Sophia Margaret Gray (1834 - 1841)

Born 10 Sep 1834 in Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland

Died 2 Jul 1841 at age 6 in Broughty Ferry, Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sophia Margaret Gray was born on 10 Sep 1834 at Bowerswell House, Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She was the daughter of George Gray and Sophia Margaret Jamieson – the first of two daughters to have the same name. Sophia was christened on 18 Oct 1834 at Kinnoull Church. ^[1]

Little Sophia, aged 6, passed away 2 July 1841 of scarlet fever at a seaside holiday home in Broughty Ferry, just outside Dundee, Scotland. Two other siblings, Mary and Jane, also died of scarlet fever during the same holiday. Out of 15 children of George Gray and Sophia Margaret Jameson, 7 died in childhood.^[2]

She had a younger sister with the same name who lived to adulthood (1843-1882).

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1V6-F2W : 2 January 2015), Sophia Margaret Jamieson in entry for Sophia Margaret Gray, 10 Sep 1834; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,120.
2. ↑ Cooper, Suzanne Fagence. Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais. St. Martin's Press, 2011