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 1907 - 1990 (83 years)
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| Name |
Gray, John Stewart |
| Nickname |
Jock |
| Born |
12 Feb 1907 |
Oyne Aberdeenshire  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
14 Jul 1990 |
Wivelsfield East Sussex |
| Person ID |
I497 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Dec 2003 |
| Father |
Gray, George, b. 30 Jan 1860, Little Wardend Parish of Banff , d. 21 Aug 1935, Strabathie Blackdog Br.of Don Abn. (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
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
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| 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
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 | Census Insch 1901 George and Mary Gray
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| Family ID |
F166 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Rin 497 JOCK_GRAY
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| 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 |
 | Robert Catherine and John Gray
In this photograph Catherine is seen with her brothers young John on her right and Robert Lawson on her left The photo is undated and is probably taken at the family farm of Harthill Oyne |
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| Notes |
- John Stewart Gray was born at Harthill Oyne in Feb 1907 the only one of the children to be born there His parents were George Gray and Mary Florence
John started life working at home on the farm as his brothers had done and then as a farm servant
He applied to join the police force in Aberdeen only to be rejected due to lack of height being 5ft 11and one half inches whilst the requirement was 6 feet
He then applied to the Metropolitan police in London and was accepted having grown half an inch on the way south as he himself declared
He married a London girl Cis although as it transpired she came from a German family who had moved to England The father changed the family name from Odenbreit to Bright except he left out the girls since when they married they would change names anyway
John was known as "Jock" throughout his life and completed his service with the police serving throughout the blitz in the heavily bombed east end of London
During those war time years he and Cis kept open house for all members of the family who were serving in the forces and happened to be passing. They were most generous in their hospitality despite food rationing and other shortages
They brought up their three children in Crofton Park Road Brockley
When Cis died, the children having fled the coop, Jock remarried in 1976
He and Kath stayed on at Crofton Park Road Jock found employment as an insurance assessor to supplement his pension and pursued his hobby of growing and showing flowers
His life style with Kath changed somewhat to include travel and foreign holidays and they seemed to live happily together although after his death she turned against the children and sold the house without their knowledge A neighbour found a bundle of family photographs deposited in the dustbin
This photograph is added from my mothers collection and is undated
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