Chrissina (Gray) Wratt (abt. 1821 - 1880)

Born about 1821 in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland

Wife of William (Ratt) Wratt — married 21 Aug 1847 in Nelson, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1880 at about age 59 in Sherwood House, Spring Grove, Nelson, New Zealand

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Biography

It seems likely she was born in Portadown, Amargh, Ireland and her mother may have been Jane Grey (MS Stewart/Stuart). Father may have been John Gray. Her parents are supposed to be Scottish immigrants to Ireland and they believed that the Stewart side was related to the Royal Stuarts. This is according to details on another family tree so need verification. Direct descendant O'Keeffe-326 has DNA links with 4x G Grandchild via Chrissina's sister Sarah (Gray) McGowan on Ancestry (7cM over 1 segment)

Christiana Gray is listed as a 22 year old on the Ship Bombay which sailed Gravesend 1st August 1842 - arrived Nelson 14 December 1842.^[1]

Chris Arnold has posted a quote from a letter in Ancestry which reads: "In a letter written by William and Chrissina’s daughter Hannah King, written on 25 August 1946 from Mt. Eden, Auckland, Hannah wrote of her parents: “Father was English to the backbone and very proud of it, too. A Nottingham man, his father was a builder there in Nottingham town. The family came to New Zealand when father was 16, to Nelson, one of the first settlers there. Mother was born at Portadown, County Armagh, of Scotch parents who had moved over to Ireland. Her maiden name was Chrissina Grey, her mother’s was Stuart, both Scotch as Scotch.”"

Nelson Evening Mail, 21 April 1880 ,Page 2: DEATHS: "Ratt, — April 13th, at Sherwood House; Spring Grove, Chrissina, the beloved wife of Mr W. Ratt, aged 59 years."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Migration • New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973 "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973", , FamilySearch, Entry for Christiana Gray, 1842.
2. ↑ Death Notice Colonist, Volume XXIII, Issue 2696, 24 April 1880, Page 6

• http://person.ancestry.com.au/tree/54758494/person/13710423814/facts

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Bombay42.htm

• https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths (NZ death registration 1880/868)

• https://www.myheritage.com/names/henry_ratt

• Curnow, Elsie S. The Wratt Race: from Rutlandshire, England through Nottingham to New Zealand. Nelson, New Zealand: Elsie Curnow, 2009. p171ff.

See also:

• Interred at St. John's Cemetery, Edward Street, Wakefield, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand
• Find A Grave: Memorial #142017544