James
Gray
Born about in Pocklington, Yorkshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Flints) Gray
— married
1 May 1823 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Gray) Milner and Frances (Gray) Briggs
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
James was born about 1800 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, England.
He married Mary Flints in Pocklington in 1823.[1] In 1841 the family lived in Pocklington, where James worked as an agricultural labourer.[2] By 1851 he was a railway gatekeeper.[3][4][5]
In 1881 James was a widower and "annuitant retired porter" and lived on George Street with his daughter Mary and grandson Harry.[6]
Sources
- ↑ All Saints, Pocklington. James Gray of this parish and Mary Flints of this parish were married by banns 1 May 1823. Mary signed; James could not. Witnesses John Bailey and William Snarr.
Yorkshire Baptisms. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 5 Sep 2019 - ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQPK-C32 : 23 May 2019), James Gray, Pocklington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7RG-JG6 : 21 April 2019), James Gray, Pocklington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZLR-LTF : 24 April 2019), James Gray, 1871.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-9329 : 11 December 2017), James Gray, Pocklington, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 2, Piece/Folio 4732/54, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,324.
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