Born in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Francis Elmhirst
and Jean Clary
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
[private husband (1930s - 2000s)]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1950s - unknown)], Bob Gray, [private son (1960s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1960s - unknown)]
Died
at age 89
in Lamont, Lamont County, Alberta, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Oct 2017
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Biography
Irene was born in Gilbert Plains in 1933, the 7th child and 6th daughter of Frank and Jean Elmhirst. She left school after grade 11 and worked a few jobs in Gilbert Plains and Winnipeg before going off to Vancouver with a friend. Vancouver wasn't to her liking she went to Edmonton where she got a job with the police department as a switchboard operator. It was there that she met her husband to be, a young beat cop named Bill Gray. Irene and Bill got married in 1955 in Edmonton. They purchased their first home in Edmonton in 1956 and their first child Ian arrived in October. [1]
Occupation: Homemaker.
Baptism: Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, Canada. Map: Latitude: N51.1333. Longitude: W100.4833.
Event: Childhood Home. BET 1933 AND 1950. Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, Canada. Map: Latitude: N51.1333. Longitude: W100.4833.
Graduation: JUN 1950. Brickburn School, Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, Canada. Map: Latitude: N51.1333. Longitude: W100.4833.
Height: 5 ft. 4 in.
Marriage 16 MAY 1955. St. Stephens College Chapel, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
- Bob Gray
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H8c2, FTDNA kit #B549843, MitoYDNA ID A11566 [compare]
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50.00%
100.00%
Bob Gray :
23andMe, GEDmatch QV2570152 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Anne (Seymour) Burnham :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member anne_burnham56
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