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My great great grandfather was Robert GRAY, born in Hackney London England, christened 22 Sept 1839. His father was Daniel Charles Malcolm GRAY, born Hackney London 1 July 1810, christened 8th August 1810.. Daniel CM Gray's father was Malcolm GRAY. Daniel CM Gray and his father Malcolm both were listed as Mariners. What would Mariners do in Hackney?
Robert GRAY left for Australia sometime between the 1850 and 1860 census. When he travelled to Australia is unknown. There was a Robert GRAY listed as crew on the Lansdowne arriving in Sydney 6th February 1859 and also a Robert GRAY listed as crewman on the Primula 1856, who then is listed in the NSW Police Gazette as deserting.
The first we see of Robert GRAY in my district of Molong/Yeoval is in 1861 with the birth of a "male" child to Jane Graham SINFIELD when Jane is 16 years old (from birth Certificate). In 1867 Robert and Jane marry. Robert made contact with his brother Daniel Malcolm in the 1890s from a letter placed by his brother Daniel. Robert died in 1903 in Peak Hill. Robert's extended family lived in the area extending from Wellington, Yeoval, Baldry, Obley and Peak Hill.
I would love to hear from anyone out there who are related to Robert GRAY. I have not been able to trace Jane Graham SINFIELD family line. A photograph of Bob Gray and family at the time of his son Robert GRAY's wedding shows that the extended family were of Aboriginal descent, whom my grandmother's line experienced the negativity from society at the time.