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Trying to find family informaiton in Ireland for John and Mary (nee Long) Wray.   I have been trying to research them for quite some time but keep hitting brick walls.  Any help would be most appreciated.  One child married Robert Kee but I do not have any information about them either except I found them in the census but not all living together.

John (my ggrandfather) was born about May 1820 in Ireland.  He died abt Dec 1911 in Ireland.  He was listed in the 1901 census as John Ray.  In the 1911 census the last name was Wray.  Not sure exactly because the 6 children who emigrated to America changed the spelling to Ray.   I would love to know their actual name.

John married Mary Anne Long, daughter of Alexander Long on 29 Dec 1848 in Donaghmore Donegal, Ireland, Presbyterian Meeting House.  She was born abt 1831 in Ireland and died after 1911.  6 of their children stayed in Ireland and 6 came to America.  John and Mary lived in Carricknamana, Killygordon and also I have a note that says Ballybofey.

Their children -

1. Nellie L. (or Ellen) born 1852 Ireland and died in 1935 in Connecticut USA.  Not sure if her name is Nellie or Ellen.  She lived in New York City for a while before moving to Connecticut to live with her sister, Margaret.  Nellie never married.

2. William Wray - stayed in Ireland and born abt 1854 - I know nothing about him.

3. Alexander Wray was born about 1856 in Ireland - I know nothing about him except he was living with his parents in 1911.

4. Robert Long Ray born 1858 in Ireland and died 1934 in Connecticut.  He had 4 children.

5. Margaret (Maggie) born 1860 in Ireland and died 1926 in Connecticut.  She never married.

6. Elizabeth Catherine (Lizzie) born 1861 in Ireland and died in 1929 in Connecticut.  She married Samuel Ellis Roulston born 1840 in Ireland and died 1912 in Connecticut.  They are my grandparents.  They had 6 children.  Samuel Ray Roulston died when he was 11.  Harold Charles died when he was 12.  Charles John (my father) married and had 4 children. Elwyn George married and no children. Nellie Margaret married and had 4 children.  Lloyd Alexander married and had 4 children.

7. George Wesley born 1863 in Ireland and died 1935 in Connecticut - he travelled and lived throughout the USA.  He married and had 5 children.

8. Samuel M born 1866 in Killygordon and died in Connecticut.  He married and had 3 children.

9. Jemima Rebecca Lindsay born 1873 in Killygordon.  She married Robert Henry Kee in 1893 in Ireland.  They had 8 children: Daisy, Florence, Elizabeth (Lizzie, Martha, Nellie, Olive, Mary Ann (Cissie) and Henry Vaughan.  Mary Ann and  Henry Vaughan were living with John and Mary Wray in 1911. 

10. Fanny Martha born 1867 in Killygordon.

11. John James  

12. Mary Anne born 1864 in Killygordon.

Would love to find relatives.

 

 

 

 

 

Charline

Wednesday 11th Apr 2012, 10:15PM

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  • Hi Charline,

    Thanks very much for your post.

    I have forwarded it on to a local lady who is a descendant of a Wray family.

    Good luck with that.

    Ps what part of the world are you in?

    Donaghmore Donegal

    Thursday 12th Apr 2012, 11:24AM
  • Thank you so very much.  I can't wait to hear any information..  I'm happy to share any information I have -- in fact, I have pictures of the Wray family in the U.S. should the woman you refer too is related.

    I live in Connecticut USA.

    Again, thank you and I look forward to hearing more.

     

    Charline

    Thursday 12th Apr 2012, 01:42PM
  • Hi,

     

    Did you ever hear any information from the Wray family regarding my family?

     

    Charline

    Saturday 29th Sep 2012, 10:11PM

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