Ballyvernontree

Grays of Ballyvernon Bangor c. 1715 -

Alexander Gray

Painter

1897 -

Bangor NI

James Gray

Painter

1831 - 1918

Bangor NI

Alexander (Sandy) Gray

Carpenter / Joiner

1872 - 1956

Bangor NI

1.Eliza / Margaret Sibbison

1837 - 1873

Bangor NI

2.Grace McKee

1843 - 1917

Bangor NI

This James Gray also lived at Gray's Hill in 1863

Appears to be not yet married in 1863

Source : Griffith Valuation

In 1876 he goes on to buy land now known as Railwayview Street. Can be seen living here in 1901 census.

Buried in Bangor Abbey Graveyard # 14

Buried in Bangor Abbey Graveyard # 15

Buried in Bangor Abbey Graveyard # 10

Eliza Gray

1876 - 1895

Bangor NI

Jane Gray

1878 - 1881

Bangor NI

John Brown

1766 - 1817

Castle Street

Bangor, NI

Elizabeth Campbell

1753 -1837

Castle Street

Bangor, NI

Jane Brown

1795 -1873

Bangor Co.Down

John Gray

Farmer

1780 - 1865

Ballyvernon / Ballyvernot

Bangor Co. Down

William John Gray

1823 - 1908

Weaver / Gardner

Ballyvernon, Bangor,Co. Down

Jane McCune

1830 - 1909

John & Jane married in 1812

Thomas Henry Gray

1875 - 1943

Painter

Bangor NI

Agnes McMeekan

McKenzie

1880 - 1940

Bangor NI

John McKenzie Gray

1910 - 2000

Dorothy Eileen

Irwin

1911 - 2002

Belfast

Trevor John

Irwin Gray

1948 -

Bangor, Co. Down

Agnes Gray

1860 - 1929

x. William Scott (1881)

x William Smiley

William John Gray

1861 - 1888

Bangor NI

Elizabeth Gray

1865 - 1933

x John Legge

Bangor NI

Margaret Jane Gray

1867 - 1935

x Thomas Ferguson

(m. 1893)

Bangor NI

William David Gray

1907 - 1908

Bangor

Dorothy Jane Gray

1909 - 1998

Bangor

Sarah Florence Gray

1909 - 1998

Bangor

Gray

Gray

William Gray

c. 1750 - 1809

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Catherine Mitchell

1790 -1827

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Archibald Gray

Farmer

1778 -1838

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Alexander Gray

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Jane Gray

c. 1815 - 1848

Ballyvernott

Co. Down

Left a will in 1839. Executor H.Moore of Bangor. Will indexed but destroyed.

Gray

Bangor, Co. Down

Archibald Gray

Weaver

c. 1715 - 1810

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

At the front of the Family Bible, it says "William Gray's Book, Ballyvernon, 1860". On the opposite page, he has written "John Gray died July 10th 1865, Jane Gray died 7th January 1873."

William's father John,was a farmer from Ballyvernon" it says so on the marriage certificate

Underneath those deaths, he has written "John Gray Senior died 20th October 1900

Isabella Dunn

c. 1790 - 187x

Ballydavy , NI

Married FPB 1809

Hugh Bell

c. 1785 -

Ballyvernot

Co. Down

Isabella Gray

c. 1785 -

Bangor, NI

Married FPB 1810

John Gray

Shoemaker

- 1900

Bangor NI

Margaret McVeigh

Bangor NI

Married FPB:

29th August 1851 - Marriage Records

source Seyers book

Mary Gray

Bangor NI

Stewart Thompson

Bangor NI

Married FPB:

1851

Daughter of John

Witness:

William John Gray

Married FPB:

1. 1859

2. 15-10-1874

John Gray

Painter

1870 -

Church St

Bangor NI

Maggie Thompson

- 1904

Bangor NI

Married FPB:

1892

Hugh Gray

1903 -

Bapt 1903 FPB

Bangor NI

Eliza Gray

1904 -

Bapt 1904 FPB

Bangor NI

John Gray

x Frances

1900 -

Bapt 1900 FPB

Bangor NI

Elizabeth Gray

1896 -

Bangor NI

Gertrude Madeline Thompson

Bangor NI

Sarah Gray

1900 -

X William McFadden

Bangor NI

Arthur Gray

1897 -

x1 Ethel McCready

x2 Agnes Bell

Bangor NI

John Gray

1902 -

Bangor NI

Hugh (Bob) Gray

x Alice Seely

1904 - 1949

Bangor NI

Margaret Gray

1904 -

Bangor NI

William Gray

1905 -

Bangor NI

Norah Gray

1911 -

x Bernard Parry

Bangor NI

Henry Gray

1907 -

Bangor NI

William Gray

1913 -

Bangor NI

Gertrude Madeline Gray

1922 -

Bangor NI

John George

Gregg

Bangor NI

1 child

James Alexander Gregg

1943 -

Bangor NI

Minnie Boyle

School Teacher

1874 - 1951

Newtonards NI

Main St School

Jane Ritchie

Bangor NI

Hugh Gray

Joiner

1883 -

Bangor NI

William Patterson

1811 - 1860

Bangor NI

Married FPB:

1840

Jane Gray

Ballyvernon

Bangor NI

Maxwell McCullough

Bangor NI

Married FPB:

1860

Widow Johnson

c. 1770 -

Co. Down

James Gray

c. 1770 -

Ballyvernot

Co. Down

Married FPB 1809

Mary Gray

c. 1810 -

Ballyvernot

Bangor NI

Alex Stuart

c. 1810 -

Married FPB:

1833

Maria Gray

1816 - 1894

Ballyvernot

Bangor NI

John Thompson

1811 - 1874

Married FPB:

1834

Sarah Gray

1821 - 1897

Ballyvernot

Bangor NI

William Nelson

1815 - 1881

Silverstream

Bangor NI

Married FPB: 1840

6-10 children including Catherine & Archibald who are buried in the same grave

Agnes Gray

c. 1820 -

Ballyvernot

Bangor NI

Charles McKerral

c. 1820 -

Bangor NI

Married FPB: 1841

John Henry Smiley

1899 -

Bangor

William Scott

1886 -

Bangor NI

Elizabeth

Gray

1904 -

Bangor

Have 8 children bapt in FPB between 1860 & 1877

6 children baptised between 1853 and 1864 in the FPB

1 child baptised in FPB in 1854

2 children baptised between 1852 and 1860

James Henry Bowman m. Sarah Gray (Bangor), daughter of James Gray, deceased; witnessed by

Elizabeth Gray & Hugh Gray. [Bride the aunt of Betty Smiley, sister of Betty's father]

Sarah Gray

1878- 1895

Bangor NI

James Henry Bowman

c. 1880 -

Bangor NI

Married FPB: 1922

William Gray Freehold

1815

Other lives =

Samuel Bell

George Patterson

Robert Patterson

Maggie Campbell Gordon

c. 1880 -

Bangor NI

Sadie Gray

Bangor NI

Arthur Gray

Tailor / Labourer

1864 -

Bangor NI

Henry Gray

1874 -

Bangor NI

Frances Elizabeth Wilson

1880 -

Jane Graham Gray

1907 - 1907

BPD Bapt

30 Church St

Bangor Co.Down

Grace Gray

1910 - 1910

BPD Bapt

30 Church St

Bangor Co.Down

Frances Priscilla Wilson Gray

1912 - 1912

BPD Bapt

30 Church St

Bangor Co.Down

Sarah Gray

1914 - 1914

BPD Bapt

30 Church St

Bangor Co.Down

Robert James

Gray

1895 -

30 Church St

Bangor NI

Minnie Gray

1897 -

30 Church St

Bangor NI

Alex Gray

Bangor NI

Frances Gray

Bangor NI

James Patton

Gardener

1887 - 1960

Portavo

Bangor NI

5 Children

William James

Gray

Bangor NI

William Alexander Gray

x Margaret McAulay

Bangor NI

John Gerald Gray

x Kathleen Murphy

Bangor NI

Carol Mary Gray

x Brendan McKenna

Bangor NI

Rita Mulvihill

Bangor NI

Shelley Gray

Bangor NI

Darren Gray

Bangor NI

Sharon Gray

Bangor NI

Andrew Gray

Bangor NI

3 Children

1 daughter

Mary Gray

1909 -

Bangor NI

Marriage FPB 1920

Greta Gray

xJames McCullough

Bangor NI

Nan Gray

x Percy Bradley

Bangor NI

Hugh Gray

Bangor NI

Margaret Lovell

Bangor NI

Mark Gray

xJames McCullough

Bangor NI

Jennifer Gray

Bangor NI

Betsy Gray

Bangor NI

Betsy Cameron

Bangor NI

Nathan Cameron Gray

Bangor NI

Mark Charles Arthur Gray

Bangor NI

James Gray

1894 -

x. Maggie McIllorium (1916)

Bangor NI

Elizabeth Charters

Bangor NI

James Charters Gray

1926 -

FPB Bapt

Bangor Co.Down

Robert Cecil Gray

1929 -

FPB Bapt

Bangor Co.Down

Rosalind Gray

Bangor Co.Down

Norris Gray

x Karen Brownlee

Bangor Co.Down

Edgar Gray

Bangor Co.Down

Lawrence Gray

Bangor Co.Down

Evelyn Elizabeth

Long

Bangor NI

Lindsay Fiona Gray

Bangor Co.Down

Lee Robert Gray

Bangor Co.Down

Patrick Gray

1853 -

Bangor NI

Henry Gray

1855 -

Bangor NI

Eliza Gray

1859 -

Bangor

Alex Gray

1861 -

Bangor

Robert Gray

c. 1783 -

Ballyvernot

Bangor NI

Jane Campbell

ex Millican/Milliken -

Ballyholme

Bangor NI

Marriage:

1818 / 1819

Oct 30th

1st Presb

Bangor, Down, Ireland

Elizabeth Gray

Bangor NI

George Gray

Bangor NI

Bella Gray

Bangor NI

Alexander Gray

c. 1750 -

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Rented land in 1789, 1790

Barbara Todd

Bangor NI

Edna McNeil

Bangor NI

"One of his daughters (John Gray) was here in Bangor a few years ago, stopping for a few months, We had a visit from her on many occasions."

source Seyers book Eliza ?

Alexander Gray

c.1774 -

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Agnes Gray

c.1776 -

Bangor, NI

Married 1810, 1st Presb. Bangor

Alex Neilson

Ballyvernet

Bangor NI

Ann Bell

Drumhirk

Co. Down

James Gray

1785 - 1833

Ballyvernet

Co. Down

1. James Bell

Clougher

Co. Down

Elizabeth Gray

Ballyvernot

Co. Down

2. Robert Hannah

Co. Down

Mary Patterson

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Martha Gray

c. 1755 -

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

James Smiley

Ballyvernet

Co. Down

Robert Gray

c. 1755 -

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Thought to have emmigrated to the USA. Possibly

1764 Robert Gray who goes to Ontairo ?

James Gray

c. 1755 -

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Thought to have emmigrated to the USA.

Agnes (Nancy) Martin

Comber

Co. Down

Earliest 2/3 generations researched by Sandra Gilpin.

Source : Ulster Pedigrees - Ray Jone's 1977 transcription of the original Orr Pedigree which is in the Linenhall Library in Belfast.

Will indexed to Archibald Gray Ballyvarnan. Destroyed

William Gray Ballyvernon Will indexed 1809. Destroyed.

1789 Freehold Record 1

1783 Freehold Record 1

1789 Freehold Record 2

1819 Freehold Record

1824 Ballydavy Freehold Record

1815 Freehold Record

1815 Ballyvernon Freehold Record

1783 Freehold Record 2

1790 Freehold Record

1831 Freehold Record

1790 Ballymacormack Freehold Record

Bangor 1910

Gray, Thomas Henry, painter and decorator, glazier and paperhanger, 54 Dufferin avenue. Telephone No. 30x

Bangor 1910

Gray, Alexander, 5 1/2 Railwayview street

Emmigrated with his son after the death of his wife.

Source: Grant Hutton Austin, Texas USA

hfamaustin@austin.rr.com

Birth Records:

5th August 1870

Married:

Ballygilbert Presyterian

Church

7th June 1886

Married:

Ballygilbert Presb.

10-04-1888

Married: Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church, 03-06-1925

Married: Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church, 11-07-1894

Married: Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church, 22-04-1912

This area where they diedin Wisconsin was known as “Patterson Valley” or “Patterson’s Pocket”

Click here for William Gray's Line.

James Gray

c. 1812 -

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Archibald Gray

Ballyvernon

Co. Down

Referenced as other lives in the 1831 Freehold Record

Married 13 Sep 1850 1st Presb. Bangor

Buried in Bangor Abbey Graveyard (p146 vol 17)

1911 Census

Marriage Records

30 Apr 1906

Abbey Church of Ireland Parish Bangor

Robert (1844 - 1860)

Catherine (1851 - 1874)

William John (1841 - 1887)

James Mitchell Thompson Bapt 1857 FPB

Sarah Maria Thompson Bapt 1860 FPB

John Gray

1867 - c.1869

Bangor NI

Abbey Records

Margaret Gray

1865 -

Dufferin Avenue

Bangor NI

Abbey Records

Gray, Miss Maggie, 39 Dufferin avenue

Arrives at Ellis Island in 1910 & 1911..

First Name: John

Last Name: Gray

Ethnicity: British, Irish

Last Place of Residence: Bangor, Ireland

Date of Arrival: Jul 24, 1910

Age at Arrival: 40y

Gender: M

Marital Status: M

Ship of Travel: Caledonia

Port of Departure: Londonderry

Manifest Line Number: 0008

See Sarah Nash emails for more details.

Apparently travelled to the US with elder brother John around 1907 and 1911. Possible link to Lynas'

Repository : Public Record Office for Northern Ireland

PRONI Reference : D2092/1/3

Level : Item

Access : Open

Title : Volume of letters cheifly to Judge Ward.

Dates : 1700-1729

Description : Volume of letters cheifly to Judge Ward.

(p16) early 18th cent. Proposal from Archibald Gray that he become tenant of a farm in Bangor Parish called Hoadle Hill. Gray 'is an Holland & diaper weaver by trade and if said premises can be made capeable to carry on the linnen manufacture he will use his endeavour to improve the same'.