Francis Gray

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. The connections between John Whowell & Les are as follows:
John Whowell (1951)
His father is Richard Whowell (1929)
His father was John Whowell (1900)
His father was George Whowell (1872) & he also had Mary Whowell (1908) who married Francis Gray (1900)
Her father was William Gray (1856) who married Mary Feast (1858)
Her father was Henry Feast (1832) & he also had Sarah Feast (1867) who married Richard Barry (1858)
They had Daisy Barry (1899) who married Horace Elton (1879)
They had Raymond Elton (1921) who married Joyce Dowling (1923)
Her father was Thomas Downing (1898) who married Florence Henry (1902)
Her father was George Henry (1866) who married Florence Cross (1872)
Her father was Robert Cross (1843) & her mother was Mary Adamson (c182) but Robert also married Jane Jackson (c1780)
They had William Cross (1807) who married Mary Ratcliffe (c1818)
They had Ann Cross (1842) who married Alexander Matheson (c1837)
They had Annabella Matheson (1870) who married Frederick Cross (1861)
His father was Ralph Cross (1810)
His father was Robert Cross (1776) & he also had Jane Cross (1803) who married Thomas Millington (1807)
They had Mary Millington (1842) who married William Hinton (1842)
They had William Hinton (1872) who married Emily Keighran (1881)
(There is another link to the Keighran's through one of their children that I haven't listed here)
Her father was William Keighran (1854)
His father was James Keighran (1808) & he also had John Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Francis married Mary Whowell, daughter of George Whowell and Rachel Pilling. (Mary Whowell was born in 1908 in Bolton, Lancashire England.)