George Greenleaf Gray (1837-1926) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

George Greenleaf Gray

Born 21 Jul 1837 in Lower Brighton, Carleton Co, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Son of Nathaniel Gray and Ruth A. (McGee) Gray

Brother of Alfred Gray, Carlton N. Gray, Harriet A. Gray, Rachel A. Gray, Martha Jane (Gray) Jones, Ruth Carolyn Gray, Caroline Gray, Abner Merseau Gray, Dorian Gray and Darcy Evelyn (Gray) McFarland

Husband of Elizabeth Lorania (Ackerson) Gray — married 1 Jan 1862 in Lower Brighton, Carleton Co, NB.

Descendants

Father of Dorian Wilmer Gray, Eugenie (Gray) Taylor, George C. Gray, May (Gray) McLaughlin and Susan Wentworth (Gray) Rempel

Died 10 Jun 1926 at age 88 in Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

George Greenleaf Gray lived all his life in Carleton County near Hartland, N.B. From 1860 until his death in 1926 he kept a diary in which he faithfully recorded events of importance to him, especially births, deaths, and marriages. The original is with the Carleton County Historical Society in Woodstock, & there are a number of transcripts in private collections. It is an important reference for making searches for genealogical events in Carleton County. George was a Deacon of the Reformed Baptist Church.

Sources

Ruby Burlock Dickinson research information.

1851 census records George Gray at 14 years. *http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1851_pdf/e092/e002292087.pdf

1881 Canadian census
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e326/e008133002.pdf

1891 Canadian census
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148099-00585

1901 Canadian census
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z001/pdf/z000024284.pdf

1911 Canadian census
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e001956589.pdf

Provincial Archives NB newspaper statistics recorded that George G. Gray was married to Elizabeth Ackerson on Jan. 11, 1862 by Rev. J.G. Hartley at the brides father's residence in Brighton, Carleton Co., New Brunswick (Canada).
http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=9d205489-ad86-48b1-b3fb-74ddca979ed1&r=1&ni=120370

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:

Cynthia Herald : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #337121
Marion O'Donnell : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H1a1, FTDNA kit #217884
William Thornton : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H1a1, FTDNA kit #159230

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:

~6.25% Dale Dickinson : 23andMe
~3.12% Richard Cooper : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Kal Perry : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A752603 [compare], Ancestry member kalperry1
~1.56% David L. Stewart : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 9295 [compare], Ancestry member dstewart193
~1.56% Lynn Dickinson : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal LYN93d82ac4, FTDNA kit #MK81465 + Autosomal DNA Test
~0.78% ~6.25% Katie Wallace : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.78% James Shaw : 23andMe
~0.78% Rick Mathieson : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Daniel Shaw : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Dennis Keefe : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LV3867556 [compare], yourDNAportal DENb3c7340d, Ancestry member denniskeefe
~0.78% S Davis : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member susancoleman778
~0.78% Paul Lake : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A332363 [compare], Ancestry member plake77
~0.78% Faith Nixon : MyHeritage DNA