Ray

[bethjones]

I am desparately trying to find out information about a CECIL OLIVER RAY who was allegedly born 16th August 1898  - on the Isle of Man??  His parents were supposedly George William and Elizabeth Ray. 

Cannot find a birth for Cecil, or a marriage for his parents, actually nothing can be found about him until his marriage in 1942 and his subsequent death in 1959.

Does anybody else know anything about a Ray family with these names???

[charlotteCH]

Hi bethjones,

might be worth checking the RC Surnames list- 4th button from LHS at the top of the page.

charlotte

[diddymiller]

have seen your tree on A*.

why do you think he was born on the isle of man. you have him married in isle of wight, hamps. doesn't seem to be an IOM connection?

Diddy

[bethjones]

Hi.

Actually the record shown for his marriage on Ancestry covers the area of Isle of Wight.  He got married in the New Forest in the County of Southampton.

The Isle of Man connection comes from his stories.  He said he was born there, and his mother died there outside their house after being knocked down by a tram.

The stories he told were almost to fantastic to be true, and as there is no birth record on the Isle of Wight or England, Ireland Scotland or Wales, we, the family are beginning to believe that he had an assumed name.

Beth

[jorose]

Info on IoM genealogy:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/iom/
The records are separate - have you contacted them directly to look for both Cecil's birth and a marriage for his parents?

Looking at the 1891 IOM census, don't see that many people by the name of "Ray". You could check also alternate spellings:
Rae, Raye, Ree, Wray, etc.