See also

Family of Oliver Grayston and Jane Page

Husband: Oliver Grayston

  • Name:

  • Oliver Grayston3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Henry Grayston (1805?- )

  • Mother:

  • Ann Haws (1808?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gamekeeper then a traction engine driver4,5,6

  • Birth:

  • 1843 (app)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England3,4,5,6

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 7-8)

  • Pond Hall Farm, Downham Road (?), St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son aged 7 Bailiffs son born in Nacton living with parents

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 17-18)

  • Pond Hall Farm House, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • aged 18, Horse Driver. Born in Nacton Suffolk, living with parents

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 27-28)

  • Great Blakenham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household aged 29 working as an agricultural labourer Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 38)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a gamekeeper and living with his wife Jane, sons Henry, Oliver, Earnest (sic) and James, daughters Margaretta and Ellen, and a visitor his widowed father Henry Graystone. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 47)

  • Gamekeepers Cottage, Downham Reach, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a gamekeeper and living with his wife Jane, daughters Florence and Gertrude, sons James, Albert and Herbert and a visitor Alice Cook. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 7 Jun 1897 (age 53-54)

  • Oliver Grayston witnessed the marriage of Harry Graystone and Margaretta Graystone on Monday on 7 June 1897 in St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 57)

  • Brazier's Cottages, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a traction engine driver and living with his wife Jane, daughters Ellen and Gertrude, son Albert, and a boarder. Born in Nacton

Wife: Jane Page

  • Name:

  • Jane Page2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1843 (app)

  • Newbourne, Suffolk, England2,4,5,6,9

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 27-28)

  • Great Blakenham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • married wife aged 27 born in Nacton Suffolk living with her husband.

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 38)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Oliver, sons Henry, Oliver, Earnest (sic) and James, daughters Margaretta and Ellen, and a visitor her widowed father-in-law Henry Graystone. Born in Newbourne Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 47)

  • Gamekeepers Cottage, Downham Reach, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Oliver, daughters Florence and Gertrude, sons James, Albert and Herbert and a visitor Alice Cook. Born in Newbourne Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 56)

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Oliver, daughters Ellen and Gertrude, son Albert, and a boarder. Born Newbourne Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 68)

  • 17 Pearce Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • widowed mother living in six rooms with her son Albert daughter Gertrude and a visitor, grandson Harry Graystone. Born in Newbourne Suffolk

Child 1: Henry Benjamin Grayston

  • Name:

  • Henry Benjamin Grayston10

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Harry

  • Spouse:

  • Minnie Elizabeth Portch (1871- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • veterinary surgeon's foreman11,12

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1865

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,10,12

  •  

  • 1911 census says aged 36 (really46)

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Oliver and Jane, brothers Oliver, Earnest (sic) and James, sisters Margaretta and Ellen, and a visitor his widowed grandfather Henry Graystone. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England12

  •  

  • (really 46) married head of the household working as a veterinary surgeon's foreman and living in five rooms with his wife Minnie, daughters Bella, Bessie and Dorothy, and sons John and Harry. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

Child 2: Arthur Edward Grayston

  • Name:

  • Arthur Edward Grayston13

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1866

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England13

Child 3: Florence Graystone

  • Name:

  • Florence Graystone14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant5

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1868

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5,14

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 23)

  • Gamekeepers Cottage, Downham Reach, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a domestic servant and living with her parents Oliver and Jane, sister Gertrude, brothers James, Albert and Herbert and a visitor Alice Cook. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Suffolk

Child 4: Margaretta Graystone

  • Name:

  • Margaretta Graystone15,16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Harry Graystone (1875?- )

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1869

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,15

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 11)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Oliver and Jane, brothers Henry, Oliver, Earnest (sic) and James, sister Ellen, and a visitor her widowed grandfather Henry Graystone. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Suffolk

Child 5: Ellen Grayston

  • Name:

  • Ellen Grayston17

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housemaid6

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1872

  • Great Blakenham, Suffolk, England4,6,17

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Oliver and Jane, brothers Henry, Oliver, Earnest (sic) and James, sister Margaretta, and a visitor her widowed grandfather Henry Graystone. Born in Blakenham Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 14 Aug 1899 (age 27)

  • Ellen Grayston witnessed the marriage of Ernest Graystone and Jessie Mary Gage on Monday on 14 August 1899 in St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 28)

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a domestic housemaid and living with her parents Oliver and Jane, sister Gertrude, brother Albert, and a boarder. Born in Blakenham Suffolk

Child 6: Walter Graystone

  • Name:

  • Walter Graystone18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1874

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England18

Child 7: Oliver Graystone

  • Name:

  • Oliver Graystone19,20

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Charlotte Hudson (1872-1951)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • groom then a coachman21,22

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1875

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,19,21,22

  •  

  • 1891 census says born at Pond Hall Farm, 1901 census says born in nacton

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 6)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Oliver and Jane, brothers Henry, Earnest (sic) and James, sisters Margaretta and Ellen, and a visitor his widowed grandfather Henry Graystone. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Ponds Hall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 16)

  • Coachmans House, Belstead Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as a domestic groom and living with widowed Susannah Flory and family. Born in Pond Hall Farm Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 14 Aug 1899 (age 24)

  • Oliver Graystone witnessed the marriage of Ernest Graystone and Jessie Mary Gage on Monday on 14 August 1899 in St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 25)

  • The Lodge, Holbrook, Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a domestic coachman and living with his wife Charlotte, and (step-)daughter Catherine. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q4 1904 (age 29)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England20

Child 8: Ernest Graystone

  • Name:

  • Ernest Graystone23

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Jessie Mary Gage (1877?- )

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1877

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,23

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Oliver and Jane, brothers Henry, Oliver and James, sisters Margaretta and Ellen, and a visitor his widowed grandfather Henry Graystone. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 23)

  • Chelsea, London, England24

  •  

  • aged 23 Domestic Hall porter born in Nacton Suffolk

Child 9: James Edward Graystone

  • Name:

  • James Edward Graystone25

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1880

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,5,25

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Oliver and Jane, brothers Henry, Oliver and Earnest (sic), sisters Margaretta and Ellen, and a visitor his widowed grandfather Henry Graystone. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • Gamekeepers Cottage, Downham Reach, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Oliver and Jane, sisters Florence and Gertrude, brothers Albert and Herbert and a visitor Alice Cook. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Suffolk

Child 10: Albert Graystone

  • Name:

  • Albert Graystone26

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • groom then as a coachman6,9

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1882

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5,6,9,26

  •  

  • 1901 and 1911 census say born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 8)

  • Gamekeepers Cottage, Downham Reach, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Oliver and Jane, sisters Florence and Gertrude, brothers James and Herbert and a visitor Alice Cook. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 18)

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a groom and living with his parents Oliver and Jane, sisters Ellen and Gertrude, and a boarder. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 29)

  • 17 Pearce Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • unmarried head of the household working as a coachman and living in six rooms with his widowed mother Jane, sister Gertrude and a visitor, nephew Harry Graystone. Born in Nacton Suffolk

Child 11: Herbert Page Graystone

  • Name:

  • Herbert Page Graystone27,28

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Bertha Emma French (1882-1940)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • hall porter then a service flats building supervisor29,30

  • Birth:

  • 31 Jan 1885

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5,27,29,30

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 6)

  • Gamekeepers Cottage, Downham Reach, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Oliver and Jane, sisters Florence and Gertrude, brothers James and Albert and a visitor Alice Cook. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 16)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 27)

  • 31 Sandringham Court, Maida Vale, London, England29

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a hall porter at Sandringham Court and living with his wife Bertha, and son Howard. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 54)

  • Flat 81, 40 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, England30

  •  

  • a married service flats building supervisor living on his own. Born on 31st January 1885

  • Administrator:

  • 7 Feb 1942 (age 57)

  •  

     

    Herbert Page Graystone was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Bertha Emma French on Saturday on 7 February 1942 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 9 Jan 1959 (age 74)

  • 73 Queen Adelaide Court, Penge, London, England28,31

  • Probate:

  • 17 Mar 1959

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England31

  •  

  • of Batsmead White Notley Witham Essex died 9th January 1959 at 73 Queen Adelaide Court Penge London S.E.20, probate of effects of £3,151 9s 1d (~£67,900 in 2017) to Howard Page Graystone setter out, Denis Alan Graystone police constable and Doris May Graystone married woman

Child 12: Gertrude Jane Graystone

  • Name:

  • Gertrude Jane Graystone32

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Reginald Woodford Durrant (1884-1922)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Ivan William Hall (1899-1973)

  • Birth:

  • 6 Sep 1888

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5,6,9,32,33

  •  

  • 1901 and 1911 census say born in Nacton Suffolk, 1939 register says born 6th September 1891

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 2)

  • Gamekeepers Cottage, Downham Reach, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Oliver and Jane, sister Florence, brothers James, Albert and Herbert and a visitor Alice Cook. Born in Alnesbourne Priory Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 12)

  • Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living with her parents Oliver and Jane, sister Ellen, brother Albert, and a boarder. born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 22)

  • 17 Pearce Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • married sister living in six rooms with her brother Albert, widowed mother Jane, and a visitor, nephew Harry Graystone. Born in Nacton Suffolk and married for under one year

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 51)

  • 163 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England33

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Ivan, sons Maurice and Basil, daughter Dorothy Durrant and an invalided Ambrose Thing. Born on 6th September 1891

  • Death:

  • 15 Sep 1968 (age 78)

  • Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England34,35

  • Probate:

  • 10 Dec 1968

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England35

  •  

  • of 161 Norwich Road Ipswich died 15th September 1968, probate of £3,047 (~£47,000 in 2017)

Note on Wife: Jane Page

Mother Jemima Page (c1819-?)

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Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. St. Clements Ipswich. Cit. Date: 18 February 2005. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.

Ibid. Cit. Date: 4 February 2005. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

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4.

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8.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1744/38/p4.

9.

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14.

Ibid. Woodbridge 1868 quarter:1 volume:4a page:635. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

15.

Ibid. Ipswich 1869 quarter:4 volume:4a page:619. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

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England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1872 quarter:2 volume:4a page:609. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

18.

Ibid. Bosmere 1874 quarter:1 volume:4a page:598. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

19.

Ibid. Ipswich 1875 quarter:2 volume:4a page:668. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1904 quarter:4 volume:4a page:588. Cit. Date: 30 March 2023.

21.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1469 folio:9 page:12 schedule:67. Cit. Date: 29 March 2023.

22.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1772 folio:44 page:9 schedule:52. Cit. Date: 29 March 2023.

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England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1877 quarter:3 volume:4a page:641. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

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England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1901 Extracts.

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England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1880 quarter:1 volume:4a page:733. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

26.

Ibid. Ipswich 1882 quarter:2 volume:4a page:765. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

27.

Ibid. Ipswich 1885 quarter:1 volume:4a page:844. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

28.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bromley 1959 quarter:1 volume:5b page:123. Cit. Date: 8 March 2021.

29.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:34 class:RG78 piece:1 registration district:1 sub-district:1 enumeration district:34 schedule:72. Cit. Date: 8 March 2021.

30.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). RG101 piece:0632I page:13 line:29 letter code:AYNO. Cit. Date: 8 March 2021.

31.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1969 page:321. Cit. Date: 8 March 2021.

32.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1888 quarter:4 volume:4a page:819. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

33.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6611C page:16 line:12 letter code:TVOR. Cit. Date: 11 May 2020.

34.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hartismere 1968 quarter:3 volume:4b page:820. Cit. Date: 11 May 2020.

35.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1968 page:32. Cit. Date: 11 May 2020.