See also

Family of Henry Benjamin Grayston and Minnie Elizabeth Portch

Husband: Henry Benjamin Grayston

  • Name:

  • Henry Benjamin Grayston2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Harry

  • Father:

  • Oliver Grayston (1843?- )

  • Mother:

  • Jane Page (1843?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • veterinary surgeon's foreman3,4

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1865

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2,4,5

  •  

  • 1911 census says aged 36 (really46)

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16)

  • Brazier's Wood, Alnesbourne Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • 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, England4

  •  

  • (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

Wife: Minnie Elizabeth Portch

  • Name:

  • Minnie Elizabeth Portch1,6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1871

  • Kegworth, Leicestershire, England4,6

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 39)

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England4

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her husband Henry, daughters Bella, Bessie and Dorothy, and sons John and Harry. Born in Kegworth Leicestershire and married for twelve years with seven children, five of whom are still living

Child 1: Nellie Grayston

  • Name:

  • Nellie Grayston7,8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1900

  • Fulham "Registration District", London, England7

  • Death:

  • Q1 1901 (age 0-1)

  • Hendon "Registration District", Middlesex, England8

Child 2: Bella Grayston

  • Name:

  • Bella Grayston9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Wells Leighton Evans (1904-1985)

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1901

  • Hendon "Registration District", Middlesex, England4,9

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England4

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her parents Henry and Minnie, sisters Bessie and Dorothy, and brothers John and Harry. Born in London

  • Military Beginning:

  • 3 Jul 1918 (age 17)10

  •  

  •  

  • when she joined the Royal Air Force as no:13439

  • Emigration:

  • 9 Feb 1929 (age 28)

  • from Southampton, Hampshire, England to Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa11

  •  

  • as Miss B Grayston travelling alone on the Arundel Castle

  • Death:

  • 28 Nov 1989 (age 88)

  • Edmonds, Snohomish, Washington, USA12

Child 3: Bessie Grayston

  • Name:

  • Bessie Grayston13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1902

  • Hove, East Sussex, England4,13

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England4

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her parents Henry and Minnie, sisters Bella and Dorothy, and brothers John and Harry. Born in Hove Brighton

Child 4: John Grayston

  • Name:

  • John Grayston14,15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Kathleen Isobel Gillespie (1903-1978)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • horse trainer and riding instructor16

  • Birth:

  • 17 Apr 1903

  • Hampstead "Registration District", London, England4,14,15,16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England4

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his parents Henry and Minnie, sisters Bella, Bessie and Dorothy, and brother Harry. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 36)

  • Foxearth Cottage, Gays Lane, Holyport, Berkshire, England16

  •  

  • a married horse trainer and riding instructor living with his wife Kathleen and five closed records. Born on 17th April 1903

  • Death:

  • Q2 1978 (age 74-75)

  • Crawley "Registration District", West Sussex, England15

Child 5: Minnie Grayston

  • Name:

  • Minnie Grayston17,18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1905

  • St. Marylebone "Registration District", London, England17

  • Death:

  • Q4 1909 (age 4)

  • Fulham "Registration District", London, England18

Child 6: Dorothy Grayston

  • Name:

  • Dorothy Grayston19

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Reginald Arthur Helyer (1911-1981)

  • Birth:

  • 21 Aug 1907

  • St. Marylebone "Registration District", London, England4,19,20,21

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England4

  •  

  • daughter living in five rooms with her parents Henry and Minnie, sisters Bella and Bessie, and brothers John and Harry. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 32)

  • 33 Shepherds Hill, Haslemere, Surrey, England20

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her daughter Valerie in the home of Sarah Farminer, her daughter Kathleen and Edith Waites. Born on 21st August 1907

  • Death:

  • Feb 1991 (age 83)

  • Camborne-Redruth "Registration District", Cornwall, England21,22

  • Probate:

  • 18 Feb 1991

  • Probate Registry, Bristol, Avon, England22

  •  

  • of 3 Sunnyvale Close Portreath Redruth died 1st February 1991, probate not exceeding £115,000 (~£231,000 in 2017)

Child 7: Harry Grayston

  • Name:

  • Harry Grayston3,23,24

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 18 Sep 1910

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England3,4,23,24

  •  

  • son of Henry Grayston (veterinary surgeon's yard foreman) and Minnie Elizabeth Grayston formerly Portch of 50a York Terrace NW

  • Baptism:

  • 27 Nov 1910 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, Marylebone, London, England3

  •  

  • son of Henry Grayston (veterinary surgeon's foreman) and Minnie Elizabeth of 50A York Terrace, born on 18th September 1910

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 20 mns)

  • 17 Pearce Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England25

  •  

  • a visitor living in six rooms with his uncle Albert, his widowed grandmother Jane, and aunt Gertrude. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 6 mns)

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England4

  •  

  • son living in five rooms with his parents Henry and Minnie, sisters Bella, Bessie and Dorothy, and brother John. Born in London

Child 8: Robert Grayston

  • Name:

  • Robert Grayston26

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1912

  • St. Marylebone "Registration District", London, England26

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Fulham 1899 quarter:3 volume:1a page:791. Cit. Date: 9 May 2020.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1865 quarter:2 volume:4a page:617. Cit. Date: 30 April 2020.

3.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Bryanston Square St. Mary baptisms 1887-1916 page:192 entry 112. Cit. Date: 9 May 2020.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:515 registration district:7 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:19. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

5.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1881 folio:175 page:19 schedule:148. Cit. Date: 29 March 2023.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Shardlow 1871 quarter:4 volume:7b page:354. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

7.

Ibid. Fulham 1900 quarter:1 volume:1a page:347. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hendon 1901 quarter:1 volume:3a page:146. Cit. Date: 6 June 2020.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hendon 1901 quarter:1 volume:3a page:268. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

10.

FindMyPast British Women's Royal Air Force Service Records 1918-1920, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:AIR 80/92/104. Cit. Date: 6 June 2020.

11.

FindMyPast Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Arundel Castle 1929. Cit. Date: 6 June 2020.

12.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Archibald Family Tree by gorgeousdoll53. Cit. Date: 6 June 2020.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Steyning 1902 quarter:2 volume:2b page:272. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

14.

Ibid. Hampstead 1903 quarter:2 volume:1a page:630. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Crawley 1978 quarter:2 volume:18 page:1729. Cit. Date: 5 June 2020.

16.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:2071I page:14 line:14 letter code:DUFE. Cit. Date: 5 June 2020.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Marylebone 1905 quarter:2 volume:1a page:507. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Fulham 1909 quarter:4 volume:1a page:158. Cit. Date: 5 June 2020.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Marylebone 1907 quarter:3 volume:1a page:473. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

20.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1908D page:7 line:35 letter code:DMQD. Cit. Date: 5 June 2020.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Camborne-Redruth 1991 quarter:1 register:291 volume:21 page:80. Cit. Date: 5 June 2020.

22.

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). Bristol 1991 page:3918 no:9180200594Y. Cit. Date: 5 June 2020.

23.

Birth Certificate. own copy, see personal folder. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

24.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Marylebone 1910 quarter:4 volume:1a page:418. Cit. Date: 9 May 2020.

25.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10831 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:6 schedule:317. Cit. Date: 9 May 2020.

26.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Marylebone 1912 quarter:2 volume:1a page:872. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.