we thought the same thing about qualifications for being a druggist..but cant find him listed anywhere on that score. Mary Caroline married Edward Brown in 1872. 1881 census living at Kings Square Shoreditch. He was off the scene when she met John Ray. That is why she is still a Brown on some of the census. In the 1911 one she listed all her children under the name Ray. (No idea why!) We think John was born in 1848 because we have his death certificate, and it says died aged 60 in 1908. There is someone on Ancestry who is doing research into the Brown family, and we have been in touch, they do not have anything on John Ray either. What I would like to find out is..was he married before he met my Great Nan? He was49 when my nan was born, so it is likely that he was married before. We feel like we are up against a brick wall! Grateful for any help.thanks.
