Annie Bray

Annie Margaret Bray 

Born: 1858

Baptised: 28 February 1858, King’s Lynn

Father: Benjamin Bray (b. 1829)

Mother: Emily Maria Bray (b. 1828)

Brothers: Ernest William Bray (b. 1860), Benjamin Bray (b. 1862)

Sisters: Emelia Alden Bray (b. 1858), Kate Harriet Mary Bray (b. 1866)

Marriage:        6 December 1885, King’s Lynn 

Husband:         William Bolton 

                        b. 1861 

                        Customs and Excise Examining Officer 2nd Class 

Issue – 

#1 William Benjamin Bolton (b. 1887)

#2 Emily Winifred Bolton (b. 1889)

#3 Cyril Thomas Bolton (b. 1892)

#4 Ernest Richard Bolton (b. 1896)

#5 Noel Bolton (b. 1898)

#6 Francis John Patrick Bolton (b. 1901)

In 1861 – 

She is at Albion Street, King’s Lynn. Her father is listed as ‘National Schoolmaster’. Annie, her mother and siblings (Emelia and Ernest) are unlisted. There is a servant, Elizabeth Ann Bouck (b. 1847). 

In 1871 – 

She is at Albion Street, King’s Lynn. Her father is listed as ‘National Schoolmaster’. Annie, her mother, her siblings (Emelia, Ernest, Benjamin and Kate) and two visitors, John Green (b. 1860) and Adelaide Teasel (b. 1860), are unlisted. Her cousin, George H Mallet (b. 1854), is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. There is a servant, Eliza Watts (b. 1858). 

In 1881 – 

She is at Albion Street, King’s Lynn. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Annie is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her mother and sister, Kate, are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Albion Street, King’s Lynn. Her brother, Ernest, is listed as ‘National School Master’. Her sister, Emily, is listed as ‘National Schoolmistress’. Annie, her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Bray (was Gilbert) [LDTC 1880], her nieces, Dorothy Bray (b. 1888) and Ethel Bray (b. 1890), her children, William and Emily, are unlisted. Grace Sarah Lucas (b. 1863) is listed as ‘National Schoolmistress’. There is a servant, Annie Maria Ward (b. 1876). 

In 1901 – 

She is at 39 Addison Road, Wanstead, West Ham. Her husband is listed as ‘Examining Officer H M Customs’. Annie and her children (William, Emily, Cyril, Ernest, Noel and Francis’. There is a monthly nurse, Lily Roberts (b. 1868). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 39 Addison Road, Wanstead. Her husband is listed as ‘Customs and Excise Examining Officer 2nd Class’. Her daughter, Emily, is listed as ‘Assistant Certificated Teacher’. Her sons, William and Cyril, are listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. Annie and her children (Ernest, Noel, Francis) are unlisted. There is a servant, Florence Agnes Panks (b. 1876). 

In 1921 – 

She is at Ruby Villa, Shanklin as a boarder. Clara Jane Smith (b. 1872) is listed as ‘Boarding House’. Annie and Frances Smith (b. 1833) are unlisted. Mabel Blanche Payne (b. 1892) is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Mary’s husband is listed as a boarder and ‘Custom and Excise Officer’. 

d.         1921, West Ham