Gray, George

1860 - 1935  (75 years)

• Name	Gray, George
  Born	30 Jan 1860	Little Wardend Parish of Banff
  Christened	4 Mar 1860	Little Wardend Parish of Banff
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Aug 1935	Strabathie Blackdog Br.of Don Abn.
  Buried	22 Aug 1935	Lair 24 Section C Insch Cemetery
  Person ID	I486	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2004

  
  

  Father	Gray, Alexander,   b. 1 Aug 1824, Wardend Banff ,   d. 18 Dec 1901, Milbethill Marnock  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	McIntosh, Catherine,   b. Abt 1825,   d. 27 Sep 1915, 32 Aird Street Portsoy  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1848	Alvah Banff Scotland
  Documents		Census Banff 1861 William Gray
  Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence, Mary,   b. 11 Nov 1864, Ryehill Oyne ,   d. 21 Nov 1945, Insch Aberdeenshire  (Age 81 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1885	Oyne
  Notes	Proclaimed Parish Church of Keithhall December 1885
  Children	1. Gray, Mary Hellen,   b. 27 May 1886, Ryehill Oyne Aberdeenshire ,   d. 8 Dec 1951, Bridge of Don Aberdeen  (Age 65 years)   2. Gray, George,   b. 15 Dec 1887, Mains o Balbithan Keithhall ,   d. 11 Jan 1963  (Age 75 years)   3. Gray, Catherine,   b. 9 Oct 1889, Skirts of Foudland Insch ,   d. 9 Jul 1974, Cornhill Hospital Aberdeen  (Age 84 years)   4. Gray, Annie,   b. 29 Apr 1891, Skirts of Foudland Insch ,   d. 25 Dec 1960, 331 North Anderson Drive Aberdeen  (Age 69 years)   5. Gray, Alexander McIntosh,   b. 7 Jan 1893, Skirts of Foudland ,   d. 18 Feb 1985, Insch Hospital  (Age 92 years)   6. Gray, Charles Florence,   b. 9 Jan 1895, Skirts of Foudland Insch ,   d. 9 Apr 1977, Sunnyside Royal Hosp Montrose  (Age 82 years)   7. Gray, Lucy,   b. 18 Jan 1897, Skirts of Foudland ,   d. 16 Apr 1980, House of Daviot  (Age 83 years)   8. Gray, Henry,   b. 26 Dec 1898, Skirts of Foudland Insch ,   d. 24 Dec 1948, Woodend Hosp Aberdeen  (Age 49 years)   9. Gray, Robert Lawson,   b. 16 Apr 1901, Skirts of Foudland Insch ,   d. 2 Aug 1931, Craigieford Insch (Suicide)  (Age 30 years)   10. Gray, John Stewart,   b. 12 Feb 1907, Oyne Aberdeenshire ,   d. 14 Jul 1990, Wivelsfield East Sussex  (Age 83 years)
  Photos		Harthill Farm L to R John Gray, Henry Gray, Robert Lawson Gray, Alexander McIntosh Gray, Mary Ellen Gray and Lucy Gray. The three men lying at the front were farm workers
  Documents		Census Insch 1891 George and Mary Gray
  		Census Insch 1901 George and Mary Gray
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Robert L Gray Plot: Lair 22 Section C

  
  

• Notes

  The 1881 Alvah census lists George as servant in the household of John Chalmers at Cairnhill his birth date is given as1858 born Boyndie He marries Mary Florence in 1885 four years on from the Census date The Census for 6 April 1891 lists George Gray as farmer at Skirts of Foudland in the parish of Insch Aberdeenshire The house has 3 rooms with one or more windows. His age is 31 Four houses are listed under this address no acreages given His wife Mary is listed as age 26 born Oyne and the first 3 children are given as Mary H Gray age 4 George Gray age 3, and Catherine Gray age 1 The 1901 Census gives George Gray age 41 born Banff farmer Skirts of Foudland working on his own account with his wife Mary age 37 born Oyne The children listed are Mary H age 14 born Oyne George age 13 born Keithhall Catherine age 11 born Insch Annie age 9 Alexander M age 8 Charles F age 6 Lucy age 4 and Henry age 2 all born Insch The house now has 5 rooms with one or more windows George must have been a successful farmer at Skirts of Foundland as he moved on to a fair sized farm at Harthill of Oyne I believe that the need to succeed, the narrow margin between success and failure, turned him into the harsh and difficult man he became When the family were mostly grown and fled the nest his wife left him moving to a small cottage in Insch Sadly I never met him and I don't believe he ever had a photograph taken, and I have no idea what he looked like I understand via my cousin Sandy Stevenson that he ended his days with his daughter Mary Ellen at Bridge of Don Aberdeen and died age 75 in the Royal Cornhill Hospital of dementia, his usual residence given as Strabathie Cottage