Francis Gray

  General Notes:

Born: Mayville, Burnhead, Larkhall. Informant Archibald Gray Father Present

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. The connection between John & Alice Newton and myself is convoluted but goes like this:
Her father was ? Small
& her mother was Mary Strang
Her father was George Strang (1883)
His father was James Strang (1842)
His father was Alexander Strang (1798) & he also had Catherine Strang (1839) who married John Gray (1840)
They had Archibald Gray (1878)
He had Francis Gray (1921) who married Brenda Cooper (1927)
Her father was Horace Cooper (1888)
His mother was Eliza Earl (1862)
Her mother was Rebecca Godfrey (1829)
Her father was Henry Godfrey (1808)
His father was William Godfrey (1763)
His father was John Godfrey who died in 1790 & who also had John Godfrey (1772)
He had Samuel Godfrey (1808)
He had John Godfrey (1836) who married Hannah Jordan (1837)
Her father was James Jordan (1804) & he also had Charles Jordan (1830) who married Emma Huckle (1839)
Her father was Henry Huckle (1811) who also had James Huckle (1842) who married Mary Ann Rook (1843)
They had Eliza Huckle (1862) who married Walter Presland (1861)
They had Arthur James Presland (1884) who married Annie Reeves (1890)
Whose father was William Reeves (1866)
Whose father was Ephraim Reeve (1830) who also had Elizabeth Reeves (1859) who married John Kilcommons (1855)
They had James Kilcommons (1887) who married May Davis (1895)
Whose father was Thomas Davis (1868)
Whose father was George Henry Davis (1846)
Whose father was Thomas Davis (1805) who also had Joseph Davies (1852)
Who had G A Davies (1894)
Who had Colin Davies (1925)
Who had me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Francis married Brenda Patricia Cooper, daughter of Horace Francis Cooper and Nellie Davies, on 20 Mar 1950 in Gosport, Hampshire England. (Brenda Patricia Cooper was born on 17 Mar 1927 in Gosport, Hampshire England.)