BRAY ONE NAME STUDY. BRAY FAMILIES OF AUSTRALIA AND THE UK

Charles Bray¹

M, #5726, b. 1830, d. 12 January 1909

References

Parents

Father	Thomas Bray (b. 1799, d. after June 1870)
Mother	Catherine Onyer (b. 2 March 1801, d. before 5 April 1888)

Family: Mary Skewes (b. about 1840, d. 25 November 1926)

Son	Charles Henry Bray (b. 22 September 1862, d. 10 February 1922)
Daughter	Catherine Jane Bray (b. 1864, d. 1942)
Son	John Samuel Bray (b. 1867, d. 1868)
Son	Samuel John Skewes Bray+ (b. 1869, d. 1911)
Daughter	Emily Maria Onyer Bray (b. 1872, d. 1938)
Daughter	Elizabeth Bray (b. 1875)
Son	James Richard Skewes Bray+ (b. 1877, d. 1937)
Son	George Philip Bray+ (b. 10 March 1880, d. 19 January 1934)

Biography

He was born in 1830 in Gwennap, Cornwall, Eng.² Charles Bray and Mary Skewes were married on 31 May 1862 in Christchurch Cathedral, Ballarat, Vic, Aust.^1,3,4 He died on 12 January 1909, at age ~79, in 73 Barkly St, Ballarat East, Vic, Aust, Cause of death, cardiac failure, pleurisy. Buried in Ballarat New Cemetery.^1,4

Charles Bray had reference number CON,VIC. He was baptised on 10 June 1832 in Gwennap, Cornwall, Eng.^1,3,4 1851 Censu: 1851, in Gwennap, Cornwall, Eng. He worked as a a Miner. in 1851 in Gwennap, Cornwall, Eng.² He immigrated in 1854 to Melbourne, Vic, Aust.⁴ He worked as a a Miner. During his working life he was employed as an engineer, operatin in 1862 in Ballarat, Vic, Aust.^3,4

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11 June 2019 15:45:00

Citations

[S146] Victorian Birth Death and Marriage Index
[S204] 1851 Census Cornwall
[S297] Letter from Linda Brealey, Author E-mail: email address
[S302] Letter from Dorcas Aunger, Author E-mail: email address, Dorcas has provided very detailed source information to back her data. However for simplicities sake and the fact that her data is now a secondary source, I will just quote her letter for all her data.

Father	Thomas Skewes (b. about 1802)
Mother	Jane (b. about 1801)

Father	John Mackay Bray (b. about 1833, d. 1922)
Mother	Maria White (b. before 1841)

Son	William John Bray (b. 1860, d. 1908)
Son	Daniel Patrick Bray+ (b. 1862)
Daughter	Catherine Mary Bray (b. 1864, d. 1951)
Son	John Alexander Bray (b. 1866, d. 1936)
Son	Thomas Joseph Franklin Bray+ (b. 1868, d. 1927)
Daughter	Mary Elizabeth Bray (b. 1871)

Father	John Bray (b. about 1834, d. 1907)
Mother	Mary Ann Thompson (b. about 1843, d. 1927)

Father	Charles Bray (b. about 1845, d. 1898)
Mother	Jane Ford (b. about 1849, d. 1922)

Father	John Bray (b. before 1842)
Mother	Elizabeth Curtis (b. about 1843, d. 1918)

Father	William Bray (b. 26 February 1839, d. 21 August 1907)
Mother	Sarah Shueard (b. 24 March 1841, d. 2 May 1886)

Son	Charles Bray (b. 1893, d. 1893)
Daughter	Lillian Bray (b. 1894, d. 1920)
Daughter	Ida Bray (b. 1897, d. 1949)
Son	Percy Bray+ (b. 1898, d. 1960)
Daughter	Elvie Bray (b. 1900, d. 1983)
Daughter	Alice Constance Bray (b. 1907, d. 16 June 1987)

Father	Thomas Bray (b. about 1824, d. 15 February 1876)
Mother	Esther Cavanagh (b. 1838, d. 12 July 1912)

Daughter	Winifred May Bray (b. about 1892, d. 27 March 1973)
Daughter	Esther Emily Bray (b. 1893, d. 1966)
Daughter	Daisy Bray (b. 1895, d. 1982)
Daughter	Florence Bray (b. 1896)
Son	Percy Charles Bray+ (b. 23 December 1897, d. 1977)
Son	Charles Thomas Richard Bray+ (b. 22 December 1900, d. 13 June 1970)

Father	Daniel Bray (b. about 1858, d. 1917)
Mother	Annie Noakes (b. about 1855, d. 1942)

Father	James Bray (b. before 1838)
Mother	Elizabeth (b. before 1840)

Daughter	Edith Eliza Bray (b. about 1883, d. 1960)
Son	Charles Thomas Bray (b. 1887)
Son	James Edward Bray (b. 1887, d. 1887)
Son	David Thomas Bray+ (b. 1889, d. 1957)
Daughter	Daisy Violet Bray (b. 1894, d. 1919)

Father	John Noakes (b. before 1835)
Mother	Elizabeth (b. before 1837)

Father	James Stenton Bray (b. 1850, d. 1899)
Mother	Harriet Mary Tonkin (b. before 1856)

Son	Harold Charles Thomas Bray (b. 1911, d. 1980)
Son	Walter Robert Bray (b. about 1926, d. 1976)

Father	Thomas Nicholas Moore Bray (b. about 1825, d. 9 September 1908)
Mother	Anne Reed (b. about 1830, d. 8 May 1918)

Father	Thomas Bray (b. before 1837)
Mother	Harriet Penluna (b. about 1824, d. 1874)

Father	James Edwin Bray (b. about 1832, d. 1891)
Mother	Elizabeth Doyle (b. about 1842, d. 1895)

Father	John Bray (b. before 1863)
Mother	Eliza Lamer (b. before 1865)