Walter James Williamson GRAY

Birth:
30 Aug 1854
Scalloway, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
Abt 1890
Santos, Brazil, South America
Marriage:
7 Jan 1886
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   Parish Register (F Scot 6 pt 5)
   CORR: from Walter James Gray 198 Coolbreeze Ave., Lakeside, Montreal 33, Que.
   Civil Rec. via -  Walter Mowat, Braehead, Scalloway, Shetland, Scot.
   Tingwall Parish ch. yd. Shetland Scot.
   MARRIAGE: North Leith

NOTE
   OCCUPATION: Walter James was a merchant seaman.
   DEATH: Santos South America.  He died of fever.
Elizabeth MORRISON
Birth:
8 Apr 1857
Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland
Chr:
17 Jun 1857
Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
31 May 1943
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Burial:
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Walter Mowat of Brae Head, Scalloway, Shetland, Scot
         who was secretary treasurer of Scalloway

NOTE
   MARRIAGES: She also had a second husband, Capt Peace of Orkney
   FAMILY: Elizabeth had four Brothers: Tom, Gidion, James and Andrew, and all
           died without issue except Tom who married a Shetland girl of the
           name of Goodlet and had one son named Tom who settled in Australia
           and although we have now lost trace we know that he had two sons.
           (quote from Robert Gray's letter of 9 Dec 1966 when Robert was 80)
Children
Marriage
1
Robert Gideon GRAY
Birth:
26 Oct 1886
Leith, Lothian, Scotland
Death:
23 Sep 1970
Sussex, England
Violet Helen GLOVER 
Marr:
8 Jul 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Robert himself on the 9th Dec 1966 when he and his wife lived
         at 52 Castle Road, West Worthing, Sussex
   CORR: with Barbara Hancock of Whitechurch, Hants, Eng.
   MARRIAGE: taken from certificate - Diocese of Ruperts Land, Parish of All
             Saints, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8th July 1916, Married by bans by
             Walter M Loucks, Rector

NOTE
           Robert was known as Bertie (he signed his name Bob)
   OCCUPATION: Robert was an accountant - Donald H. Bain & Co.
   BURIAL: Worthing Crematorium, Sussex
2
Thomas P. W. GRAY
Birth:
2 Dec 1889
Leith, Lothian, Scotland
Death:
19 May 1929
San Mateo, San Meteo, California
Marjorie Cameron HUNTER 
Marr:
1925
San Francisco, California 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Barbara Helen (Gray) Hancock (1990)
   BIRTH: Birth date and Death date obtained from death certificate in city
          of San Mateo, Dept of Public Health (Dist # 4101 Local Reg. # 80)
NOTE
   DEATH: died in Mills Memoreal Hospital San Mateo
   MARRIAGE: Marjorie and Tommy had not been married long before he died.
             They were married at the Fairmont Hotel, Sanfrancisco,  Taken
             from the San Francisco Chronicle but no date appeared only a weather
             forecast for Friday and Saturday November 20th & 21st and no year
   SERVICE:  Tommy was in the American Army for a spell - 1st Lt. Hawaiin
             Infantry.  Discharged 30 July 1919
             Lived in California for 5 years, in USA for 21 years including Hawii
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Walter James Williamson Gray - Elizabeth Morrison

Walter James Williamson Gray was born at Scalloway, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland 30 Aug 1854. His parents were Robert Gray and Mary Williamson.

He married Elizabeth Morrison 7 Jan 1886 at Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland . Elizabeth Morrison was born at Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland 8 Apr 1857 daughter of Thomas Morrison and Laurina Hunter .

They were the parents of 2 children:
Robert Gideon Gray born 26 Oct 1886.
Thomas P. W. Gray born 2 Dec 1889.

Walter James Williamson Gray died Abt 1890 at Santos, Brazil, South America .

Elizabeth Morrison died 31 May 1943 at Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland .