How very serendipitous and exciting !! Hello, GerryNew !! Have just been trying to decide in which of the three different threads I should post my reply
but have settled on this one.
Gerard Graham, Electrical Engineer, was my grandfather. I was intrigued to see that you include the "Gay" in his name - which was known to all our family - but that second name is not in any of the official records or letters/docs that our family has, so I would love to know how you knew about it ? Interestingly, his name was registered as "Peter" at birth, but changed to Gerard when he was christened. And, yes, he did work in India for about 4 years.
I too managed to trace his ancestors back to John Graham yeo of Wetheral, with the help of various wills etc, and a collection of documents and letters to my g/g/gf Revd John Graham, Vicar of Hinxton. I have a v.tentative idea of the ancestors a bit further back than JG yeo, but all unverified as yet, so not included in my family tree on Ancestry. But I feel sure that discovering more about the history of the Froddle Crook estate and the other properties in Cumberland would provide more clues.
I would be SO interested in seeing that 1810 letter from Rev Robert and John's letter of Admin and will !! Can't wait to see them !! or any of the Graham family documents that you have. I'll pm my email address to you.