Thomas
Gray
Born in High Street, Sunderland, Durham, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Gray
and Rebecca Simpson (Magog) Gray
Brother of
Mary Jane (Gray) Donkin, Rebecca Gray, Rebecca Gray, Sarah Ann (Gray) Jefferson, Dorothy Kerss Gray, Lawrence Gray, Mary Gray, John Gray, Dinah Gray, Timothy Gray, Ellen Gray and Diana Gray
Husband of
Mary Polly (Coates) Gray
— married
23 Aug 1873 in Registry Office, Sunderland, Durham, England
Descendants 
Father of
William Young Gray, Rebecca (Gray) Scott, Anne Gray, Mary Isabella (Gray) Nudds, Thomas Coates Gray, Samual Gray, Lawrence Coates Gray, Scott Coates Gray, John Gray, Elizabeth Irwin (Gray) MacDonald and Edwin Albert Douglas Gray
Died
at age 63
in Englehart, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Oct 2014
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Biography
Thomas was born on 14 Oct 1849 in Sunderland, Durham, England to Thomas and Rebecca Simpson (Magog) Gray.[1] Thomas was baptized on 4 November 1849 in Sunderland, Durham, England. He was the son of Thomas Gray and Rebecca Simpson (Magog) Gray.
In 1871 he was enumerated with his parents in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England, as a 22-year-old blacksmith.[2]
In 1881 Thomas is listed with a wife, Mary, and Four children: William, Rebeca, Anne C and Mary I, still a blacksmith in bishop Wearmouth.[3]
In 1891 the family have added four children: Thomas, Lawrence, Scott, and Elizabeth (age zero days!).[4]
In 1901, still in bishop Wearmouth, an additional son, Edwin, had been added, then age 8.[5]
In 1913, the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth to Archibald Macdonald was recorded in Cobalt, Ontario, Canada.[6]
Just six months later, on 30 Jul 1913, the death of Thomas Gray was recorded in Englehart, Ontario.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3X1-6YP : 10 April 2021), Thomas Gray, 1849.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBZ2-F1V : Sat Feb 24 07:32:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Gray and Rebecca Gray, 1871.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q271-FDTS : Tue Mar 05 11:26:29 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Gray and Mary Gray, 1881.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WN6C-96Z : Sat Mar 09 19:58:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Grey and Mary Grey, 1891.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSCC-QTW : 21 May 2019), Thomas Gray, Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing South Bishop Wearmouth subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27ZR-HV1 : Sat Mar 09 14:27:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Archibald MacDonald and Archibald MacDonald, 22 Jan 1913.
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDXP-3JL : 2 March 2021), Thomas Gray, 30 Jul 1913; citing Englehart, Temiskaming, Ontario, yr 1913 cn 31809, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,938.
Acknowledgments
- Profile Gray-8306 was created through the import of gray_families.GED on Oct 16, 2014 by Norm Gray.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~3.12%
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~1.56%
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