PATERNAL GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

 

JOSEPH GRAYSON/GRAYSTON

Birth: before 2 September 1849, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 2 September 1849, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Parents: Joseph Grayston and Margaret Taylor

Death: 3 March 1934, 74 Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire

Burial: 7 March 1934, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

 

Occupation: Scholar (1861) Farm Servant (1871), Agr Lab (1881), Farm Labourer (1891, 1901, 1911)

Addresses: Bowkers Green, Aughton, Lancashire (1851 census), Bold Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1861 census), Melling Road, Melling, Lancashire (1871 census), Ormskirk Road, Downholland, Lancashire (1881 census), Maghull Road, Melling, Lancashire (1891 census), Moss Side, Melling, Lancashire (1901 census), Prescot Road, Melling nr Liverpool, Lancashire (1911 census) 

 

Note: In 1871, Joseph Grayston was employed by farmers Joseph and Elizabeth Lovelady, who also employed a general servant named Elizabeth Halsall (born about 1854, Halsall, Lancashire). Elizabeth Halsall’s age and birthplace are approximately the same as those for a younger sister of Mary Halsall, who Joseph Grayson later married.

 

 

Marriage: 13 January 1875, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

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MARY HALSALL (my great-great-grandmother)

Birth: 23 November 1851, Halsall, Lancashire

Anglican Baptism: 23 November 1851, St. Cuthbert’s Church, Halsall, Lancashire

Parents: William Halsall and Esther Whalley

Catholic Baptism: 15 March 1909, St. Mary’s RC Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: about March 1919, Ormskirk registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

 

Children of JOSEPH GRAYSON and MARY HALSALL:

 

1. JOSEPH GRAYSON

Birth: about June 1874, Ormskirk registration district

Baptism: 5 January 1875, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

Death: about December 1875, Ormskirk registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

 

2. MARGARET GRAYSON

Birth: 24 November 1876, Downholland, Lancashire

Baptism: 26 November 1876, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

Death: 23 November 1879, Downholland, Lancashire

Burial: 25 November 1879, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

 

 

3. ESTHER JANE GRAYSON (my great-grandma)

Birth: 12 or 19 March 1879, near Canal Bridge, Downholland, Lancashire

Baptism: 23 March 1879, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

Death: 22 August 1960, Asmall Farm, Scarisbrick, Lancashire

Burial: 25 August 1960, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

 

Occupation: domestic servant (1891) Unpaid Domestic Duties (1939)

Addresses: Ormskirk Road, Downholland, Lancashire (1881 census), Ormskirk Road, Melling, Lancashire (1891 census), Rosemary Lane, Downholland, Lancashire (1901 census), Haskayne, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire (1911 census), Rosemary Lane, Downholland, Lancashire (1921 census), Rosemary Farm, Downholland, Lancashire (1939)

 

Spouse: JOHN HURST

Birth: 28 January 1872, Haskayne, Downholland, Lancashire

Marriage: 25 October 1899, St. Mary’s RC Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Please follow this link for details of John Hurst and Esther Jane Grayson’s family.

 

 

4. MARGARET (MAGGIE) GRAYSON

Birth: 1 January 1882, Downholland, Lancashire

Baptism: 8 January 1882, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

Death: about March 1925, West Derby registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1891), Char woman (1911)

Addresses: Maghull Road, Melling, Lancashire (1891), Prescot Road, Melling near Liverpool, Lancashire (1911)

 

 

5. ELIZABETH ANN GRAYSON

Birth: 19 April 1884, Downholland, Lancashire

Baptism: 27 April 1884, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

Death: 28 October 1960

Burial: St. Thomas’ Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1891), servant domestic (1901) Unpaid Household Duties (1939)

Addresses: Maghull Road, Melling, Lancashire (1891), Owens Farm, Downholland, Lancashire (1901), Canal Bank, Lydiate, Lancashire (1911), Green Lane, Lydiate, Lancashire (1939)

 

 

Spouse: WILLIAM WINSTANLEY

Birth: 14 January 1877, Downholland, Lancashire

Death: 29 March 1966

Burial: St. Thomas’ Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

 

Marriage: 18 August 1902, St. Thomas’ Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

 

Occupation: farm labourer (1902) labourer (1905, 1908, 1911) waggoner on farm (1911) Roadman LCC (1939)

Addresses: Canal Bank, Lydiate, Lancashire (1911), Green Lane, Lydiate, Lancashire (1939)

 

 

6. JOSEPH GRAYSON

Birth: 18 June 1886, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 20 June 1886, St. Mary’s RC Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: about December 1955, Ormskirk registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: landlord of the Hen and Chickens (1939, 1940) farm foreman and licensee (1939)

Addresses: Maghull Road, Melling, Lancashire (1891), Moss Side, Melling, Lancashire (1901)

 

 

Spouse: CATHERINE (KITTY) ANDREWS

Birth: 21 November 1883, Liverpool, Lancashire

Death: December 1962, Liverpool North registration district

 

Marriage: about March 1937, Ormskirk registration district

 

Addresses: 6 Church Place, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire (1911 census)

Note: Kitty’s first husband was Frank McKinley Ronald (1884-1920).

 

 

7. WILLIAM GRAYSON

Birth: 18 July 1888, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 29 July 1888, St. Mary’s RC Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: 20 November 1954, The County Hospital, Ormskirk, Lancashire

Burial: 25 November 1954, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

 

Occupation: Horse Man on Farm (1911) head gardener (1939)

Addresses: Maghull Road, Melling, Lancashire (1891), Moss Side, Melling, Lancashire (1901), Prescot Road, Melling nr Liverpool, Lancashire (1911), 8 Highfield Park, Maghull, Lancashire (1939)

 

First Marriage:

 

Spouse: BARBARA KELLY

Birth: 1888, Liverpool, Lancashire

Death: about March 1919, Baldwins Cottages, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Baldwins Cottages, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire (burial record)

 

 

Second Marriage:

 

Spouse: MARY AGNES EVANS

Birth: about 1880

Death: 19 May 1936, 6 Highfield Park, Maghull, Lancashire

Burial: 22 May 1936, Our Lady’s RC Church, Lydiate, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Nook Cottage, Taylors Lane, Maghull, Lancashire (c.1917), 6 Highfield Park, Maghull, Lancashire (1936)

Notes: Mary Agnes Evans had previously married Charles William Haskayne (a private in the King’s (Liverpool Regiment) who died in 1917).

 

 

8. HENRY GRAYSON

Birth: 18 September 1889, Aughton, Lancashire?

Baptism: 22 September 1889, St. Mary’s RC Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: about June 1890, Ormskirk registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

 

9. HENRY GRAYSON

Birth: 28 May 1893, Melling, Lancashire

Baptism: 2 June 1893, St. Mary’s RC Church, Aughton, Lancashire

Death: about September 1975, Huddersfield registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Farm Labourer (1911), Garden Attendant (Asylum) (1939)

Addresses: Moss Side, Melling, Lancashire (1901), Prescot Road, Melling nr Liverpool, Lancashire (1911), 9 Manor Road, Farnley Tyas, Kirkburton, Yorkshire (1939)

 

Marriage: about December 1923, Ormskirk registration district

 

Spouse: EDITH FRANCES GREEN

Birth: 25 August 1905

Death: February 1996, Huddersfield registration district

Addresses: 9 Manor Road, Farnley Tyas, Kirkburton, Yorkshire (1939)

 

 

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