Elizabethtown (aka Brockville) which is where Elizabeth's sister Jennie/Janet is with her husband Stewart Acheson in the 1921 Canadian census.
Another border crossing at Morristown, NY in May 1913,
Gray, Albert, age 25, married, b. England, occ. prison attendant, last permanent address Brockville,
going to New York, NY, relative sister-in-law Mrs. Stewart Achison, New Dublin (also a community
within Elizabethtown).
Cheers,
DB
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Thanks DB ! My knowledge of Canadian geography is a bit sketchy , to say the least . ???
CB
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;D
Counties/towns/townships and the rearranging and renaming enough to drive a person mad,
namely me, and I live in Ontario.
The Mrs. James Achison, is that starting to look like Mrs. Jennie, or is that just wishful thinking
on my part. ??? ;D
Cheers,
DB
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I'm still thinking James , but not 100%.
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This is all fantastic stuff, thank you everyone for all of your brilliant information, it's very much appreciated.
Lisa x
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?field, I think is Fairfield, a community within the township of Elizabethtown (aka Brockville) which is where Elizabeth's sister Jennie/Janet is with her husband Stewart Acheson in the 1921 Canadian census.
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Hi, Yes it is/was... here is a bit of information about Fairfield
http://www.lynmuseum.ca/2016/09/08/fairfield-east-forgotten-hamlet-elizabethtown/
RK
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CB Wishful thinking on my part. ::) ;D
RK Thanks ;D Interesting article, loved the Bains Grocery.
GL You're welcome. ;D There is a WW2 Army Enlistment Record for Albert Gray in 1941, (would have been age 52ish if it's him) Manchester, NH, widow, in the National Guard, rank Staff Sergeant Medical Corps.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ih7/
Cheers,
DB
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Grandson of Albert Gray.
Ronald Gray Rojek - 1942 - 2004 - Ronald's mother married Louis Rojek 30 May 1940 Goffstown, New Hampshire. Louis Rojek born 1 March 1915 passed away February 1970 Florida. (probably Cape Coral)
Mother remarried to a Conlon.
Lots of relatives which you might be able to trace using http://www.whitepages.com/
http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&n=Ronald-G-Rojek&personID=2750632
http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/journey-weg-steve-rojek-lives-life-fullest
Sandra
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[Hi lisa. I am related to the Wellcoat family and have info on Elizabeths side if you are interested
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Hi, I'm looking for any information on my great Uncle Albert Gray,(1888-1982) who moved to Canada around 1908-1912 from Kent. I know he married an Elizabeth Wellcoat in 1913 and died in Canada in 1982, but know very little of his life. I believe he was in the Royal Medical Corps in the War but know nothing after that.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Many thanks
Lisa
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Hi
Elizabeth Wellcoat was also a 1st cousin x3 removed of mine and I have a lot of information from her mother's side if you are interested in following that line as well.
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Hi everyone
I am related to the Wellcoat tree via John Robertson Wellcoat (1891) my grandfather, son of John Philp Wellcoat and Mary Bowman Robertson.
My mother Iris Brown Wellcoat (1925) was John's only child to Margaret Brown.
I don't have much on Albert Gray apart from knowing his children to Elizabeth Wellcoat were:
Dorothy Evelyn Gray married Louis Rojek
James Roland Gray married Stefania Duperon
any further information on Albert's parents, siblings would be great :