Seek info. regarding this family: Name: John BRAY Sex: Male Father: John? BRAY Mother: Esther? Individual Facts Birth abt 1806 England2 Living Jul 1825 (age 19) Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales Living 17 Jul 1825 (age 19) Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales3 Living 16 Mar 1828 (age 22) Pen-Y-Cae, Ebbw Vale Iron Works (English Wesleyan) , Monmouthshire, Wales4 Living bet 1832-1836 (age 26) Newbridge, Glamorganshire, Wales Living bet 1838-1841 (age 32) Llantwit Fardre, Glamorganshire, Wales5 Living 6 Dec 1840 (age 34) Treforest, Taff Vale Iron Works, Parish of Llantwit Fardre, Glamorganshire, Wales Occupation frm 1841-1856 (age 35) engineer (railroad engineer?); South Wheeling, Ohio Cnty, WV6,7,8 Living Jun 1841 (age 35) New Castle, Upper Hamlet, Glamorganshire, England9 Immigration bet 1841-1844 (age 35) from Wales to U.S. Residence 1856 (age 50) east side of 5th between Locust and Oak, South Wheeling WV; South Wheeling, Ohio Cnty, WV10 Residence 1870 (age 64) St. Joseph's Hospital, 1st Ward, Wheeling WV; Wheeling, Ohio Cnty, WV11 Death abt 1871 (age 65) Wheeling, Ohio Cnty, WV Marriages/Children 1. Sarah Jane ALLCOCK b.abt 1811 "England" (Monmouthshire?) Marriage abt 1824 (age 18) Children Amelia BRAY (abt 1825 - 30 Jan 1832) born Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales William BRAY (12 Feb 1828 - ) born Pen-Y-Cae, Ebbw Vale Iron Works (English Wesleyan) , Monmouthshire, Wales John BRAY (abt 1830 - ) born "England" Thomas BRAY (abt 1834 - 6 Feb 1887) born "England" Octavius Charles BRAY (14 Sep 1836 - 21 Feb 1921) born Newbridge, Glamorganshire, Wales Caleb BRAY (11 Nov 1838 - 5 Feb 1870) born Llantwit Fardre, Glamorganshire, Wales Amelia BRAY (6 Dec 1840 - 19 May 1915) born Treforest, Taff Vale Iron Works, Parish of Llantwit Fardre, Glamorganshire, Wales Mary Ann BRAY (Nov 1844 - 17 Dec 1923) born USA Notes (Individual) Birth: Son Octavius' death certificate shows birth of father as Wales. The 1841 census in Wales shows that he was not born Glamorganshire (probably Monmouthshire). 1900 U.S. census shows England. General: Welsh miners and iron workers became highly valued in US industrial centers like Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Carbondale and Pittsburgh. Elwyn T. Ashton noted that: In the decade 1820-1830 only 170 Welsh were recorded as entering the United States as immigrants. By 1850 that figure had gone up to 1261, and in the decade 1851-60 as many as 6319 Welsh had entered as immigrants, most of them "industrial". Notes (Family #1) 1841 CENSUS HO 107/1422/23 fg pg 12 Parish: Upper Hamlet of Newcastle, Glamorganshire, Wales John Bray 35 engineer not born of this county Sarah Bray 30 not born of this county William Bray 14 not born of this county John Bray 11 not born of this county Thomas Bray 7 born Glamorganshire, Wales Octavius Bray 5 born Glamorganshire, Wales Caleb bray 2 born Glamorganshire, Wales Amelia Bray 6 months born Glamorganshire, Wales Sources 1. C.D. Battelle 2/26/1857. Marriage record for Octavous Bray and Amelia Harris, December 15, 1856, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, volume 5 (second volume 5!) page 18 line 5. Ohio County, WV. 2. 1841census of Glamorganshire, Wales, England (June 1841) Upper Hamlet of Newcastle, near Bridgend. not born Glamorganshire. age 35 (born abt 1806). 3. International Genealogical Index. LDS Church. Amelia Bray, born to John Bray/ Sarah christened 17 jul 1825 Blaenavon. 4. Ibid. William Bray, born to John/Sarah Bray, chr. 16 mar 1828 Pen-Y-Cae Ebbw Vale Iron Works. 5. Eglwysilan Bishop's Transcripts, Glamorganshire, Wales. Baptism Record for Amelia Bray, St.Llan, Eglwysilan Parish. Church of England. 6. William's Wheeling Directory. Wheeling WV City Directories - various years. Wheeling, Ohio County WV. 1856 engineer. 7. 1841census of Glamorganshire, Wales, England (June 1841) Upper Hamlet of Newcastle, near Bridgend. engineer. 8. 1870 census Wheeling WV 1st Ward. engineer/machinist. 9. 1841census of Glamorganshire, Wales, England (June 1841) Upper Hamlet of Newcastle, near Bridgend. 10. William's Wheeling Directory. Wheeling WV City Directories - various years. Wheeling, Ohio County WV. 1856. 11. 1870 census Wheeling WV 1st Ward.