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John Archibald Gray (1829 - abt. 1861)

John Archibald (Archibald) "Archie" Gray
Born in New Ross, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
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Son of and
Brother of
Husband of — married 17 Nov 1851 in Chester Lunenburg Nova Scotiamap
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Father of , and
Died about at about age 31 in Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

MY BRICK WALL no longer! I now have information back to the Gray Immigrant Ancestors. Initially all I had was the single substantiated record for John Archibald Gray as it appears in the Chester Township Books when his marriage to Ann Ellis is recorded. The entry shows them as having been married in St. Stephens' Anglican Church 17 November 1851. [1]

From the Gray Genealogy, John Archibald Gray was born 1 September, 1829 in New Ross, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia to John Gray Jr. and his wife Eliza Julia Gillman. [2] He had one sibling listed, David Gillman Gray, born 2 January 1832 in New Ross.

Archibald preferred to be called Archibald, [3] or Archie for everyday use. [4]

The Gray Genealogy records only John Archibald Gray Jr. as offspring for Archibald and Ann. Allen David Gray is shown as their child in several biographical articles on his early life in publications in Topeka, Kansas. In those articles Allen also mentions another surviving sibling, his brother, Leander Gray, in comments he made on his life to an interviewer in Topeka, Kansas.

Archie died in 1861. He nearly did several years earlier. A man named Joseph and Archibald Gray fell into the river. Joseph died and Archibald's life was barely saved by an Indian. Ann Ellis had a brother, Joseph, who died in Gold River 27 April 1855. [5] My thanks to Walter Ellis for the article. [6]

In 1853 Archibald was living in New Ross, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. [7]

He was a cooper. [8]

SOURCES

  1. ↑ Chester Township Books
  2. ↑ Gray Genealogy, Ross Farm Museum, New Ross, Nova Scotia
  3. ↑ ALLEN'S ARTICLE
  4. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949, database, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F22Z-Q4D :1 February 2020), John Gray, 1875
  5. ↑ 'Fatal Accident at Gold River'. Acadian Recorder, issue May 12, 1855, page 3, column 1; http://news.google.com newspapers?nid=3htObqc8RwsC&dat=18550512&
  6. ↑ Walter Ellis e-mail 4/22/2012
  7. ↑ page 55, Marriage Register, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
  8. ↑ page 55, Marriage Register, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.




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