James GRAY
Ada Gertrude MCEACHERN

Husband: James GRAY
Birth: 10 Dec 1887, Drumadoney, Dromore Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland
Baptism: 23 Mar 1888, Dromara 2nd Presbyterian Church, Dromara, County Down, Northern Ireland
Immigration: 16 May 1910, Ellis Island, Port of New York, New York
Death:  26 Jun 1949, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
Burial:  Jun 1949, Ridgelawn Memorial Cemetery, Gary, Lake Co., Indiana
Father: James GRAY
Mother: Ellen CHAMBERS

Marriage:   26 Nov 1922, Gary, Lake Co., Indiana

Wife: Ada Gertrude MCEACHERN
Birth:  28 Jul 1899, Gore Bay, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada
Death:  15 Feb 1980, Portage, Porter Co., Indiana   80-006814
Burial:  Feb 1980, (Cremated) Calvary Cemetery, Portage, Porter Co., Indiana
Father:  Allan MCEACHERN
Mother:  Catherine Jane CAMPBELL

Children:
1. William Ralph GRAY, b: 20 Nov 1923, Gary, Lake Co., Indiana
                                    d: 27 Jul 2004, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois
                                 bur: Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois
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Notes:
James was enrolled in the Dromara Elementary School on the 13th of April 1893, age 4.  Records show he was of the Presbyterian denomination, from Drumadoney, and his father was a farmer.  He attended there until May 10, 1901 when he was 'struck off' with no reason noted.

Per the Passage Manifest and Passenger records of the Celtic, Ellis Island Foundation, New York, New York: James immigrated to the United States from Ireland in May of 1910.  He was the 1st of the four brothers to do so.  He departed Liverpool, England on May 7, 1910 and arrived at Ellis Island on May 16, 1910.  He arrived in the U.S. with merely $32.

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0446, Page 55A), Gary Ward 1, Lake Co., Indiana,
                                                                                    Enumeration District: 239, Enumeration Date: 6-Jan-1920, Family #27

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0502, Page 24B), Lyons Village, Cook Co., Illinois,
                                                                                    Enumeration District: 2170, Enumeration Date: 19-Apr-1930, Family #341

1940 Federal Census Data (T626_0954, Page 15899A), Chicago Ward 16, Cook Co., Illinois,
                                                                                          Enumeration District: 103-1096, Enumeration Date: 14-Apr-1940, Family #141

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Sources:
1) Birth - Husband:  Birth/Baptism: Dromara 2nd Presbyterian Baptisms, 1853-1923
2) Immigration - Husband:  Ellis Island Foundation Passage Manifests, 1910
3) Marriage:  Lake County Indiana Vital Statistics - Marriages, Lic. #65902
4) Death - Husband:  Cook County Illinois Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #6019160
5) Death - Wife:  Porter County Indiana Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #80-006814