 1898 - 1948 (49 years)
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| Name |
Gray, Henry |
| Born |
26 Dec 1898 |
Skirts of Foudland Insch  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
24 Dec 1948 |
Woodend Hosp Aberdeen |
| Buried |
27 Dec 1948 |
Lair 301 Fyvie burial ground |
| Person ID |
I482 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Mar 2004 |
| Father |
Gray, George, b. 30 Jan 1860, Little Wardend Parish of Banff , d. 21 Aug 1935, Strabathie Blackdog Br.of Don Abn. (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
Florence, Mary, b. 11 Nov 1864, Ryehill Oyne , d. 21 Nov 1945, Insch Aberdeenshire (Age 81 years) |
| Married |
12 Dec 1885 |
Oyne |
| Notes |
- Proclaimed Parish Church of Keithhall December 1885
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| Photos |
 | Harthill Farm
L to R John Gray, Henry Gray, Robert Lawson Gray, Alexander McIntosh Gray, Mary Ellen Gray and Lucy Gray.
The three men lying at the front were farm workers |
| Documents |
 | Census Insch 1891 George and Mary Gray
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 | Census Insch 1901 George and Mary Gray
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| Family ID |
F166 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Alexander, Isabella Brown, b. 19 Nov 1899, Meikle Wartle Aberdeenshire , d. 18 Feb 1994, Keith Aberdeenshire (Age 94 years) |
| Married |
17 Jun 1922 |
Registrar Castle St Aberdeen |
| Children |
| | 1. Alexander, Olive, b. 16 Jan 1921, Meikle Wartle , d. 26 Jul 2008, Abbeyvale Elgin (Age 87 years) |
| | 2. Gray, Charles Jaffrey, b. 17 Aug 1922, Baldyquash, Meikle Wartle , d. 4 Oct 2016, Petmathen, Farnham Common (Age 94 years) [Birth] |
| | 3. Gray, Isabella Alexander, b. 20 Jun 1925, West Fingask , d. 15 Aug 2016, John Radcliff Hospital, Oxford (Age 91 years) |
| | 4. Living |
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| Photos |
 | Henry & Isabella Gray
Photo of my parents at Alex Faskens wedding in Huntly 1922 They used it as their own Wedding photo later same year saved on the expense I just made it on the right side of the blanket as they say |
 | Henry & Isabella Gray and Family
Back Row L-R
Isabella, Jeff, Olive
Front Row
Isabella, Alexander (Sandy), Henry
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| Histories |
 | Isabella Brown Alexander 1899—1994
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| Last Modified |
3 Jul 2014 |
| Family ID |
F71 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Rin 482 HENRY_GRAY___HORSES
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 | Stranger Than Fiction
The five Scottish soldiers are Gordon Highlanders. Tom Florence, Henry Gray, John Cran (m Claire Barklay), James Gall and one other. The man on the right is not named and his fate is unknown. All the others survived the war.
Henry was injured by shrapnel on his first visit to the front line trenches .
Note the headgear. Two are wearing Glengarries with tartan borders and the other three are wearing Balmorals.
This highland regiment wore the kilt through out the war but due to the muddy state of the Flanders trenches canvas aprons or skirts were supplied to protect them. The five men pictured are in the aprons which you can see has a front pocket where normally the sporran would be.
There is an old joke What do Scotsmen wear under their kilts? This does not tell us but it does tell us what they wore over them. |
 | Henry Gray & John Cran
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 | Henry Gray
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| Henry & Isabella Gray
Photo of my parents at Alex Faskens wedding in Huntly 1922 They used it as their own Wedding photo later same year saved on the expense I just made it on the right side of the blanket as they say |
 | Henry & Isabella Gray
Taken outside Baldyquash, Nr Insch |
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| Harthill Farm
L to R John Gray, Henry Gray, Robert Lawson Gray, Alexander McIntosh Gray, Mary Ellen Gray and Lucy Gray.
The three men lying at the front were farm workers |
 | Henry Gray
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| Notes |
- Henry was born at Skirts of Foudland where his father farmed They later moved to Harthill of Oyne
Each of the sons worked in turn on the family farm By all accounts the father was a harsh man and a slave driver As soon as they dared the sons left home to work else where and Henry followed the rule
He served in the Gordon Highlanders in World War 1and was injured by shellfire on the way to the trenches on his first arrival
He returned to farm work after the war
At this time the horsemen took a great pride in the appearance of their animals spending considerable sums on harness decoration This carried over into their own appearance notably the narrow breeks,flat caps and "nicky tams" At ploughing matches or on the road with their carts they could be seen in full rig Winter evenings were spent in the stables fettling harness seated on the corn kists singing the ballads that became known as corn kisters
When he married his wife lamented the folly of spending so much of his hard earned pay on such fripperies
While working at West Fingask he was taken ill and rushed to hospital in Aberdeen In his head a blood vessel had ruptured exerting pressure on the brain and causing permanent damage leaving him paralysed down his left side Thus disabled he was unable to hold full time employment.
However this misfortune brought out everything that was best in him With time he greatly over came his handicap increasing his mobility and teaching himself to cope He bought an old tricycle, learnt to ride it and thus mounted became a familiar sight in the district with his gardening tools strapped to the crossbar
He died of a recurrence at the comparatively early age of 49, a day or two short of his birthday
Cause of death was given as Intracranial Tumours and Hypostatic Pneumonia
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