Person Sheet

Name Percy Owen GRAY  Birth 14 Jul 1884, London, England2488 Death 19 Apr 1953, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada2488 Age: 68 Burial St. Mary's Churchyard, Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada2488 Occupation Chief Steward, Retired2488 Father John Edward GRAY (1849-1915) Mother Eleanor Sophia FOSDICK (1850-1934)
Spouses
1 Adela Kate SKELTON Birth 2 Feb 1878, Ettwall, England2489 Death 7 Apr 1973, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada2489 Age: 95 Burial 10 Apr 1973, St. Mary's Churchyard, Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada2489
Marriage 1 Feb 1911, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada2490
Notes for Percy Owen GRAY
Family Remembrance:214 "Percy Owen (1886-19??) was the sixth child of the Gray family. He married Adela Kate Skelton. I do not know a great deal about this family as regretfully we have not kept in touch. I remember Uncle Percy as a most kindly gentleman." 1884 Possible Birth Registration: Percy Owen Gray, birth, 1884 Q3 Jul-Sep, Lambeth, Greater London, London, Surrey, v. 1d, p. 461 (FreeBMD) 1891 British Census:216 London, England (Battersea; Clapham Parliamentary Borough; St. Marks Ecclesiastical Parish) Enumerated 5 April 1891 295 Lavender Hill John E. Gray••head, male, 41, builder & decorator, employer, born Hoxton, London Eleanor S.••wife, married, 40, born Eyke, Suffolk George F.••son, single, 18, carpenter apprentice, employed, born Pimlico, London Eleanor S.••daughter, single, 16, born Westminster, London Florence E.••daughter, single, 14, scholar, born Westminster, London Rose E.••daughter, single, 11, scholar, born Pimlico, London Percy O.••son, single, 6, scholar, born in Lambeth, London Mabel V.••daughter, single, 3, born in Wandsworth, London 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 Marriage Certificate:2490 Percy Owen Gray, age 26, residing at 2826 Blackwood St., born London, England, bachelor, builder, father John E. Gray, mother Eleanor S. Gray; Adela Kate Skelton, 32 years, residing at Metchosin, born Etwell, Derbyshire, England, spinster, father Benjamin Skelton, mother Mary Skelton; witnesses, Ben Skelton of Metchosin, Florence E. Gray of Victoria; marriage date 1 February 1911; religious denomination, Church of England; married by license; St. John's Church, Victoria. 1911 Canadian Census:2491 British Columbia, Canada (Metchosin, Nanaimo) Enumerated between 1-7 June 1911 Percy Owen Gray••male, head, married, born July 1881 [!], age 30 [!], born in England, immigrated in 1907, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, contractor, works on own account, can read, write, and speak English Adela Kate••female, wife, married, born February 1881 [!], age 30 [!], born in England, immigrated in 1907, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, can read, write, and speak English 1953 Death Certificate:2488 Percy Owen Gray; death date, 19 April 1953; death place, 3923 Cumberland Street, Saanich, British Columbia; in Canada 46 years; male, Canadian citizen, married; birth place, London, England; birth date, 14 July 1884; age 68 years, 9 months, 5 days; occupation, retired chief steward; last worked, 3 years ago; wife, Adela Skelton; father, John Gray, England; mother, Eleanor Fosdick, England; burial Metchosin, B.C., St. Mary's Churchyard.