Jane GRAY

   Another name for Jane was Jane Lewis GRAY.

  General Notes:

From death record for daughter Elizabeth - Middle name of Lewis derived from second husband

Marriage June 1856
THOMAS David Swansea 11a 4__ (image shows 745)
GRAY Jane Swansea 11a 745 (only 3 names on FreeBMD)
GRAY Jane Swansea 11a 748 (4 names on FreeBMD, not David Thomas)

Entry in State of Victoria Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists 1852-1923
Family Name, First Name, Age, Month, Year, Ship, Port, Fiche, Page
THOMAS, ---- INFANT WITH, -, MAY, 1857, MORNING GLORY, B, 124, 004
THOMAS, DAVID, 27, MAY, 1857, MORNING GLORY, B, 124, 001
THOMAS, JANE, -, MAY, 1857, MORNING GLORY, B, 124, 004
THOMAS, JANE, 23, MAY, 1857, MORNING GLORY, B, 124, 001
The Port code (British, Foreign or New Zealand) indicates which set of microfiche to look at (series VPRS 7666, 7667 and 7786).
[ presumably the two entries for Jane are her actual entry and as the person "travelling with" their baby - note the two different page numbers]

Marriage Reg.: #2781 & #2781R, 1874, Victoria, Australia (Digger Index)

Death Reg.: #2345, 1913, Maldon, Victoria, Australia (Digger Index)

Informed that her parents were Thomas Gray and Elizabeth Davis

Possible 1841 census
HO107/1419/3 F25 P8 & P9
PB Pwll y an MB, Llangafelach, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Elizabeth Grey, 37, Ind, Y
Thomas do, 18, Collier, Y
William do, 15, Collier, Y
Sera do, 11, , Y
Margaret do, 8, , Y
Jane do, 7, , Y
Ann do, 5, , Y
Mary do, 3 years, , Y


Possible 1851 census entry
1851 census
HO107/2465 F562 P45
Cocket Road, Swansea (Higher), Glamorgan, Wales
William Gray, Head of Family, Married, 24, Collier, Glamorgan Swansea H
Elizabeth Gray, Wife, Married, 22, , Glamorgan Llangefellach
Thomas Gray, Son, , 1mo, , Glamorgan Swansea H
Jane Gray, Servant, Unmarried, 16, General Servant, Glamorgan Swansea H

  Noted events in her life were:

• Emigration: to Australia, 1857. Left Liverpool on 14 Feb 1857 and arrived in Melbourne on 14 May 1857 - with their first daughter who was born on board on 14 March 1857

Jane married David THOMAS, son of William THOMAS and Margaret, on 3 May 1856 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.¹ (David THOMAS was born circa 1830 in Glamorgan, Wales and died in 1858 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia.)

Jane next married David LEWIS, son of John LEWIS and Jane GRAY, in 1874 in Victoria, Australia. (David LEWIS was born circa 1830 in Glamorgan, Wales and died in 1899 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia.)