Descendants of George and Ann BRAY



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2. George BRAY (George1) was born in 1803 in Deptford, St. Paul Parish, Kent, England1 and died on August 21, 1875 in Folkestone, , Kent, England1 aged 72.

George married Mary OWEN, daughter of John OWEN and Lady EDWARDS, in 1826 in Dover, , Kent, England.1 Mary was born in 1805 in Oswestry, , Shropshire, England1 and died on May 17, 1874 in Folkestone, , Kent, England1 aged 69.

The child from this marriage was:

   5 U    i. Thirteen Children BRAY .1

3. William BRAY (George1) was born on September 24, 1812 in Deptford, , Kent, England1,3,4 and died in January 1873 in Wandsworth, , Surrey, England1 aged 60.

Bray Traction Engine Company; 1862 March. 3rd AGM. 'A new engine, No. 16, built at the company's factory was finished a few months since. In its construction every desirable adaptation was tried, and as some of these were necessarily experimental, its completion was considerably delayed by the modifications and alterations suggested as the construction proceeded. The results obtained, however, when the engine was brought out, left no doubt that it was the best traction engine ever built. Several eligible contracts at a distance were at once offered for the employment of this improved engine, but, having no other to supply its place, the directors were obliged, in the interests of the company, to decline those offers, and confine its services to special work in the neighbourhood of London. It had removed for Messrs. John Penn and Son - for whom it was now working - some immense loads of machinery for the large engines they manufacture, with far more ease, and occupied much less time, than two of the old engines under similar circumstances.... They had also obtained as their consulting engineer Mr. D. K. Clark, C.E., a gentleman well known from his great experience and works in locomotive engines,....Her Majesty's government had ordered an engine similar in design to No. 16, with the addition of various appliances for transmitting power to other machinery, to be built for permanent service in Woolwich Dockyard, where the directors hoped to deliver it about the beginning of May..

1862 "In the Great Exhibition 1862 the Bray Company (then of 12 Pall Mall, London) showed an engine built for the government for permanent service at Woolwich Dockyard

1863 'The Russian Government have purchased a number of Bray's traction engines, as stated, for the transmission of heavy ordnance from St Petersburg for the defence of their coast stations.

1870 Appear to be out of business when an auction sale is held at Sutton Street, Belvedere Road, London, of four of Bray's Traction Engines and much other haulage equipment.

Events

• William resided in Deptford, St. Paul Parish, Kent, England in 1841 .

• He worked as an engineer in 1851 in Folkestone, , Kent, England.

• He worked as an engine fitter in 1861 in Deptford, St. Paul Parish, Kent, England.

• He relocated with his family to, , , , Russia in 1867.

William married Harriett PUDNEY on January 9, 1832 in , , , England. Harriett was born on February 9, 1811 in , , Middlesex, England1,3,4 and died in July 1854 in Folkestone, , Kent, England1 aged 43.

Events

• Harriett resided in Folkestone, , Kent, England in 1851 .

Children from this marriage were:

+ 6 M    i. William Thomas George BRAY was born in 1833 in Lambeth, , Surrey, England.4

+ 7 F    ii. Harriott Dinah BRAY was born in 1835 in Deptford, , Kent, England,3,4 was christened on March 29, 1835 in Deptford, St. Nicholas Parish, Kent, England,5 and died on February 25, 1915 aged 80.

+ 8 M    iii. James H. BRAY was born in 1837 in Poplar, , Middlesex, England6 and died in July 1899 in Camberwell, London, Surrey, England aged 62.

   9 F    iv. Jane BRAY was born in 1839 in Lambeth, , Surrey, England.3,4

Jane married John Henry MASTERS on December 19, 1859 in , , , England.7 John was born in 1838 in Woolwich, , Kent, England.7

   10 M    v. Henry BRAY was born in 1840 in Lambeth, , Surrey, England.3,4

   11 F    vi. Maria BRAY was born in 1844 in Lambeth, , Surrey, England.4

+ 12 M    vii. Alfred BRAY was born in 1849 in Folkestone, , Kent, England.4

   13 M    viii. William Henry BRAY was born in 1853 in Northampton, , Northamptonshire, England.8

   14 M    ix. Fredrick BRAY was born in 1860 in Deptford, St. Paul Parish, Kent, England.8 (Grandson)

William next married Sarah Ann WINGELL, daughter of John WINGELL and Anna (__?__), on August 13, 1859 in London, , Greater London, England. Sarah was born in 1823 in Higham Ferrers, , Northampton, England.1,8

Children from this marriage were:

   15 M    i. Walter George BRAY was born in 1862 in Deptford, , Kent, England1 and died on May 9, 1937 in Battersea, , Surrey, England1 aged 75.

+ 16 F    ii. Sarah Ann BRAY was born in 1865 in Croydon, , Surrey, England.1

   17 F    iii. Ann Frances BRAY was born in 1868 in Saint Petersburg, , Sankt-Peterburg, Russia1 and died on July 5, 1939 in Greenwich, , Kent, England aged 71.

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