Florence, Mary

1864 - 1945  (81 years)

• Name	Florence, Mary
  Born	11 Nov 1864	Ryehill Oyne
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Nov 1945	Insch Aberdeenshire
  Buried	29 Nov 1945	Insch Cemetery Lair 22 Section C
  Person ID	I487	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2003

  
  

  Father	Florence, George,   b. Abt Aug 1821, Rhynie Aberdeenshire ,   d. 31 Dec 1911, Bog Glenfoudland Insch  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Benzie, Helen,   b. 26 Nov 1819, Ryehill Oyne ,   d. 7 Nov 1907, Bog Glenfoudland Insch  (Age 87 years)
  Married	23 Jun 1848	Oyne Aberdeenshire
  Documents » Slide Show		Census Oyne 1881 Florence
  		Census Oyne 1871 Florence
  		Census Insch 1891 Florence
  		Census Insch 1901 Florence
  		Census Rayne 1851 and Oyne 1861 Florence
  Family ID	F171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gray, George,   b. 30 Jan 1860, Little Wardend Parish of Banff ,   d. 21 Aug 1935, Strabathie Blackdog Br.of Don Abn.  (Age 75 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

  
  

• Photos		Rin 487 GRANNY_GRAY
  		Mary Florence with Annie Stevenson and children L-R Mary Florence Annie Stevenson John Stevenson Mary Stevenson Elsie Stevenson

  
  

  Headstones

  Robert L Gray Plot: Lair 22 Section C

  
  

• Notes

  The 1881 Census for Leslie lists Mary Florance as a servant in the household of John Geddes The dwelling is given as Hall She is age 16 born Oyne John Geddes is a farmer of 50 acres age 56 employing one man and one girl and he was born Insch His wife Isabella is 73(?) born Oyne and there is a lodger Agnes Mathieson age 52 seller of artificial flowers Mary's father George Florence is described as a crofter on his daughters birth certificate Records show 8 Florence children although the first George died at age 7and the name is re-used Mary was the youngest and was born at the family croft of Ryehill at the back of Bennachie Her mother Helen Benzie was also of a crofter family from the back of Bennachie She married George Gray and raised 10 children Her husband became a harsh and difficult man and when the children were grown she left him and found a small house at Insch (36 High Street) with her daughter Katie and sometimes her unmarried son Alexander (Sandy) She eeked out her living by knitting stockings for the outfitters Russell specialising in golf socks with elaborate designs for the gentry This photo is the only one of her that I know of It has been "lifted" from a group at Insch station and is dated about 1928