James GRAY
Ellen CHAMBERS

Husband: James GRAY
Birth:  Abt 1849, Dromara, County Down, Northern Ireland
Occupation: Labourer
Death:  1918, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland 
Burial:  
Father: Robert GRAY
Mother: Sarah Anne "Sally" STUART

Marriage: 10 Apr 1878, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland

Wife: Ellen CHAMBERS
Birth: 23 Oct 1851, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
Death:  1915, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
Burial:  
Father: William CHAMBERS
Mother: Maria MOORE

Children:
1. Sarah Ann GRAY, b: 18 Jul 1879, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
                               d: Jun 1889, Lisburn, County Down, Northern Ireland
2. Samuel GRAY, b: 25 Jan 1881, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
3. Anna Marie GRAY, b: 17 Apr 1882, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
                                d: Sep 1903, Lisburn, County Down, Northern Ireland
4. Robert Stewart GRAY, b: 23 Dec 1884, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
5. James GRAY, b: 10 Dec 1887, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
6. William Joseph GRAY, b: 6 Jan 1890, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
7. Sarah Ann GRAY, b: 1 Nov 1893, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
8. Mary Ellen GRAY b: 26 Jan 1897, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
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Notes:
James and Ellen's Marriage Registration shows:  

 Parish/District:    Ballynahinch 2nd Presbyterian

 Down  [Marriage Record]  Reg: 2, Page: 9,  Entry: 18

 Date:  04/10/1878

 

 Husband Surname:  GRAY

 Wife Surname:  CHAMBERS

 Husband First Name:  JAMES

 Wife First Name:  ELLEN

 Husband Marital Status:  BA

 Wife Marital Status:  SP

 Husband Occupation:  LABOURER

 Wife Occupation:

 Husband Townland / Street: DROMARA

 Wife Townland / Street:  DROMORE

 Husband Denomination:  PR

 Wife Denomination:  PR

 Husband Age:  FA

 Wife Age:  FA

 Father Surname:  GRAY

 Father Surname:  CHAMBERS

 Father First Name:  ROBERT

 Father First Name:  WILLIAM

 Father Occupation:  LABOURER

 Father Occupation:  WEAVER

 Mother Surname:

 Mother Surname:

 Mother First Name:

 Mother First Name:

 Witness Surname:  MATHEWS

 Witness Surname:  GRAY

 Witness First Name:  JOHN

 Witness First Name:  ELLEN A

 Comment:  BY LICENCE  REV W H PATTON

 

1901 Census of Ireland, Dromara District Electoral Division, Drumadoney Townland
       - 3 out - office/farm steadings, 1 cowhouse, 1 piggery, & 1 fowlhouse
       - 2 rooms, 1 window at front of house, 3rd class home
       - Walls - stone, brick, or concrete (as opposed to mud or wood)
       - Roof - thatch or wood (as opposed to slate, iron, or tiles)

 NAME

RELATION

RELIG.

R / W

AGE

SEX

 OCCUPATION

M/S/W/D

COUNTY

 Gray, James

 Head

Presbyterian

Y

52

M

 Road Surfacer

M

Down

 Gray, Ellen

 Wife

Presbyterian

Y

48

F

 

M

Down

 Gray, Samuel

 Son

Presbyterian

Y

20

M

 Mechanic

S

Down

 Gray, Anna Marie

 Daughter

Presbyterian

Y

19

F

 Domestic

S

Down

 Gray, Robert

 Son

Presbyterian

Y

17

M

 Farm Labourer

S

Down

 Gray, James

 Son

Presbyterian

Y

13

M

 Scholar

S

Down

 Gray, William

 Son

Presbyterian

Y

11

M

 Scholar

S

Down

 Gray, Sarah

 Daughter

Presbyterian

R

7

F

 Scholar

S

Down

 Gray, Mary Ellen

 Daughter

Presbyterian

N

4

F

 

S

Down

1911 Census of Ireland, Moydalgan, Dromara District, County Down, Date: 2-Apr-1911, Family #27

 NAME

RELATION

SEX

AGE

M/S
W/D

RELIG.

# YRS
MARR

# CH.
BORN

# CH. LIVING

 OCCUPATION

Where Born

 GRAY, James

 Head

M

64

M

Presbyterian

 

 

 

 Farmer 

Down

           Ellen

 Wife

F

58

58

Presbyterian

31

8

5

 

Down

           Robert

 Son

M

27

S

Presbyterian

 

 

 

 Agricultural Labourer

Down

           William

 Son

M

21

S

Presbyterian

 

 

 

 Agricultural Labourer

Down

           Mary

 Daughter

F

14

S

Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Down

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Sources:
1) Marriage - Ballynahinch 2nd Presbyterian Church Records; Reg. 2, Page 9, Entry 18
   
2) Children Births - Dromara 2nd Presbyterian Church Records; Baptism Register 1853-1923
3) Death - Husband:  Newtownards County Down Northern Ireland Vital Statistics - Deaths, Vol. 1, Page 601
4) Death - Wife:  Newtownards County Down Northern Ireland Vital Statistics - Deaths, Vol. 1, Page 725
5) Death - Child #1:  Lisburn County Down Northern Ireland Vital Statistics - Deaths, Vol. 1, Page 457
6) Death - Child #3:  Lisburn County Down Northern Ireland Vital Statistics - Deaths, Vol. 1, Page 416