Just had a eureka moment...Golias Gray was suposed to have been born cir 1840s Abbots Ripton - and probably went by the name Elias...Well Elias Gray b.cir 1844 Abbots Ripton turns out to be married to Amelia Hearn/Heron d/o Edward/Eldenham Heron & Christiana Smith. Elias turns up on later census's with alias William Gray and Walter Hearn - but the family are identifiable by a search for daughter Mary Gray who consistently turns up born in 1869 at Halesowen Worc.Elias & Amelia had: Abigail 1866 Bordesley Warwks who married Ezra Herring aka Iza Heron Mary b.1869 Halesowen Worc married Alfred SmithMizelli/Marcelli b.1871 Walsall married Billy KingGeorge Napoleon (the census enumerators had fun with this one!) b.cir 1877 Bloxwich Staff c.1880 Cannock Staff, married Jane/Sally SmithMatilda b.1878 Walsall Staff married Tom Winter and later Rabbi Smith.What is interesting here, to me personally, is Elias Gray was reputedly a brother of twins Righteous and Cornelius who also married into the Heron family. But his was the one baptism I couldnt find. Now I can see why! Righteous and Cornelius were twin sons of of the Bethania Smith - William Gray - James Mobbs triangle, and this William was s/o Charles Gray & Aquila (Equally) Smith.
