Individual Details
David Gray
(17 July 1891 - 28 August 1975)
Events
| Birth | 17 July 1891 | informant: Charles Gray, father - 63, Wolseley Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | 6 August 1891 | at the time of his birth - 63, Wolseley Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Census | 31 March 1901 | 14, Dene Terrace, Gosforth, Northumberland, England | |||
| Census | 2 April 1911 | 14, Dene Terrace, Gosforth, Northumberland, England | |||
| Military | From 1 November 1915 to 21 February 1919 | private, 77961, No. 1 Company, Royal Army Medical Corps | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1 November 1915 | took an oath of attestation - Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Miscellaneous | From 4 November 1915 to 24 February 1916 | was on home service with the R.A.M.C. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England | |||
| Miscellaneous | From 25 February 1916 to 24 January 1917 | was on active service as a general duty orderly with the 39th Casualty Clearing Station, R.A.M.C., as part of the British Expeditionary Force - France | |||
| Miscellaneous | From 25 January 1917 to 27 January 1917 | was in hospital with synovitis knee - Middlesex Military Hospital, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England | |||
| Miscellaneous | From 27 January 1917 to 10 February 1917 | was in hospital with synovitis knee - General Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, England | |||
| Miscellaneous | From 11 February 1917 to 20 February 1917 | was on furlough - England | |||
| Miscellaneous | From 21 February 1917 to 20 February 1919 | was on home service with the R.A.M.C. - Woking, Surrey, England |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | 20 February 1919 | was examined by a medical officer for a disability pension; he was suffering from lamellar cataracts in both eyes, aggravated by his military service; the claim was rejected - Opthalmic Centre No. 1, Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire, England | |||
| Miscellaneous | 21 February 1919 | was discharged from the army (transferred to class "Z" army reserve on demobilization) - Woking, Surrey, England | |||
| Residence | From 1921 to 1923 | according to the electoral register - 24, Emily Street, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Marriage | 16 March 1921 | witnesses: C. A. Gray, T. E. Heslop, A. S. Heslop - St Nicholas' Church, Gosforth, Northumberland, England - Jane Sadler "Jennie" Heslop | |||
| Occupation | 16 March 1921 | assistant overseer | |||
| Residence | 16 March 1921 | at the time of his marriage to Jane Sadler Heslop - Gosforth, Northumberland, England | |||
| Census | 19 June 1921 | 24, Emily Street, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Residence | 2 May 1922 | at the time of the birth of his son Kenneth - 24, Emily Street, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | 17 April 1923 | at the time of the granting of probate for his late father-in-law Thomas - 24, Emily Street, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | From 1924 to 1927 | according to the electoral register - 38, Scrogg Road, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | 13 January 1927 | at the time of the birth of his son Colin - 38, Scrogg Road, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | From 1928 to 1939 | according to the electoral register - 47, Whinneyfield Road, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | 4 February 1929 | at the time of the birth of his daughter Marjorie - 47, Whinneyfield Road, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |  | ||
| Occupation | 4 February 1929 | rating officer | |||
| Residence | 29 September 1939 | at the time of the 1939 register - 7, Dene Terrace, Gosforth, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Residence | From 1948 to 1952 | according to the electoral register - 47, Whinneyfield Road, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | From 1953 to 1959 | according to the electoral register - 8, Gretton Place, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | From 1965 to 1971 | according to the electoral register - 36, Trentham Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Residence | Bef 28 August 1975 | at the time of his death - White House, Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Death | 28 August 1975 | cause of death: I (a) cerebral thrombosis; informant: Kenneth Gray, son - White House, Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Sadler "Jennie" Heslop (1894 - 1979) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Charles Gray (1864 - 1907) |
| Mother | Sarah Wears (1866 - 1944) |
| Sibling | John Wears Gray (1894 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Mary Florence Gray (1895 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Charles Alfred Gray (1898 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Jane Evelyn "Evelyn" Gray (1901 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Edna Gray (1907 - 1996) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
It's likely that Hilda Margaret Stone (1918-2011) was the biological daughter of David Gray. Family letters and stories, DNA connections, and circumstantial evidence all suggest this but more research is needed to prove it.Census
At the time of the 1921 census, he was employed by Newcastle Corporation, Town Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne.Endnotes
1. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for , born 18 January 1929; registered March Quarter 1929, Tynemouth registration district, volume 10b, page 432; General Register Office, Southport.
2. 1939 National Registration: England and Wales, Northumberland, Gosforth U.D., enumeration district GCJO, schedule number 115, David Gray [household]; image copy, "1939 Register", database with digital images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA%2FR39%2F2974%2F2974E%2F009%2F02 : accessed 15 March 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 101, piece 2974E.