Born in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Ray
and Harriet (Holden) Ray
Sister of
William Everleigh Ray, Hena Margurite Constance (Ray) Northam, [private sister (1870s - 1960s)], Oswald Arthur Dunstan Ray and Harry Clarkson Ray
Wife of
John McGregor Brown
— married
1908 [location unknown]
Mother of
Jessie May Brown, Arthur McGregor Brown, Heather Joan Brown and Flora Mabel (Brown) Walker
Died
at about age 55
in Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Nov 2014
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Biography
Eleanor was born in 1879 in Shoalhaven, the daughter of Thomas Ray and Harriet Holden. [1]
Eleanor married John Brown in 1908 in Gipsland. [2] and produced Jessie and Arthur before moving to Caulfield and producing Heather and Flora.
She died age 54 in 1934
[3]
[4]
and is buried in the Brighton General Cemetery
[5]
in the same plot as her father-in-law and son.
Residence
No. 61 Wattletree road, Malvern.
Sources
- ↑ Birth record: 23284/1879. BDM NSW. Accessed 2021-10-24
- Name: RAY ELEANOR M
- Place: SHOALHAVEN
- Mother: HARRIET
- Father: THOMAS
- ↑ Marriage record: 8789/1908. BDM Victoria. Accessed 2021-11-19
- ↑ Death Registration: 1199 / 1934 BDM Victoria. Accessed 2021-10-24
- Name: Eleanor Mary BROWN
- Mother: Harriett HOLDEN
- Father: RAY Thomas
- Place: MALVERN, Australia
- Age: 54
- ↑ Death Notice Trove The Age Saturday 3 Feb 1934 BROWN.— On the 2nd February, at her residence, No. 7 Johnstone-street, Malvern, Eleanor Mary, dearly beloved wife of John MacGregor Brown, and loving mother of Roy, Annie, Jessie, Arthur, Heather and Flora.
- ↑ Burial: findagrave.com Accessed 2021-10-24
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