Children of Maria and Samuel Bray

01. Amelia Ann Bray

1855 Q1 b. Pendleton, Lancashire GRO index; censuses
1861 living with her family and a servant at 197 Broad Street, Pendleton TNA: RG 9/2902 f100 p19
1871 living with her family and a general servant at Holly House, Alsager, Cheshire RG 10/3706 f120 p20
1881 boarding school mist., living with her family and three boarding scholars at The Fields School, Alsager RG 11/3536 f122 p13
1891 living on own means at 19 Clarence Rd, Birkdale, Lancashire, with her widowed mother and three visitors RG 12/3032 f40 p22
1901 not found in census  
1911 no business, living with her sisters Elizabeth, Bertha, and Edith in 7 rooms at 254 Portland St, Southport, Lancashire RG 14/22891 RD457 ED25 SN44
1911-11-26 of 254 Portland-street, Southport; d. Ormskirk RD; as Amelia Annie GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1912-01-15 admon at London to Bertha Bray, spinster; effects £74 6s. National Probate Calendar


02. Elizabeth Maria Bray

1857 Q4 b. Pendleton, Lancashire GRO index; censuses
1861 scholar, living with her family and a servant at 197 Broad Street, Pendleton TNA: RG 9/2902 f100 p19
1871 scholar, with her sister Bertha, one of 21 pupils at 58 High Street, Daventry, Northamptonshire, a school kept by Elizabeth Davies RG 10/1492 f7 p6
1881 boarding school mist., living with her family and three boarding scholars at The Fields School, Alsager, Cheshire RG 11/3536 f122 p13
1891 not found in census  
1901
1911 no business, living with her sisters Amelia, Bertha, and Edith in 7 rooms at 254 Portland St, Southport, Lancashire RG 14/22891 RD457 ED25 SN44
1921 householder, employer, working at 155 Liverpool Rd, Birkdale, Southport; with her sisters Bertha and Edith, boarders in a boarding house run by Gertrude and Katherine Stokes at 20 Broad Walk, Buxton, Derbyshire RG 15/16557 RD440 SD1 ED5 SN– p2
1938-11-18 of 155 Liverpool-road, Birkdale, Southport; d. 2 Acre-grove, Birkdale GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1938-12-22 will proved at London by Herbert Bray, retired railway official; effects £1832 14s. 3d. National Probate Calendar


03. Bertha Bray

1860 Q1 b. Pendleton, Lancashire GRO index; censuses
1861 living with her family and a servant at 197 Broad Street, Pendleton TNA: RG 9/2902 f100 p19
1871 scholar, with her sister Elizabeth, one of 21 pupils at 58 High Street, Daventry, Northamptonshire, a school kept by Elizabeth Davies RG 10/1492 f7 p6
1881 governess, in the household of Arthur Stopford Underhill, MD, and his family, at 56 Horsley Road, Tipton, Staffordshire RG 11/2866 f21 p35
1891 governess, employed, in the household of Arthur Stopford Underhill, general practitioner, and his family, at 56 Surgery, Horsley Road, Tipton, Staffordshire RG 12/2285 f97 p20
1901 hospital nurse, own account, visitor with her sister Isabella and brother-in-law John J.G. Murray, medical practitioner, and their family, at 'Eblana', Chatsworth Avenue, Liscard, Cheshire RG 13/3403 f162 p36
1911 no business, living with her sisters Amelia, Elizabeth, and Edith in 7 rooms at 254 Portland St, Southport, Lancashire RG 14/22891 RD457 ED25 SN44
1912-01-15 administrator of the estate of her sister Amelia National Probate Calendar
1921 householder, employer, working at 155 Liverpool Rd, Birkdale, Southport; with her sisters Elizabeth and Edith, boarders in a boarding house run by Gertrude and Katherine Stokes at 20 Broad Walk, Buxton, Derbyshire RG 15/16557 RD440 SD1 ED5 SN– p2
1939-08-28 of 155 Liverpool-road, Birkdale, Southport; d. Southport RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1939-10-10 will proved at London by Herbert Bray, retired railway official; effects £5923 1s. 11d. National Probate Calendar


04. Herbert Bray

1862-11-12 b. Alsager, Cheshire GRO index; censuses; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101)
1871 the youngest of 49 pupils at Grove Park Academy, 1 Grove Park, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales RG 10/5658 f20 p15
1880-05-17 of Christ Church, Alsager; bapt. Alsager Christ Church Cheshire parish registers
1881 soda water manufacturer, living with his family and three boarding scholars at The Fields School, Alsager, Cheshire RG 11/3536 f122 p13
1891 railway clerk, employed, visiting with Annie Hawkins and her family, at 50 Wyndcliffe Road, Bordesley, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire RG 12/2415 f96 p7
1895-09-02 railway goods agent, of 17 Oregon Street[, Birmingham]; m. Paulina Corbett (1866–1941, of 15 Wright Street, Small Heath, b. Aldershot, Surrey, d. of William Corbett, Army officer), at St Thomas's pc, Birmingham, after banns GRO index; parish register; RG 14/18372 RD385 ED1 SN284; 1939 England and Wales Register; Birmingham Mail, 1941-04-30
Children: Harold Herbert (1896–1960) and Marjorie Pilkington (1902–1992), both b. Small Heath, Warwickshire GRO index; RG 14/18372 RD385 ED1 SN284; National Probate Calendar; Isle of Man deaths and burials
1901 collector L & N.W. Ry Co., worker, living with his family at Heatherlea, Shirley Rd, Yardley, Worcestershire RG 13/2923 f48 p29
1911 accounts railway clerk, worker, living with his family in 6 rooms in Western Road, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire RG 14/18372 RD385 ED1 SN284
1921 not found in census  
1938-12-22 retired railway official, executor of the will of his sister Elizabeth National Probate Calendar
1939-01-04 retired railway official, executor of the will of his sister Isabel National Probate Calendar
1939-09-29 railway accounts collector, retired, living at 717 Chester Road, Birmingham, with his wife and daughter 1939 England and Wales Register
1939-10-10 retired railway official, executor of the will of his sister Bertha National Probate Calendar
1941-04-23 of 717 Chester Road, Southport Birmingham Mail, 1941-04-30
1945-01-27 of 12a Queens-road, Southport, Lancashire; d. Ashley Bank Nursing Home, 45 Scarisbrick New-road, Southport GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1945-03-30 will proved at Llandudno by Harold Herbert Bray, civil servant, and Marjorie Pilkington Bray, spinster; effects £8035 15s. 4d. National Probate Calendar


05. Isabel Bray

1863 Q4 b. Alsager, Cheshire GRO index; censuses
1871 living with her family and a general servant at Holly House, Alsager, Cheshire TNA: RG 10/3706 f120 p20
1880-05-17 bapt. Christ Church, Alsager "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538–2000," database, FamilySearch: 24 December 2014, Isabel Bray, 17 May 1880, Christening, citing item 9 p 81, Christ Church, Alsager, Cheshire, Record Office, Chester, FHL microfilm 1,655,851
1881 nursery governess, servant in the household of John P. Nelson, manager for shipping firm, and his family, at Railway Side, Formby, Lancashire RG 11/3746 f93 p6
1891 not found in census  
1898 Q1 m. John James Goodlake Murray (cal 1851 – 1911, medical practitioner, b. Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland), in Toxteth Park RD GRO index; RG 13/3403 f162 p36; RG 14/22081 RD452 ED29 SN184; National Probate Calendar
Children: Henry Allan (1899–1918, b. Liscard, Cheshire) and ____ (b. & d. before 1911) GRO index; RG 13/3403 f162 p36; RG 14/22081 RD452 ED29 SN184; CWGC
1901 living with her family at 'Eblana', Chatsworth Avenue, Liscard, Cheshire, with a general servant, a domestic nurse, and her visiting sister Bertha RG 13/3403 f162 p36
1911 living with her family and a general servant in 8 rooms at 112 Liscard Road, Liscard RG 14/22081 RD452 ED29 SN184
1911-11-16 executor of her husband's will National Probate Calendar
1921 not found in census  
1938-11-14 of 124 Liverpool-road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire; d. Southport RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1939-01-04 will proved at London by Herbert Bray, retired railway official; effects £7781 2s. 1d. National Probate Calendar


06. Edith Bray

1866-01-17 b. Alsager, Cheshire GRO index; censuses; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101), giving 1869-01-17
1871 living with her family and a general servant at Holly House, Alsager, Cheshire RG 10/3706 f120 p20
1881 scholar, living with her family and three boarding scholars at The Fields School, Alsager RG 11/3536 f122 p13
1891 governess, in the household of Samuel Taylor, retired barrister, and his family, of Brookfield, Withington, Lancashire RG 12/3163 f37 p16
1898-10-13 of Southport; gave a photo frame as a present for the wedding of Ada Isherwood and Edward Leeming Heywood Advertiser, 1898-10-14
1901 not found in census  
1911 no business, living with her sisters Amelia, Elizabeth, and Bertha in 7 rooms at 254 Portland St, Southport, Lancashire RG 14/22891 RD457 ED25 SN44
1921 householder, employer, working at 155 Liverpool Rd, Birkdale, Southport; with her sisters Elizabeth and Bertha, boarders in a boarding house run by Gertrude and Katherine Stokes at 20 Broad Walk, Buxton, Derbyshire RG 15/16557 RD440 SD1 ED5 SN– p2
1939-09-29 unpaid house duties, living at 155 Liverpool Road, Southport 1939 England and Wales Register
1948-06-15 of 155 Liverpool-road, Birkdale, Lancashire; d. Southport RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1948-09-17 will proved at London by Harold Herbert Bray, civil servant, and Marjorie Pilkington Bray, spinster; effects £17,075 6s. 1d. National Probate Calendar


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