John Davidson (Davidson) Gray (1849 - 1923)

Born 4 Apr 1849 in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Allan Young — married 6 Jan 1879 in Glasgow, Dist of St Rollox, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1923 at age 74 in Glasgow, Dist of Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

John went under many surnames and changed not only his surname but also that of his wife and children. Aka surname,s: Campbell, Davidson, Runciman, Cunningham, Gray,

Name

Name: John /Runciman/ ^[1]

Birth

04 APR 1849 ? marriage cert gives the age of 29 at time of marriage in 1879, this would suggest John was born in 1850. Banton, Par. of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 55.989092,-4.007696

Place: Banton, Par. of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 55.989092,-4.007696

Note: FamSearch extract indexes as DAVIDSON, no father listed, the Parish register however shows John as surname CAMPBELL, the natural son of Mary DAVIDSON, followed immediately by daughter Mary's birth 1 Jan 1854, surname DAVIDSON, both at Banton. The page contains births from 1839 to 1854 organised mostly by families.

This does rather cast doubt on John's later certificates and census records which show him as RUNCIMAN!^[2][3][4]

Death

Date: 05 JUL 1923

Glasgow, Dist of Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland

cert. shows John Runciman GRAY as formerly John Davidson RUNCIMAN, 74, engine keeper retired, h/o Annie Allen YOUNG; s/o George RUNCIMAN blacksmith & Mary m.s. DAVIDSON handloom weaver, afterward married to James CUNNINGHAM, gardner, all dec'd;cod prostatic enlargement 3 mos, retention urine 5 days. Surgical operation d. under administration of chloroform anaesthesia; Inf. dtr Mary GRAY of 118 New City Rd; Reg. 9th Jul;^[5][6][7][8]

Marriage

Husband: John Runciman

Wife: Annie Allen Young

Child: Mary Davidson Runcieman

Marriage:

Date: 06 JAN 1879

Place: Glasgow, Dist of St Rollox, Lanarkshire, Scotland

cert. shows John as 29 coal pit engine keeper, resid. 24 Forth St, Glasgow, s/o George RUNCIMAN, blacksmith (foreman) & Mary m.s. (sic) DAVIDSON (neither dec'd); Annie Allen as 30 resid. 13 Clyde St, Port Dundee, Glasgow, d/o Robert YOUNG, corn miller (foreman), dec'd & Elizabeth m.s. WATSON, dec'd; Wit: George & Margaret SHAW^[9]

Census

1881

Dist of Govan Church, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: GRAY: John 31 Engine Keeper In Ship- Yard b Kilsyth, STI; wife Annie Allan Y 32 b Langland, DNB; Dtr Elizabeth W 1 b Glasgow;^[10]

1891

Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: GRAY: John R 42 ; wife Annie A 42 ; Children: Lizzie W 11, Mary D 9, Annie 7, Agnes 5, John 3, Robert 1^[11]

1901

Port Dundas, Glasgow, Dist of St Rollox, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: GREY: John R 52 Saw Mill Engine Keeper b Kilsyth, STI ; wife Annie A Young or Grey 52, Saw Mill - Engine Keeper's Wife b Cumbernauld, DNB; Children (GREY): Mary 19 Vaccination Shield Maker, Annie 17 Upholstry Sewer both b Govan, Lanarkshire; Agnes 15 Confectionery Packer, John 13 Message Boy, Robert 11 scholar, all b Mossend, Lanarkshire; Jessie 9 scholar b Bellshill, Lanarkshire^[12]

Mother's husband/John's siblings

Husband: George Runciman

Wife: Mary Davidson

Child: John Runciman

Child: Mary Runciman

Child: Ann Runciman

Child: Andrew Davidson Learmont Runciman

Marriage:

Date: EST 1853

Place:  ?Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland^[13][14][15]

Reference

Reference: 69395

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S203 Banton, Par. of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Par. 364 ED 3 Pg 8, Sched. 33, hsehold of Mary DAVIDSON, extracted Sep 2012
2. ↑ Source: #S203 Banton, Par. of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Par. 364 ED 3 Pg 8, Sched. 33, hsehold of Mary DAVIDSON, extracted Sep 2012
3. ↑ Source: #S1597 Birth 4 Apr 1849 John DAVIDSON, s/o Mary DAVIDSON, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, from Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 batch C11483-9 film 1041951, extracted Sep 2012
4. ↑ Source: #S55 Birth 4 Apr 1849 John CAMPBELL, s/o Mary DAVIDSON, Banton, Kilsyth, STi, 483/00 0070 0323, copy d/loaded Sep 2012
5. ↑ Source: #S203 Banton, Par. of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Par. 364 ED 3 Pg 8, Sched. 33, hsehold of Mary DAVIDSON, extracted Sep 2012
6. ↑ Source: #S56 Marr. 6 Jan 1879 John s/o George RUNCIMAN & Mary DAVIDSON; Annie Allen d/o Robert YOUNG & Elizabeth WATSON, St Rollox, Lanarkshire, 644/06 #35, copy d/loaded Sep 2012
7. ↑ Source: #S2970 Dth 1923 John Davidson RUNCIMAN, aged 74, reg. Dennistoun, Glasgow City, Lanarkshire, 644/04 0813, extracted from index Sep 2012
8. ↑ Source: #S56 Dth 5 Jul 1923 John Runciman GRAY formerly John Davidson RUNCIMAN, s/o George RUNCIMAN & Mary DAVIDSON, h/o Annie Allen YOUNG, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 644/04 0813, copy rcvd (from Allan R) Oct 2012
9. ↑ Source: #S56 Marr. 6 Jan 1879 John s/o George RUNCIMAN & Mary DAVIDSON; Annie Allen d/o Robert YOUNG & Elizabeth WATSON, St Rollox, Lanarkshire, 644/06 #35, copy d/loaded Sep 2012
10. ↑ Source: #S209 Dist of Govan Church, Lanarkshire, reg. 646/1 ED 7 Sched 162, hsehold of John & Annie Allan Y GRAY, extracted Sep 2012
11. ↑ Source: #S212 Bothwell, Lanarkshire; ED: 9; Page: 18; Sched. 76, hsehold of John R & Annie A GRAY, extracted Sep 2012
12. ↑ Source: #S214 Civil Par. Glasgow Port Dundas, Dist St Rollox, Lanarkshire, Reg. 644/6 ED 47 Sched. 39 hsehold of John R GREY & Annie A YOUNG, extracted Sep 2012
13. ↑ Source: #S56 Marr. 31 Dec 1891 (reg. 1892) Andrew Davidson s/o George RUNCIMAN & Mary DAVIDSON; Margaret C H d/o George HUNTER & Jeanie Gray? HALLIDAY nee HUNTER; reg. Bothwell, Lanarkshire 625/1 #13, copy d/loaded Dec 2010
14. ↑ Source: #S1599 1851 Village Of Banton, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, hsehold of Mary DAVIDSON, extracted Sep 2012
15. ↑ Source: #S55 Birth 1 Jan 1854 Mary d/o Mary DAVIDSON, Banton, Kilsyth, STi, 483/00 0070 0323, copy d/loaded (for brother John) Sep 2012

• Source: S1597 FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS), Url: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/
• Source: S1599 findmypast, Url: http://www.findmypast.com
• Source: S203 1851 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com
• Source: S209 1881 Census transcripts, for Scotland, via Ancestry.com
• Source: S212 1891 Census transcripts, for Scotland via Ancestry.com
• Source: S214 1901 Census transcripts, for Scotland via http://Ancestry.com
• Source: S2970 Statutory Registers Index: Scotland,1855+, http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk:
• Source: S55 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php
• Source: S56 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php

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