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Isabella (Kinread) Gray (bef. 1808 - 1884)

Isabella Gray formerly Kinread
Born before in Whitehaven, Cumberland, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after age 76 in Garden, Delta, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Biography

1809 - Isabella Kinread was born 1808 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England. [1]

1829 - She married David Gray (1805-1880, born in Nova Scotia) in 1829. David was a teamster in Rochester New York.

1884 - Isabella died in 1884, Garden City, Delta, Michigan, USA

Children of David and Isabella Gray:

  1. John Kinread Gray (1829 - 1907), married Jane Trueblood, lived in Indiana
  2. George K. Gray (1831 - 1872) married Rebecca Trueblood (sister of Johnathon Trueblood) and lived on Garden Bay for a time.
  3. Mary Jane Gray (1834 - 1904) married a man by the name of Clark and lived in lower Michigan.
  4. Margaret Gray (1836 - 1904), married Reuben Allen in 1851 in Rochester, New York. They moved to Garden City, Michigan and had a large family.
  5. Harriet Isabella Gray (1837 - 1906), married Simon Bouschor.
  6. Charles Wesley Gray (1842 - 1872), married another Trueblood sister, Maria Trueblood in 1866. He died in 1872 and his remains were reinterred to Kate's Bay Cemetery in 1914. His widow married Thomas Tracy.
  7. Anne Gray( ? - ? ) married John Maxwell and lived on the Maxwell place at Valentine Creek northeast of Garden.

From Obituary: Gray, Isabella (Schoolcraft County Pioneer, Aug. 6, 1884):

Mrs. Isabella Gray, aged 79 years died on Saturday morning last, at the residence of her daughter near Kate's Bay. Mrs. Gray was one of the pioneers of this peninsula, having lived near Garden creek for 24 years. She lived to see that wilderness opened up into one of the finest agricultural districts in the northwest; to see villages, churches and school houses spring up and flourish all around her. Mrs. Gray leaves quite a family of grown up children, who are married and settled in the immediate neighborhood, to mourn her loss. Mother Gray was a good woman with no enemies, but hosts of friends. Her loss will be deeply felt by her many friends and relatives on the peninsula. A kind mother and friend has gone to rest. Her funeral took place on Sunday last and was attended by a large concourse of citizens. Rev. Mr. Williams of this village attended and preached a splendid discourse. Mrs. Gray was the oldest settler on the Bay shore. One by one the old pioneers are called from labor to reward.

Family Story from mundia.com "The David Gray Family" -- Our Heritage: Garden Peninsula (Delta County, Michigan, The Garden Peninsula Historical Society, 1982), 226.

David Gray met Isabelle Kinrad in England and followed her to Nova Scotia where they were married. T hey moved to Rochester, New York where he worked on the construction of the Erie Canal. They had seven children. David Gray bought land on Garden Bay. He returned to South Bend, Indiana where the family was living at that time. Five years later he came back to Garden Bay and purchased more land. He walked from Garden to Marquette to obtain the proper deeds. David Gray died May 15, 1880 and his wife Isabelle died August 2, 1884. Both were buried in a private family cemetery on the Gray farm. Their remains were reinterred to the Kate's Bay Cemetery on the Tracy lot in 1914.

Sources

  1. Baptism - Name: Isabella Kinred Gender: Female Baptism Date: 12 Mar 1808 Baptism Place: Holy Trinity,Whitehaven,Cumberland,England Father: George Kinred Mother: Ann FHL Film Number: 90678 Ancestry.co.uk




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