Frederick Bray

**trevboy** · 30-05-2016, 8:54 PM

Hi all I have just returned to this site after a couple of years,as i stopped investigating after spending too much money on various sites and not getting the right information.So now I am trying again I am looking for information on Frederick Bray born Pimlico about 1882 went to Canada about 1918 according to a letter left by my late mother,I don't know if the date for Canada is correct,I have checked various passenger lists but no luck.He had a wife Louise or Louisa but I don't know if he married in the UK or Canada.Any help will be gratefully received.

**elsinore** · 31-05-2016, 12:58 AM

FreeBMD has a birth as follows:

Frederick Joseph BRAY b. 1882 St George Hanover Square (which contains Pimlico) Q3 Vol 1A Page 462

Peter

**elsinore** · 31-05-2016, 1:10 AM

The 1891 Census has the following:

8 Orpingley Road, Islington
Thomas BRAY Head M 45 Tailor b. not known
Sarah BRAY Wife M 46 b. Gloucester
Bertha BRAY Dau U 14 Tailors Apprentice b. Kentish Town
Willie BRAY Son U 12 Grocer's Errand Boy b. Finchley
Alice BRAY Dau U 10 Scholar b. Finchley
Frederick BRAY Son U 8 Scholar b. Pimlico RG12 Piece 148 Folio 100 Page 62

Peter

**elsinore** · 31-05-2016, 1:21 AM

1901 Census

8 Orpingley Road, Islington
Thomas PARRATT Head M 54 Aeronaut ****? b. Brighton
Sarah PARRATT Wife M 54 b. London
William BRAY Stepson U 22 Artist Colourman b. London
Alice Maud BRAY U 21 Charwoman b. London
Frederick BRAY U 19 Carpenter b. London
Louisa TURNER Niece U 17 Laundry Calendar Hand b. London RG13 Piece 167 Folio 48 Page 33

Peter

**elsinore** · 31-05-2016, 1:35 AM

Canadian Passenger Lists. Empress of Ireland arrived St Johns, Newfoundland 1st March 1913 from Liverpool.

Frederick BRAY aged 31, English, bound for Hamilton, Ontario, trade Electrician.
Louisa BRAY, aged 32. do do do Wife

The entry also states that they had previously been in Ontario for 6 years from 1906 and that they are 'Ret'd Canadians'

Peter

**elsinore** · 31-05-2016, 2:16 AM

Frederick and Louisa appear on the 1911 and 1921 Canadian Censuses, living in Hamilton, Ontario, at first in 18 Bellview and then in 69 Bellview. By 1921 they had 2 daughters, Margaret 9 and Irene 2.

I haven't been able to find a marriage between Frederick and Louisa in UK.

Peter

**Mona** · 31-05-2016, 4:15 AM

Unfortunately there is this death: June 1883, Frederick Joseph BRAY, age 0, St Geo. H. Sq. 1a 317 !

**Mona** · 31-05-2016, 4:22 AM

Free to view the image on familysearch.org is this marriage:
8 June 1908, Hamilton, Ontario
Frederick Henry BRAY, age 26 to Louisa WARWICK, age 27. born in London, England.
Groom's parents: Fred'k Henry BRAY, Martha TURNER