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Petter GRAY

Petter GRAY[1]

Male 1792 - 1850  (~ 57 years)

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  • Name Petter GRAY 
    Christened 14 Dec 1792  Gardie, Mid Yell, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 8477ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35CB18 
    Died 1850  At sea, off Bressay, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I115  YoungFamily
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2021 

    Father George GRAY,   c. 14 Nov 1764, Basta, North Yell, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1841  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth CLUNESS,   b. Abt 1761,   d. Aft 1841  (Age > 81 years) 
    Married 1790 
    _UID ED76ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C353399 
    Family ID F79  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara PETRIE,   c. 1 Mar 1800, Otterswick, East Yell, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1869, Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1820  Mid & South Yell, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    _UID E976ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C352F59 
    Children 
     1. George GRAY,   c. Nov 1821, Gardie, Mid & South Yell, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Charlote Barcly GRAY,   c. 21 Aug 1823, Gardie, Mid & South Yell, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Margaret GRAY,   b. 26 Sep 1826, Reafirth, Mid Yell, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1900, Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. Williamina GRAY,   c. 10 May 1829, Altony, Mid & South Yell, Zetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Elizabeth PETRIE,   b. Abt 1836
    Last Modified 15 May 2022 
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • On the second marriage of Charlote Barcly Gray, Peter is described as being a master grocer, deceased. On her baptism Peter was described as being a farmer. So, it begs the question, how did a farmer or master grocer come to be lost at sea?

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] 1841 Census, Scotland, General Register Office for Scotland, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Mid Yell and South Yell, Shetland, Scotland E.D. 2, parish #6, 6 Jun 1841.
      Reafirth, Zetland:
      Peter Gray, 45, Male, farmer, born Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
      Barbara Gray, 40, Female, born Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
      George Gray, 15, Male, born Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
      Charlotte Gray, 15, Female, born Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
      Margaret Gray, 14, Female, born Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
      Elizabeth Petrie, 5 , Female, born Orkney and Shetland, Scotland

      Parish: Mid Yell and South Yell; ED: 2; Page: 4; Line: 1300; Year: 1841.
      Source Citation: Parish: Mid Yell and South Yell; ED: 2; Page: 4; Line: 1050; Roll ; Year: 1841

    2. [S29] Extract of an entry in a Register of Marriages, (Scotland, Edinburgh: Registrar General for Scotland), District of Newington, Edinburgh, 1861, page 68, 29 Jun 1861.
      11 June 1861 at 56 Clerk Street, Edinburgh, after banns according to the forms of the Congregational Church were married John Douglas, carpenter, bachelor, aged 33, usual residence 27 Arthur Street, Edinburgh, son of William Douglas, a wright and Ellen Douglas, maiden surname Hay, with Margaret Gray, domestic servant, spinster, aged 29 years, usual residence 27 Causewayside, Edinburgh, daughter of Peter Gray, seaman deceased and Barbara Gray maiden surname Petrie. Witnesses were Alexander McGregor and Emily Young.
      Copy of original district marriage registration obtained from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.