Hekko David Was William BRAY a brother of Thomas BRAY, b. Cornwall c1838 d. Ballarat 1898, son of William BRAY & Jane PROUT and who married Catherine Elizabeth MAHON in 1856, South Australia They had chn in SA and near Harrow, Victoria Regards Daryl Povey At 10:34 PM 2/01/2008, you wrote: >William BRAY born St Austell Cornwall in 1839, settled in St Arnaud in >about1874 with his 1st wife Sarah Shueard and their 7 children. A further 5 >children were born in St Arnaud when Sarah died and William married Mary >Anne CARNEY in 1889 at Carapooee and had a further 8 children. >Of the 20 children, the following married and the names of their spouses are >given. >William 1861 - 1933 1. Hannah ANDREWS 2. Edith ANDREWS >Sarah 1864 - ? Thomas VEAL >Robert 1866 - 1951 Maria TREASE >Charles 1868 - 1915 Elizabeth QUINE George b. 1868, Lexton (appears to be a twin of Charles Henry, consecutive Reg. Nos?) >John 1870 - 1935 Annie WOOLCOCK >Thomas 1873 - 1955 Florence BOON >Frank 1875 - 1951 Sarah QUERIPEL >Ada 1877 - 1956 William CARNEY >James 1878 - 1914 Sybella McDONALD >Herbert 1881 - 1920 Annie PEVERILL >Stanley 1885 - 1951 Elizabeth EDELSTEN >Grace 1890 - ? Joseph DUGGAN >Mary (Molly) 1891 - 1953 John RYAN >Anastasia 1892 - ? Michael CAINE >Henry 1894 - 1963 Mary HORAN >Frederick 1898 - 1985 Amy (Daisy) DOWD >Ursula 1903 _ ? William KELLY > >I would welcome contact with any of these families most of whom lived at >least part of their lives in or near St Arnaud. > >David >Central Coast NSW Casterton & District Historical Society Inc. http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/historicalsociety.htm

Dear Daryl, No there doesn't appear to be a link between the Brays but I won't say one won't be found some time in the future. William Bray did arrive in SA with his widowed mother and 4 sisters, one of whom was my gr gr grandmother. The sisters all remained in SA in the Adelaide Hills, Bordertown and Kapunda and William married in SA and the first of his 20 children were also born around Mt Lofty. William's father was also a William Bray b 1805 died St Austell 1844. William who died in Cornwall in 1844 where he was tin mining had a brother John Penhall BRAY b 1808 who also came to SA. I haven't found any Thomas Brays in these early generations. The first Thomas I can find is one born 1873 Lexton died 1955 St Arnaud. I can't find any PROUT or MAHON entries in my family tree either so don't have any known links so far.Perhaps one will turn up in the future. Regards David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl K Povey" <povey.daryl.k@sebas.vic.edu.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 5:56 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] BRAY - St Arnaud and many placesnearby > Hekko David > > Was William BRAY a brother of Thomas BRAY, b. Cornwall c1838 d. > Ballarat 1898, son of William BRAY & Jane PROUT and who married > Catherine Elizabeth MAHON in 1856, South Australia > > They had chn in SA and near Harrow, Victoria > > Regards > Daryl Povey > > At 10:34 PM 2/01/2008, you wrote: >>William BRAY born St Austell Cornwall in 1839, settled in St Arnaud in >>about1874 with his 1st wife Sarah Shueard and their 7 children. A further >>5 >>children were born in St Arnaud when Sarah died and William married Mary >>Anne CARNEY in 1889 at Carapooee and had a further 8 children. >>Of the 20 children, the following married and the names of their spouses >>are >>given. >>William 1861 - 1933 1. Hannah ANDREWS 2. Edith ANDREWS >>Sarah 1864 - ? Thomas VEAL >>Robert 1866 - 1951 Maria TREASE >>Charles 1868 - 1915 Elizabeth QUINE > > George b. 1868, Lexton (appears to be a twin of Charles Henry, > consecutive Reg. Nos?) > >>John 1870 - 1935 Annie WOOLCOCK >>Thomas 1873 - 1955 Florence BOON >>Frank 1875 - 1951 Sarah QUERIPEL >>Ada 1877 - 1956 William CARNEY >>James 1878 - 1914 Sybella McDONALD >>Herbert 1881 - 1920 Annie PEVERILL >>Stanley 1885 - 1951 Elizabeth EDELSTEN >>Grace 1890 - ? Joseph DUGGAN >>Mary (Molly) 1891 - 1953 John RYAN >>Anastasia 1892 - ? Michael CAINE >>Henry 1894 - 1963 Mary HORAN >>Frederick 1898 - 1985 Amy (Daisy) DOWD >>Ursula 1903 _ ? William KELLY >> >>I would welcome contact with any of these families most of whom lived at >>least part of their lives in or near St Arnaud. >> >>David >>Central Coast NSW > > Casterton & District Historical Society Inc. > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/historicalsociety.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message