Born in Hopewell Cape, Albert Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Arthur Beecher Bray
and Fannie Louisa (Steeves) Bray
Sister of
Isabella Josephine Bray, Donald Jerome Bray, Grace Dorothy (Bray) Maclean and Arthur S. Bray
Wife of
Gurney Joseph Lewis
— married
15 Sep 1928 in St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1930s - unknown)], [private daughter (1930s - unknown)], [private son (1930s - unknown)], [private daughter (1940s - unknown)] and Donald Bray Lewis Sr.
Died about
at about age 83
in Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, Mass., USA
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2010
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Biography
Hester was born in 1905. She was the daughter of Arthur Bray and Fanny Steeves. She passed away about 1989.
Sources
- "New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT35-RD9 : 11 March 2018), Hester Kathryn Bray, 17 Sep 1905; citing Hopewell Cape, Albert, New Brunswick, certificate 800294, Provincial Archives, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 2,320,150.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester:
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~1.56%
Claire (Steeves) Smith
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T413410 [compare], FTDNA kit #B168922
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~0.78%
Lydia Breckon :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Shirlea Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A388858 [compare], Ancestry member shirlea_smith
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B359525
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~0.78%
Ian Steeves :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T798019 [compare], FTDNA kit #487233
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Shirlea Smith
Shirlea Smith
Bray-1402 and Bray-95 appear to represent the same person because: same name, same parents, same birth info. Interestingly, Bray-95 didn't show up as a match for Bray-1402.
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by Shirlea Smith
Rejected matches › Esther (Brady) Marshall (1904-1988)
Hester is 15 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 25 degrees from Carl Sagan, 22 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 32 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 8 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 23 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 23 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 16 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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