Gray / Wynne

[shermanf]

Hi keith, I will check on marriages for you, but it did seem he moved office a lot. There are references in the London Gazette all online to his work. The Legal profession was divided differently in those times and I rather suspect he was using knowledge and appearance to practice rather than qualification. The office moves do seem to be frequent and I did wonder whether he was moving and leaving behind unpaid bills. His early life as a dentist would follow on from his father. It was common in those times for surgeons to trade also as chemists and apothcaries. I find it amusing to note that 200 years later in Bath where WG's father practiced his address is now a Superdrug. At various times he does appear to have had money. His investment of £500 in the railways in 1837 is an example, amd then he loses it. A true Dickensian character. I suspected he may have been the author and publisher of the pamphlet I have and Hawke Street is the address where it was published from, but have no evidence. My Gray ancestors had a house in Hawke Street which is just up from Lime Street Liverpool. However I know little about them. One branch were living off Wavertree Road in the 1920s 30s. Posting details in case they ring bells with anyone reading this.     

[cmaude]

I know this is a long shot but hoping you are still around. My great grandmother was catherine maude wynne born 1896? she lived in liverpool but we think she was from wales. Her mother we thought there was a grey in the family we thought it was her mothers 1st marriage.Could this be any relation to these posts?

[Cynfran]

Hello cmaude
Yes, still here! Not such a long shot after all, William Gover Gray, who was Catherine Maud Wynne's grandfather, was my great grandfather. It makes her my cousin, once removed.
Her mother was Catherine Maud Gray and it was her mother, Mary, who was born in Wales.
I'll send you a private message with contact details in case you want to get in touch via email. Please post again if you don't receive it.
Regards, Cynfran

[keithwynne]

Hello cmaude
 The mother of your great grandmother Catherine Maude Wynne, born 1869 was Mary Wynne born in Chirk, Denbighshire in 1842 and married William Gover Gray.  Catherine Maude Gray married my great uncle Thomas and lived in Liverpool. She was a sister-in-law to my Grandfather Charles Wynne.
Regards, Keithwynne

[cmaude]

WOW this is great information. I guess the three of us are related. My great grandmother spoke often fondly of her father and grandfather. By the way I was the last of 5 generations of Catherine Maudes. I named my daughter Sarah Wynne.