Gray, John Stewart

1907 - 1990  (83 years)

• Name	Gray, John Stewart
  Nickname	Jock
  Born	12 Feb 1907	Oyne Aberdeenshire
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jul 1990	Wivelsfield East Sussex
  Person ID	I497	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2003

  
  

  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
  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
  		Census Insch 1901 George and Mary Gray
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Odenbreit, Lena Cecilia,   b. 12 Oct 1909, Tottenham North London ,   d. 8 Feb 1972, Hither Green SE London  (Age 62 years)
  Married	10 Dec 1932	Deptford East London
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Photos		John Gray and Family
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Kath,   d. 14 Jul 1991
  Married	12 Nov 1976
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Rin 497 JOCK_GRAY
  		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
  		Robert Catherine and John Gray In this photograph Catherine is seen with her brothers young John on her right and Robert Lawson on her left The photo is undated and is probably taken at the family farm of Harthill Oyne

  
  

• Notes

  John Stewart Gray was born at Harthill Oyne in Feb 1907 the only one of the children to be born there His parents were George Gray and Mary Florence John started life working at home on the farm as his brothers had done and then as a farm servant He applied to join the police force in Aberdeen only to be rejected due to lack of height being 5ft 11and one half inches whilst the requirement was 6 feet He then applied to the Metropolitan police in London and was accepted having grown half an inch on the way south as he himself declared He married a London girl Cis although as it transpired she came from a German family who had moved to England The father changed the family name from Odenbreit to Bright except he left out the girls since when they married they would change names anyway John was known as "Jock" throughout his life and completed his service with the police serving throughout the blitz in the heavily bombed east end of London During those war time years he and Cis kept open house for all members of the family who were serving in the forces and happened to be passing. They were most generous in their hospitality despite food rationing and other shortages They brought up their three children in Crofton Park Road Brockley When Cis died, the children having fled the coop, Jock remarried in 1976 He and Kath stayed on at Crofton Park Road Jock found employment as an insurance assessor to supplement his pension and pursued his hobby of growing and showing flowers His life style with Kath changed somewhat to include travel and foreign holidays and they seemed to live happily together although after his death she turned against the children and sold the house without their knowledge A neighbour found a bundle of family photographs deposited in the dustbin This photograph is added from my mothers collection and is undated