I'm attaching a family record in response to the posting on the Gray family. Does this connect with your research? Toni Richard Turk [email protected] http://205.119.75.30 Descendants of Alanson P. (Lawrence) Gray Generation No. 1 1. ALANSON P. (LAWRENCE)1 GRAY was born Abt. 1827 in ,,NY, and died October 02, 1913 in Painesville, Lake, OH. He married WEALTHY D. HARDY December 22, 1852 in ,Lake, OH. Notes for ALANSON P. (LAWRENCE) GRAY: Alanson was a member of the famous band of Squirrel Hunters identified with the Civil War. 1870 census also gives p.o.b. as OH. This is also the source of the name Lawrence. 1. 1850 census - Geauga Co., OH: Hampden Twp. p. 196. 2. 1860 census - Gray. 3. 1870 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., p. 21 [107A], 182/1 65 [farm laborer]. 4. 1880 census - Lake Co., OH: Perry, E.D. 88, p. 27 [445A], 293/311 [farmer]. 5. 1900 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., p. 80A, 89/91. 6. 1910 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., Fairport Rd., p. 6B, 139/143. 7. Obituary, "Painesville Telegraph," 2 Oct 1913. More About ALANSON P. (LAWRENCE) GRAY: Burial: October 04, 1913, Perry, Lake, OH Notes for WEALTHY D. HARDY: 1. 1870 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., p. 21 [107A], 182/1 65. 2. 1880 census - Lake Co., OH: Perry, E.D. 88, p. 27 [445A], 293/311. 3. 1900 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., p. 80A, 89/91. 4. 1910 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., Fairport Rd., p. 6B, 139/143. 5. Obituary, "Painesville Telegraph," 10 Jun 1921. More About WEALTHY D. HARDY: Burial: June 11, 1921, Evergreen Cem., Painesville, Lake, OH Children of ALANSON GRAY and WEALTHY HARDY are: i. CAROLINE A. (CARRIE)2 GRAY, b. Abt. 1858, ,Lake, OH. Notes for CAROLINE A. (CARRIE) GRAY: 1. 1870 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., p. 21 [107A], 182/1 65. 2. Mother's obituary. 3. Ancestral File. ii. ALBERT J. (ALMON) GRAY, b. Abt. 1860, ,Lake, OH. Notes for ALBERT J. (ALMON) GRAY: 1. 1870 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., p. 21 [107A], 182/1 65. 2. Obituaries of father and mother. iii. NELLIE E. GRAY, b. August 09, 1864, Flint, Genesee, MI; d. January 15, 1893, Willoughby, Lake, OH; m. FRANK HENRY ROPER, June 13, 1885, ,Lake, OH. Notes for NELLIE E. GRAY: 1. 1870 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., p. 21 [107A], 182/1 65. 2. 1880 census - Lake Co., OH: Perry, E.D. 88, p. 27 [445A], 293/31 1 [at school]. 3. [1890 census - ? - adult]. 4. Marriage record. 5. Divorce record, Geauga County, Common Pleas Court Record, Volume 4 9, pp. 381-382, 29 Oct 1888. (note: Nellie's whereabouts were unknown an d she had been gone for three years). 6. Death certificate [consumption]. 7. Obituary, "Painesville Telegraph," 18 Jan 1893. Notes for FRANK HENRY ROPER: Born on a Wednesday. "... his home on Court Street ... He began in 1880 as water boy wit h a section gang on the old P. & Y. narrow gauge railroad through Cha rdon, and later served as section foreman ... the railroad passed thr ough several ownerships until it became a part of the B. & O. syste m ... the Knight[s] of Pythias Lodge, of which ... an honored member. " -- obituary. 1. 1870 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon Twp., p. 5 [65A], 40/39 [Jul 1870]. 2. 1870 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon Twp., p. 5 [96A], 41/39 [Mar 1871]. 3. 1880 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon Twp., E.D. 68 p. 5 [31A], 5 2/58 [laborer]. 4. [1890 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon - adult]. 5. 1900 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon, E.D. 44, p. 1B [36B], 19/2 0 [day laborer on R.R.]. 6. 1910 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon, Court St., E.D. 56, p. 9 B [56B], 232/243 [section foreman on R.R.]. 7. 1920 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon, 141 Court St., E.D. 63, p . 11B [47B], 424/432 [foreman B. & O. R.R.]. 8. 1930 census - Roper = R-160. 9. Marriage records #1 & 2. 10. Divorce Record, Geauga County, Common Pleas Court Record, Volume 49, pp. 381-382, 29 Oct 1888. (note: Nellie's whereabouts were unknown and she had been gone for three years). 11. Death certificate [valvular heart disease]. 12. Obituary, 10 Feb 1937 (heart attack). More About FRANK HENRY ROPER: Burial: February 09, 1937, Chardon, Geauga, OH iv. IDELLA B. GRAY, b. September 1869, ,Lake, OH. Notes for IDELLA B. GRAY: 1. 1870 census - Lake Co., OH: Painesville Twp., p. 21 [107A], 182/1 65. 2. 1880 census - Lake Co., OH: Perry, E.D. 88, p. 27 [445A], 293/31 1 [at school]. 3. Parents listed with 3 children living in 1900 and 2 living in 1910.