This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRAY, SHIELDS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1186 Message Board Post: I would like information on this family from Coffee County, Al. They were married in 1887. I would appreciate any decendants that know family history to please contact me. Thanks, P.J.

Dear Listers, Found on: Kent Genealogy website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/ 10 Bray's listed on the above. Linda Tasmania, Australia

In February of this year I posted a query to the BRAY message board. The query was automatically sent to the mail list also. The responses to my query were made to the mail list (which I wasn't subscribed to) instead of the message board, so I didn't receive them. I just found them in the mail list archives. My post: I am looking for any information on Elkanah Bray, born 05 Oct 1771 in Boston, Mass, to David Bray and Rebecca Hallet. Elkanah married Elizabeth Bentley in Delaware, date unknown, Elizabeth's parents unknown. Elkanah may have been a sea captain. He possibly died in Philadelphia, PA, date unknown. Children unknown, except Mary who married David Vondersmith. --- In the 1800 census, Elkanah was in New Castle county, Delaware. By 1810 he was in Philadelphia, PA. One person said his first name was actually "Elhanon" but it is Elkanah in the 1800, 1810 and 1820 census records and in "The Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, The Bray Family of Yarmouth." He was the master of the Brig James Coulter of Philadelphia on 26 January 1832. I'm interested in whether anyone might have additional information. Thank you very much! Marcy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1185 Message Board Post: Purchased two post cards in Crittenden, Virginia.Both addressed to Mr. W.E. Bray, Winona, Mississippi. One from Maurice, dated Dec. 28, 1907, Fulton Kentucky. The other dated Feb. 14, 1908 signed C.B. The shop I purchased these from has two albums of post cards with the vast majority to Mr. Bray. Anyone interested in these please contact at my e-mail.

Hi Judy, The date is correct as I just cut and pasted it straight from the page, the website itself has nothing to do with Ancestry website though I think there is a advertisement on the page for Ancestry. Try searching for just Bray instead of the Sonoma Co., I only searched by using surnames rather than actual places, any problems let me know and I'll try to help, but I've had no problem with getting onto the site though occassionally when wanting to look at a particular page got the message that page not found. Linda I tried to get on the web > site but Sonoma CO. is not coming thru. Do you have to belong to Ancestry.com to > access this site? > Thanks, > Judy > > Found on: Newspaper Abstracts - USA > > website: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ > > > > Russian River Flag, Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., Ca., July 28, 1870 > > > > Married in Stony Point, July 17, 1870, Wm. E.B. BAKER and Martha F. > > BRAY.

Thanks, Linda; interesting site. And Others, FYI, if you don't already know it, Celia is a descendant of the Chatham Co, NC "Henrys". Not my line, but I have the GEDCOM of a friend who is a descendant. Yours Tree-ly, Nancy Bray Cooper from KY Brays:Ebenezer(aka "James E.")< Bryant< James < ?? and Martha < "Old Bryant"from NC(likely, but not proven) < Peter and Martha Scott Bray -------Original Message------- From: Linda <linda_ann_hardy@bigpond.com> Sent: 08/18/03 06:53 AM To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRAY-L] Celia Bray of USA > > Dear Listers, Found on: Newspaper Abstracts - USA website: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ Dunklin County Citizen Campbell, Dunklin County, Missouri July 6, 1900 Thos. Benson and Miss Celia Bray were married at Piggott, Ark., Wednesday. They drove down, returning in the afternoon. Mr. Benson is a son of C. F. Benson of Campbell and the bride is a daughter of Dr. J. C. Bray. They have the best wishes of a large circle of friends. Linda Tasmania, Australia ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Would this Bray line have a daughter born ca 1848? Name of Martha? Was a wife named Mary? My g-grandmother was Martha Ellen Bray, born ca 1848 in Georgia. She married my g-grandfather in Pike Co., AL in 1872. In a later census, her mother, Mary Yarbrough, was living with them. I am thinking that perhaps her father died in the Civil War and her mother remarried. Does your information include any of this? Martha English Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Barbaraudc@aol.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Jackson O Bray, Bannister R Bray > > Diane: > > > It is so strange that the only Bray's I have ever heard of are the Texas ones > and I believe it is the Kentucky ones. I don't think I have ever heard of > any Georgia Brays until today. I have put inquiries on this web site before and > I never got a response. > > It does make you wonder. Why doesn't anyone know anything about this Georgia > line. Is it just that no one is interested in this line, surly it couldn't > be anything they could have done. To find any skeletons in the closet, you > would have to really dig into the family history. Nothing could be found from > census records or such. > > I do know that the bunch in Atlanta owned night clubs and had alot of money. > That is what a cousin that lives up around Danaielsville told me. One of my > mother's cousins that I never knew was Jerry Bray. He was one of the biggest > penecostal preachers in the Atlanta area. His son is a preacher in the > Atlanta area. He is the one who refered me to his aunt in Danielsville. The only > problem is I know more about the family than they do. > > So, if any thing happened it had to be 3 or 4 generations back. > > Ezekiel and his two sons, George and Henry fought for the South during the > War Between the States and he is buried in the graveyard behind the new court > house in Danielsville. Henry died in the War. > > An SCV man in Danielsville who knew of Ezekiel spoke very fondly of him. He > said that people called him Uncle Zek. > > I have not worked on this line in a number of years. I suppose I should get > on it again. > > Ezekiel's son, Ezekiel Taylor, and his family are buried in Alta Vista > Cemetery in Gainesville, Ga. > > If anyone know any more, please let me know. > > Barbara Cooper > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Jeri- I sent a posting last week re: Maine Brays and received an answer from another lady also researching them: I have : Darius(Derias) Bray brn: Maine abt: 1810 m: Mary Ditson 5/31/1832 @ Anson, Somerset Co , ME (IGI) 1988 Jan Beebe brn: Maine abt. 1804 5 sons and 2 daughters, most came to Colorado in 1860's If this is who you are looking for, we both have info for you. JO

No, no Martha and, so far, nobody in Alabama. They are either in Maine, Vermont, Wisconsin or in California -----Original Message----- From: Martha Johnson [mailto:john3498@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:49 PM To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Jackson O Bray, Bannister R Bray Would this Bray line have a daughter born ca 1848? Name of Martha? Was a wife named Mary? My g-grandmother was Martha Ellen Bray, born ca 1848 in Georgia. She married my g-grandfather in Pike Co., AL in 1872. In a later census, her mother, Mary Yarbrough, was living with them. I am thinking that perhaps her father died in the Civil War and her mother remarried. Does your information include any of this? Martha English Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Barbaraudc@aol.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Jackson O Bray, Bannister R Bray > > Diane: > > > It is so strange that the only Bray's I have ever heard of are the Texas ones > and I believe it is the Kentucky ones. I don't think I have ever heard of > any Georgia Brays until today. I have put inquiries on this web site before and > I never got a response. > > It does make you wonder. Why doesn't anyone know anything about this Georgia > line. Is it just that no one is interested in this line, surly it couldn't > be anything they could have done. To find any skeletons in the closet, you > would have to really dig into the family history. Nothing could be found from > census records or such. > > I do know that the bunch in Atlanta owned night clubs and had alot of money. > That is what a cousin that lives up around Danaielsville told me. One of my > mother's cousins that I never knew was Jerry Bray. He was one of the biggest > penecostal preachers in the Atlanta area. His son is a preacher in the > Atlanta area. He is the one who refered me to his aunt in Danielsville. The only > problem is I know more about the family than they do. > > So, if any thing happened it had to be 3 or 4 generations back. > > Ezekiel and his two sons, George and Henry fought for the South during the > War Between the States and he is buried in the graveyard behind the new court > house in Danielsville. Henry died in the War. > > An SCV man in Danielsville who knew of Ezekiel spoke very fondly of him. He > said that people called him Uncle Zek. > > I have not worked on this line in a number of years. I suppose I should get > on it again. > > Ezekiel's son, Ezekiel Taylor, and his family are buried in Alta Vista > Cemetery in Gainesville, Ga. > > If anyone know any more, please let me know. > > Barbara Cooper > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Sorry to say, no. They aren't my line. Mine are Melzar (later m. Sally) and Susannah Bray. Among their children, Moses, Lafayette, VanBuren, Washington the latter three served in Civil War, Co. K, 9th Maine. I have Melzar and Susannah, along with Sally and several of their children buried in Pease-Thompson Cemetery in Avon, ME. I believe they were all from Phillips and Avon. -----Original Message----- From: Jjottt@aol.com [mailto:Jjottt@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:24 PM To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Jackson O Bray, Bannister R Bray Hi Jeri- I sent a posting last week re: Maine Brays and received an answer from another lady also researching them: I have : Darius(Derias) Bray brn: Maine abt: 1810 m: Mary Ditson 5/31/1832 @ Anson, Somerset Co , ME (IGI) 1988 Jan Beebe brn: Maine abt. 1804 5 sons and 2 daughters, most came to Colorado in 1860's If this is who you are looking for, we both have info for you. JO ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Linda, Thanks for all the postings lately. Great helps ! I have a brick wall GGGrandmother named Martha Bray and so this caught my attention. Bray is her married name but she divorced. They lived in Sonoma Co., CA. The 1870 date is too early to fit in with birthdates of her children with R. Bray. I was wondering (hoping) if you got the date 1870 wrong. I tried to get on the web site but Sonoma CO. is not coming thru. Do you have to belong to Ancestry.com to access this site? Thanks, Judy Linda wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Found on: Newspaper Abstracts - USA > website: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ > > Russian River Flag, Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., Ca., July 28, 1870 > > Married in Stony Point, July 17, 1870, Wm. E.B. BAKER and Martha F. > BRAY. > > Linda > Tasmania, Australia > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Well, one of my Bray's left Maine after the Civil War and I think the also came to California but I can't seem to find him. Other than that, I think they were all from Maine back to before they became a State. Good luck -----Original Message----- From: Diane [mailto:dianeb@direcway.com] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 7:32 PM To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Jackson O Bray, Bannister R Bray We have to be connected because I was told that my Bray's came to Madison county so that would be a connection..My cousin Roddy of the daffodil farm in Gordon county is not forth coming on much information..but I have found out his line is not true..his parentage were adopted into the Bray line...so that might be some of his reluctance...I am planning a trip to Ga soon..and I grew up north of Atlanta..I have a good friend that has been doing genealogy since the early 60's and she will help me or tell me where to search...I will be glad to give what info I have as I get it..but you are right..wonder what skeleton is being kept in the closet and for what reason... take care a distant cousin I presume said of dear Dr Watson Diane Bray Broach ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I've often thought the same thing about the Maine Bray's. I seem to be the only person researching this line! Good luck with your search. Jeri -----Original Message----- From: Barbaraudc@aol.com [mailto:Barbaraudc@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 7:18 PM To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Jackson O Bray, Bannister R Bray I find it hard to believe there is not more information on the Bray line in Georgia. My ggg grandfather was Ezekiel Bray of Danielsville, Madison Co. Ga. Bannister is obviously a family name as it appears several times in my research. I believe that a Bannister was the father of Ezekiel Bray. but I can't prove it. There is seldon mention made to the Ga. branch. I wonder why. Barbara Cooper ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1182.1 Message Board Post: I don't have Berry Irwin Bray from Tennessee, but I have Berry Irwin Bray born Alabama and died in Texas. An Old Letter Rusty Franks found the following letter in some papers and books belonging to his mother, Manervie Bray Franks, after she died. The letter was published this time in the Gatesville paper in 1970. Text of the old letter follows: I see a great many of the Old Timers writing to the News and I thought I would come in for a little space. I was born in Henry County, Alabama and lived there until I was about 14 years old, then moved to Coffee County. Lived there til 1854. Then emigrated to Texas and joined the Confederate Army in 1862 and went east in Captain Hicks Company. I was in the seige at Vicksburge where my First Lieutenant L. Clark was killed. My father, Little Berry Bray was born in Washington County, Georgia in 1801. He emigrated to Alabama in the early days. There were few whites in the country. He settled in Henry County. He remained there till 1840. He then moved to Dale County where I grew to full manhood. Here I decided to do business for myself. On the 11th day of January 1854 I was married to Catherine Carlton of Coffee County. In a few days after our marriage we started to seek our fortune in the Lone Star State across the Sabine River and set my foot on Texas soil on the 1st day of March 1854. ------------------------------------------------- He came to Texas in 1854 and lived in the Corsicana, Malakoff area until moving to Coryell County in 1878. The letter was not signed but was written by Berry Irvin Bray.

I am not related but do you know if she ever registered her story at the Women's Memorial in Washington DC? Carldine Van Allen MSGT USAR Retired

Hello Carldine, No, I do not know if Lydia's story was ever registered there. I live way over in Arkansas and she was in Georgia. It had been years since I had seen her. Thanks for asking, Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: <CVanAllen@aol.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Lydia Bray > I am not related but do you know if she ever registered her story at the > Women's Memorial in Washington DC? > Carldine Van Allen > MSGT USAR Retired > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > Bray Family GenConnect Query Board at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Bray > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Dear Listers, Found on: Newspaper Abstracts - USA website: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ The Chanute Times October 28, 1880 Chanute, Neosho, Kansas Married Oct. 24th, by Rev. WYMAN, Mr. Willis HAINES, of this city, and Miss Anna BRAY, of Erie twp Linda Tasmania, Australia

Dear Listers, Found on: Newspaper Abstracts - USA website: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ Russian River Flag, Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., Ca., July 28, 1870 Married in Stony Point, July 17, 1870, Wm. E.B. BAKER and Martha F. BRAY. Linda Tasmania, Australia

Dear Listers, Found on: Newspaper Abstracts - USA website: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ Sonoma County Tribune Healdsburg, Ca. Oct. 6, 1888 issue Born to Mr./Mrs. Elisha J. BRAY, Green Valley, Sept. 26, 1888, twin sons. Linda Tasmania, Australia

Dear Listers, Found on: Newspaper Abstracts - USA website: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ Nov. 5, 1895 The Toledo Blade Lucas County, Ohio DEAD IN THE ROAD William Bray, a Widely Known Ohio Man, Found Dead Special Telegram to The Blade. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 5--William Bray, of Dent, a gentleman well known throughout the state, was found dead last night, at 6 o'clock, in the road, on the Harrison pike, near his home. Mr. Bray was 61 years old, and of late years has traveled for a prominent Columbus, O. cigar and tobacco house. He was visited with a severe illness about six months ago, but had apparently almost entirely recovered. He was taken at once to his home, and Drs. Egan and Musclecroft called, but life was found extinct. The doctors pronounced it apoplexy. The deceased leaves, besides his widow, two children, Miss Lizzie Bray and Mrs. Will L. Finch, of Cincinnati. Linda Tasmania, Australia