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Personal Details of James Gray

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Born:
Died:	01/04/1897
Buried:	03/04/1897

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on James Gray.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	From top of Ledger: The vault of the family of/ John Gray/ who was born at West Mills/ in the year 1782 and was/ buried in the year 1848/ in a vault situated in the South Porch of St. Nicholas' Church./ Is buried here/ Martha his widow/ born Feby. 22nd. 1790/ died July 14th. 1884. Also are buried here/ their children/ Ellen Rachel/ born Aug. 23rd/ 1817/ died Feb. 14th. 1864./ John Palmer/ born June 23rd. 1820/ died Sept 1st. 1871/ James Gray/ born Jany. 5th 1821/ died April 1st 1897./ Martha Elizabeth/ born August 13th. 1815/ died March 17th. 1910./ This vault contains the Mortal Remains of a Family whose public benefactions to the Church and Charitable Institutions were many and Liberal and whose countless private deeds of Charity and generous gifts will only be known when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed/ " Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a Memorial before God."

Name on Memorial	James GRAY
Date of death	01/04/1897
Age	76
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Ledger stone with iron rail surround
Construction Material	Limestone with engraved text
Condition of memorial	Good
Pattison Location Code	W143 page 23
Recorder's Notes	There is a memorial to John Gray who is buried at St. Nicholas' Church.
Others named on memorial
Martha GRAY
Ellen Rachel GRAY
John Palmer GRAY
Martha Elizabeth GRAY

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	James Gray
Date of burial	03/04/1897
Whence brought	London New Cross
Where & how buried	Consecrated Vault
By whom buried	Reverend E J Gardiner
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 094
Transcription comments	Not on Free BMD

Accounts Entry for James Gray
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about James Gray.

James Gray

JAMES GRAY

Mr. James Gray, was for half-a-century connected with the London and County Bank, being chief accountant for many years. In 1871 he was aged 50 at Queens Road, Camberwell, a banker, London and County Bank - jt general manager and had just set up the pension scheme. He died in 1887, and was buried in the family vault in the Cemetery, where his sister was laid last week. Mr. James Gray was a great admirer of stained glass, and memorial windows in the churches at East Garston, Compton and East Ilsley, also the windows over the north and south porches at Newbury, are evidences of his generous benefactions.

The gravestone inscription includes parents (John Gray 1782 - 1848) - memorial and Martha Gray(1790 - 1884) and siblings Ellen Rachel Gray (1817 - 1864),John Palmer Gray (1820 - 1871) and James Gray (1821 - 1897)

Note: The grave inscription confirms he was born 5 January 1821 and died 1 April 1897 (not 1887 as written NWN 31 March 1910. Also confirmed in ledger book (no. 219) from New Cross,London.

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