Person Sheet


Name Cecil Harold GRAY
Birth 13 Nov 1892, London, England1583
Death 24 Feb 1962, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada1583 Age: 69
Cremation 27 Feb 1962, Royal Oak Crematorium, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada1583 Age: 69
Occupation Carpenter and contractor1583
Father John Edward GRAY (1849-1915)
Mother Eleanor Sophia FOSDICK (1850-1934)
Spouses
1 Hazel Winifred WHITTAKER
Birth 23 Aug 1889, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada1584
Death 30 Sep 1957, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada1584 Age: 68
Cremation 3 Oct 1957, Royal Oak Crematorium, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada1584 Age: 68
Marriage 10 Jun 1914, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada1585
Notes for Cecil Harold GRAY

Family Remembrance:214 "Cecil Harold (1892-1962) was the youngest of 13 children born to Eleanor and John Gray. He had great personal charm and was a delightful human being who entertained us as children with his great musical talent. He married Hazel Winnifred Whittaker (1889-1957), a native of Victoria. Their wedding was quite a big social event.

1892 Possible Birth Registration: Cecil Harold Gray, birth, 1892 Q4 Oct-Dec, Wandsworth, London, Surrey, v. 1d, p. 662 (FreeBMD)

1901 British Census:1586
London, England (Wandsworth)
Enumerated 31 March 1901
310 Merton Road
John E. Gray••head, male, 51, builder, employer, born Hoxton, London
Eleanor S.••wife, female, 50, born Eyke, Suffolk
Florence E.••daughter, single, 24, born Westminster, London
Rose E.••daughter, single, 21, born Lambeth, London
Percy O.••son, 16, born Lambeth, London
Mabel V.••daughter, 13, born Battersea, London
Lawrence G.••son, 9, born Battersea, London
Cecil H.••son, 8, born Battersea, London
Matilda Dormer••servant, 14, household domestic, born Wandsworth, London
Brother George Fosdick Gray and family lived at 400A Merton Road

1911 Canadian Census:1587
British Columbia, Canada (Gordon Head, Sannaich, Nanaimo)
Enumeration date not given
John E. Gray••male, head, married, born June 1849, age 62, born in England, immigrated 1908, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, fruit grower, employer, works on own account on farm, has $1,500 life insurance, can read, write, and speak English
Elinor••female, wife, married, born November 1850, age 60, born in England, immigrated 1908, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, can read, write, and speak English
Lawrence G.••male, son, single, born September 1891, age 19, born in England, immigrated 1907, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, fruit grower, employer, works on own account on farm, can read, write, and speak English
Cecil H.••male, son, single, born November 1892, age 18, born in England, immigrated 1907, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, works on own account on farm. can read, write, and speak English
Yick Ah••male, works for, single, born January 1879, age 27, born in China, immigrated 1898, Chinese heritage, Chinese nationality, Confucian, berry picker, employee on farm, can read and write Chinese
Yin Ah••male, works for, married, born March 1877, age 24, born in China, immigrated 1907, Chinese heritage, Chinese nationality, Confucian, berry picker, employee on farm, can read and write Chinese
St Wona Ah••male, works for, single, born December 1888, age 22, immigrated 1911, Chinese heritage, Chinese nationality, Confucian, berry picker, employee on farm, can read and write Chinese

1914 Marriage Certificate:
1585 Cecil Harold Gray, age 22, resident of Victoria, born in London, England, bachelor, carpenter, father John Edward Gray, mother Eleanor S. Fosdick; Hazel Winifred Whittaker, age 24, resident of Victoria, born in Victoria, spinster, father Samuel Whittaker, mother Christina Irvine; witnesses E.S. Gray, M. A. Irvine, residing in Victoria, married on 10 June 1914, Church of England, by banns, St. Barnabas Church.

1962 Death Certificate:1583 Cecil Harold Gray; death date, 24 February 1962; death place, Dr. Francis Nursing Home, Ganges, Salt Spring Island; in Canada 56 years; residence, 3948 Cedar Hill Road; male, Canadian citizen, widower; born, London, England; born, 13 November 1892; age 69; retired carpenter and contractor; last worked in 1947; wife, Hazel Winnifred Whittaker; father, John Edward Gray, England; Eleanor Sophia Gray, England; cremation, 27 February 1962, Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich.
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