Mary Gray (1836 - 1841)

Born 17 Jul 1836 in Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland

Died 2 Aug 1841 at age 5 in Broughty Ferry, Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mary Gray was born on 17 July 1836 at Bowerswell House, Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She was the daughter of George Gray and Sophia Margaret Jamieson. Mary was christened on 17 Sep 1836 at Kinnoull Church. ^[1]

Little Mary, who had just turned 5, passed away 2 August 1841 of scarlet fever at a seaside holiday home in Broughty Ferry, just outside Dundee, Scotland. Two other siblings, Sophia 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]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1V6-X3R : 2 January 2015), Sophia Margaret Jamieson in entry for Mary Gray, 17 Jul 1836; 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