Laurence GRAY

                   SOURCE
   BIRTH: Parish Registers F. Scot 6 Pt 7 for Walls, Shetland, Scot.
          Walls Parish film 0919496

NOTE
   OCCUPATION: Emigrated to Australia and became a successful Fruit farmer.
                  

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NOTE
   OCCUPATION: Mate of the Persuit residing in Scalloway.
               Mate of the "Smack" called the Repulse
               Sailed skipper of the Prince of Wales, and other traders of a
               former generation, for many years, and was well known throughout
               the whole of Shetland.
   BOOK: Robert Gray's picture and prominent mention appears in Captain Halcow's
         well-known book "Sail Fisherman of Shetland."
   HISTORICAL: His Daughter, Jane, remembers a little dog they had when she was
               quite young called "Princie" after the Smack

Historical:  OCCUPATION: Mate of the Persuit residing in Scalloway.
               Mate of the "Smack" called the Repulse
               Sailed skipper of the Prince of Wales, and other traders of a
               former generation, for many years, and was well known throughout
               the whole of Shetland.
   BOOK: Robert Gray's picture and prominent mention appears in Captain Halcow's
         well-known book "Sail Fisherman of Shetland."
   HISTORICAL: His Daughter, Jane, remembers a little dog they had when she was
               quite young called "Princie" after the Smack
                  

                   SOURCE
   BIRTH: Parish Registers F. Scot 6 Pt 7 for Walls, Shetland, Scot.
          See also FHL 919496
   MARRIAGE: from Frank Scott of Lerwick  1990
             I  also have a marriage for the date of 4 Nov 1852?
   CENSUS: 1881 as husband and father at Lea Sandsting & Aithsting
NOTE
   ORAL TRADITION from Mary Grace (Cromarty) Johnson
        Scott had a daughter Robina who married a Eurson
         "     "  "    "     Helen who married a Coults from Trondra, and they
        had a daughter, Katie
        There were two other sons (sailors) who died in America
        Another boy that died at 10 years of age

NOTES also from Frank Scott reporting death date and place of death

check marriage date 1854 or 1852
                  

                   SOURCE
   BIRTH: Parish Registers F. Scot 6 Pt 7 for Walls, Shetland, Scot.
          FHL 919496
   DEATH: from Frank Scot of Lerwick
NOTE
   NAME: Jean is also known as Jane
   DEATH: 29 Market St.
   CENSUS 1881 living with her Brother, Lawrence:  Dwelling: Clairmont Place, Lerwick

NOTES: from Frank Scott -  Born in Voe, Walls took a job as a servant with
Robert Twatt also in Voe, Walls. This is shown in 1851 census.  It must have
been about this time when she met John Scott who had been born at Brunnatwatt
only about a mile away, but the family home was at Riskuness only about a mile from Voe the opposite way from Brunnatwatt.  John and Jane (Jean) married early in 1852 and must have gone almost at once to Westoe in South Shields because their first born son born in Dec 1852.  They only had a few years of married life as John died of smallpox at sea in 1856.  When Jane came home to Breck, Twatt, with her two boys I and not sure but the 1861 census shows them there. She and the two boys also stayed at Gardenhouse and Melby where John was a stable boy to Scott of Melby. In the 1871 census we find Jane living alone in a home in Stove, Walls so both boys had gone. John to start his career at sea which he did in 1865 and Peter surely making his way to Australia.  The next I was able to find out about her was when she married a second time, to William Mouat, a widower.  He is recorded as a cooper and they married in the Methodist Church, Lerwick and stayed in Hangcliff Lane.  However she died in 29 Market Street and she is on the Scott Gravestone as Jane Gray, mother of John Scott. (was there a disapproval of this second marrige?)  I never knew of this second marriage and only found out about it when I looked up her death certificate.
                  

                   SOURCE
   BIRTH: Parish Registers F. Scot 6 Pt 7 for Walls, Shetland, Scot.
          FHL 919496
NOTE
   Laurence had a bad accident at age 7, almost deprived him of use of his legs.
            It retarded his speach.
Living with his sister Jean according to the 1881 census.
Dwelling:	Clairmont Place        Lerwick & Gulberwick, Zetland, Scotland
   Death date from  bayannie.info/Shetland
                  

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   BIRTH: Parish Registers F. Scot 6 Pt 7 for Walls, Shetland, Scot.
          FHL 919496
   DEATH: Frank Scott of Lerwick
   Ursula, Ursilla or Osla died at age 40 a widow.
    Death date and place and widow of Robert Johnson from scotlandspeople
    Could not find the marriage of Ursula Gray to Robert Johnson on scotlandspeople
    spelled Johnson or Johnston.
Ursula is shown as a widow in 1871 with two children William. and Robina living with her 
unmarried brother, Laurence Gray.  Laurence and Ursula's mother Robina  is on record there too.
                  

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   BIRTH: Parish Registers F. Scot 6 Pt 7 for Walls, Shetland, Scot.
           date - from Frank Scott of Lerwick
          Census of Aithsting, Shetland, Scot (1841 -101931 & 1851-103765 FHL)
NOTE
   ORAL TRADITION from Mary Grace (Cromarty) Johnson
        Grace married George Goodlad who was a grandson of old John Goodlad
        after whom a road was named and still is "Gullets Brae". He lived there.
   CHILDREN: Andrew (father of the Goodlads of Leith)
             George - Father of George Goodlad who married Winnie Stephen
             Robert, John and Grace (John died young) (Grace married a Copland)
   ADDRESS: in 1971 of Grandaughter - Mrs Alex Strachan, 9 Ibris Place,
            North Birwick, Scotland ( her maiden name was Johan Goodlad
   NAME: Grace is also known as Grizel
    Death date from;  bayannie.info/Shetland
   on 1871 Census - calculating her age from census she would be born in 1836
also on 1881 census
                  

                   SOURCE
   BIRTH: Parish Registers F. Scot 6 Pt 7 for Walls, Shetland, Scot.
          FHL Parish Regs. Aithsting, Shetland Scot.  919493

NOTE
   ORAL TRADITION from Mary Grace (Cromarty) Johnson
        James was known as Capt James Gray and was Piemaster at Portobella
        (near  Edinburgh). He was there in 1913
        He was a master mariner and ultimately settled in Leith
   MARRIAGE: to a Shetland girl called Dalziel
   CHILDREN: Ruby -  who married a Capt J. Harwick of Leith (Dudley)
             Christina - who married a Andrew Mowat
             Helen and Jamie
Death from scotlandspeople

NOTE
   BIRTH: Aithsting is from Frank Scott of Lerwick