Nice to hear from you Tony.   I have never in my life met anyone else with the surname Spray though when my brother's engagement appeared in the paper 20 odd years ago, the entry above was for another Spray. There are currently only 16 residential listings for Spray in NZ. One is my brother - Dad lives in Australia. Even in the UK there are no cousins with the surname as dad there was only dad and his sister. There may be half-cousins(?) via my grandfather's previously unknown half-brother Horace, who is of course, yet another missing Spray in my tree!   Thanks again Kara From: T BURTON <[email protected]> To: Kara Oosterman <[email protected]>; Nottsgen <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 28 December 2011 12:47 AM Subject: Re: [NTT] Samuel SPRAY of New Basford born circa 1855 Hi Kara,  Not often that the 'Sprays' surface - especially living ones.  Your Dad beat me by two years.  For what it's worth, my P. Gt Grandmother, Ellen(aka Eliza) Spray, was born in Beeston in 1840 - the daughter of John Spray and Ellen(aka Eliza) Newbold who married in Crich, Derbyshire in 1832.  John Spray was born in Ashford, Derbys., in 1813..   Ellen Spray married my P.Gt Grandfather, Sylvester Burton, in Nottingham (Stoney St., Chapel) in 1864.  She had a brother, Henry Spray, baptised in Beeston in 1833.   There may be a tenuous connection somewhere but at the present that is all I have on the Sprays.  Best wishes for a succesful New Year.  Tony. From: Kara Oosterman <[email protected]> To: Nottsgen <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 27 December 2011, 7:08 Subject: [NTT] Samuel SPRAY of New Basford born circa 1855