Wray/Kincaid- Taughboyne, Donegal

[fambuff2]

Hi

My Gt. Uncle John Wray was born on 10th July 1898 and died on 1st July 1916. Gt.Uncle Charles (middle name Henry) was born on 5th September 1894 and died on 15th September 1916. I have the pages from the War Diary for the days they died.
All the best

[Carrigans]

Thanks for this. Very sad that so many died so young. The dates confirm that John was the youngest to die from the Carrigans area.

[rathmore]

It says on the census that Joseph Wray was a Army Pensioner Infantry have you look for his pension

lots of Wray mentioned on the donegal resources site:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal

click on Taughboyne or type in the Basic Box Wray

[fambuff2]

Thank you both for your replies.

It is interesting though sad to know that my Gt.Uncle John was the youngest Carrigans lad to die. We definitely have a lot to be grateful for.

I haven't managed to find Gt.Grandpa's pension records unfortunately. The Forces War Records couldn't help and I didn't get a definitive answer to my query from the archives at Kew. However, they gave some info for asking someone to research it, and before I do this I want to see if there are any other avenues I can take to trace it.

All the best

[rathmore]

http://familysearch.org


Joesph Wray death Jan-Mar 1908, registration Donegal age at death 65, birth 1843
Volume 2, Page 36

cannot find Rebecca

Rebecca could have got married again, mybe the family fell out with her.  Or on the 1911 census she was not mentioned on the census because she was out when the Census people called.  If you were not in the house at the time the census people called you were not listed on the census.

On census for 1921 because of the troubles.

[fambuff2]

Thank you for that. I did obtain a copy death cert entry for a Joseph Wray in 1908, but it wasn't the correct one so I'll check and if the info you have given is different to the reference I had, I'll get that copy cert. I use Family Search.org as well as other sites to pinpoint information and then I try and check that info out so that when I apply for copy certs I'm not wasting too much money if I find I've chased down the wrong person and especially check all different spellings etc.. I've been lucky up to now, though breaking the Wray/Kincaid side was a challenge. My mum's side has been the opposite and I've got reams on her branches. I'm now getting there though with my Irish relatives.

It may be that Rebecca remarried though no-one in the family can clarify and I've not found a marriage. I don't think there was a fall out as none of the family remembers hearing about a rift within the Wray side.

Thank you very for your help.
All the best

[aghadowey]

http://familysearch.org

Joesph Wray death Jan-Mar 1908, registration Donegal age at death 65, birth 1843
Volume 2, Page 36

this was already posted (reply #1)

Death for Rebecca Wray same age as Joseph's wife-
Rebecca Wray, age 64, Apr./June 1917 Londonderry registration district volume 2 page 117.

[fambuff2]

Thank you for the information on Rebecca Wray. I'll check it out. The information that you quote re Joseph relates to the copy entry I bought and is not my gt. grandfather. I appreciate all the hints and tips and info and I'll check out re Rebecca.
Thanks again & all the best

[aghadowey]

Is there a particular reason that you are sure the death certificate doesn't belong to the Joseph you are looking for?