Ancestors of Edward Joseph Gregory

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Details of the residence locations are given in the father's section, while details of the marriage and children are given in the mother's section.

            Daniel Gregory

Daniel Gregory was born in 1776 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England. Ruislip is a small village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, about 3 miles north of the town of Hillingdon.

Daniel married Sarah. Sarah was born in 1780 at Hayes, Middlesex, England. Hayes is a small town about 1 mile south of Hillingdon. Daniel lived with his family on Ryefields Avenue, in the north part of Hillingdon, according to baptism record of his first two children. He was a publican, or a beer house keeper.

Daniel and Sarah had 6 children:

            Betsy Gregory                                   b. 1804 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            Daniel Gregory                                  b. 1806 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            William Pooley Gregory                    b. 1808 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            Josiah Gregory                                  b. July 3, 1810 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            Sarah Gregory                                   b. June 24, 1812 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            James Clarke Gregory                      b. 1813 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

Daniel and Sarah were both living at Goulds Green, Hillingdon in 1841, with three children; William, Sarah and James. Goulds Green is an area at the south end of Hillingdon. By 1851 the children had moved out of their parent's house.

Both Daniel and Sarah Gregory died between 1852 and 1861, as they were not listed in the 1861 census index.

Betsy Gregory was baptized on September 2, 1804 at St. Johns the Baptist Church, Hillingdon. Betsy was forced to give up her young man and made to marry someone who treated her abominably, according to William Wild. 

Daniel Gregory was baptized on September 27, 1806 at St. Johns.

William Gregory was baptized on November 15, 1808. He was living with his parents at age 42, but was lodging with Edward Keen at The Star, Hillingdon Heath in 1861 at age 52 and working as a farmer's labourer. He never married.

Sarah Gregory was born June 24, 1812 and baptized on July 26, 1812.

James Gregory was baptized on October 3, 1813.

SOURCES:  Census 1841, 1851; census index 1861; Index of birth/baptism records of Josiah, William, Sarah, James from Hillingdon library. Email from William Wild XI 2011-01-05.

The family lived next door to Thomas Shepherd, a farmer, and his wife Sarah. Josiah Gregory would marry Elizabeth Shepherd, daughter of John Shepherd. John Shepherd is likely related to Thomas Shepherd, which might have resulted in Josiah meeting Elizabeth.

            John Shepherd

John Shepherd was married to Elizabeth and lived at Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.

They had two daughters:

            Sarah Tilyer Shepherd                     baptized July 13, 1800 at Hillingdon

            Elizabeth Shepherd                           baptized June 6, 1807 at Hillingdon

SOURCES: Index of baptism records Sarah and Elizabeth Shepherd, census 1851.

Elizabeth Shepherd would marry Josiah Gregory.

            Josiah Gregory

Josiah Gregory was born on July 3, 1810 at Goulds Green, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, son of Daniel and Sarah Gregory. He was baptized at St. John The Baptist Parish Church on September 2, 1810.

Josiah Gregory married Elizabeth Shepherd on May 13, 1837 at St. Marylebone, London, England.

Josiah was a hay salesman living at Colham Green in 1841 with his wife and his first baby son. Colham Green is a district of Hillingdon. He had two male servants helping at the farm, Joseph Bishop, age 25, and James Goft, age 18. By 1851 he was farming 100 acres at Merrimans farm at Goulds Green. Goulds Green is a sub-district of Colham Green. In 1861 he was farming 120 acres with 7 labourers. By 1871 he was farming 90 acres and employing 5 men.

Josiah was a wealthy man. He operated a London horse carriage business named Josiah Gregory and Son. Josiah had a butcher shop and cottage with a garden situated at Yiewsley, a village southwest of Hillingdon. He owned two cottages at Hillingdon Heath, and a freehold estate at Little London. Hillingdon Heath is a district of Hillingdon and Little London is a sub-districts of Colham Green. Josiah invested in the stock market, especially in railroad shares.

Josiah Gregory died on November 20, 1882 at Merrimans Farm, Goulds Green, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England at the age of 72 years. He was buried on November 27, 1882 at gravespace BA28 Hillingdon Cemetery, Hillingdon Hill, Hillingdon, Middlesex.

Josiah's will gives the horse carriage business to John Gregory, so he likely helped his father operate the business. Part of the Little London estate was given to John and the remainder given to Joseph. The house at Merrimans was given to Josiah's wife Elizabeth for her use during her lifetime, then passed to John. Josiah junior received the butcher shop and cottage at Yiewsley. Sara got the two cottages at Hillingdon Heath, and a Cumberland cottage located next to the Merrimans house. The value of Josiah's estate was 24,098 pounds, 3 shillings, which was a very large sum of money at that time.

SOURCES: Josiah's probate and will; index of baptism; Hillingdon cemetery record; marriage record; index of birth record; Census 1841, 1851: Census index 1861, 1871, 1881; Funeral notice.

            Elizabeth Shepherd

Elizabeth Shepherd was born in 1807 at Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, daughter of John and Elizabeth Shepherd.

She married Josiah Gregory on May 13, 1837 at All Souls Church, St. Marylebone, London, England.

Elizabeth died on January 26, 1888 at Merrimans Farm, Goulds Green, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England. She was buried on February 1, 1888 at her late husband's gravespace at BA28 at Hillingdon Cemetery.

Josiah and Elizabeth had six children:

            Josiah Gregory                                  b. January 25, 1840 at Hillingdon

            Sarah Tillyer Gregory                      b. August 25, 1841 at Hillingdon

            Mary Ann Gregory                           b. July 24, 1843 at Hillingdon

            John Gregory                                    b. August 5, 1845 at Hillingdon

            Elizabeth Jane Gregory                    b. May 16, 1848 at Hillingdon

            Joseph Gregory                                 b. March 11, 1850 at Hillingdon

Josiah Gregory junior was living in the Joseph Fleet household at Hayes at age 11 years. Josiah married and had several children.  His first son was Dennis Gregory. Josiah died before 1912.

Sarah Tillyer Gregory was single in 1891 at age 49.  Sarah was not allowed to marry Francis Edward Cossey as his prospects as a Baptist minister were not good enough for Josiah Gregory. Francis Cossey therefore married in Yorkshire and had 3 daughters. Sarah lived at Merrimans Farm with her brother John after their father's death.  When Francis Cossey's first wife died he came back to Middlesex and married his first love Sarah Gregory and lived at Merrimans. By this time Josiah had been in his grave for some 15 years!

Sarah Tillyer Gregory married Francis Edward Cossey on March 17, 1997 at Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. She had 3 stepdaughters:

            Margaret Ellen Cossey                     b. May 16, 1871 at Shipley, Yorkshire, England

            Amy Manser Cossey                         b. 1873 at Saltaire, Bradford, Yorkshire, England    

            Mary Cossey                                      b. about 1875 at Idle, Calverly, WRY, England

Sarah Gregory died June 9, 1912 at Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.

Margaret Ellen Cossey married Ernest Reynolds of Hoxne Pace Eye, Suffolk in 1896 at Hartismere, Suffolk, England.

Amy Manser Cossey married John Gregory Wild of Longford, Harmondsworth on April 29, 1903 at Hayes, Middlesex, England. John Gregory Wild is the son of Mary Ann Gregory, sister of Sarah Tillyer Gregory.

John and Amy had 2 children;

            David Wild                                         b. July 11, 1904

            John Edward Wild                             b. July 16, 1907

David Wild married Naomi Madeline Folkard on March 1, 1934 at Colchester, Essex, England.

David and Naomi had 4 children, one of them;

            William Wild                                      b. January 20, 1936                                                    

William Wild XI has at his home:

·         The original copy of the marriage certificate of Josiah G. and Elizabeth Shepherd

·         A sampler giving all the 6 children of Daniel Gregory with their birth dates

·         A large picture of Betsey Gregory born 1804

·         A large family bible presented to Mary Ann Gregory and Henry James Wild on their wedding day by Sarah Tillyer Gregory

Mary Cossey married Edward T. Thornton.

Mary Ann Gregory married Henry James Wild on August 28, 1867 at Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England.

Henry James Wild was born April 30, 1837 at Langley, Buckinghamshire, England.

Henry and Many Ann had nine children:

            William Henry Wild              b. June 13, 1868 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex.

            Marion Jane Wild                 b. May 16, 1870 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex

            Annetta Sarah Wild              b. March 2, 1872 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex

            Elizabeth Wild                       b. May 30, 1874 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex

            John Gregory Wild               b. July 26. 1876 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex

            Rosa Anne Wild                    b.  Feb 6, 1879 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex

            Charles James Wild              b. 1882 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex

            Henry Josiah Wild                b. Mar 8, 1887 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex

            Daisy Eleanor Wild               b. Sep 2. 1888 at Longford, Harmondsworth, Middlesex

John Gregory Wild married his step-cousin Amy Manser Cossey, step-daughter of Sarah Tillyer Gregory, the details given above.

John Gregory was living with his sister Sarah Gregory at Merrimans Farm in 1891. He was a hay salesman. John owned a freehold estate known as "Little London" and a meadow called "West Close", where his brother Joseph lived for a time. John died single on December 20, 1923 at age 78. He was interred at his father's gravespace at Hillingdon cemetery on December 24, 1923. Probate was granted on February 1, 1924. His total effects were 21,546 pounds, 5 shillings. (A curious discrepancy:  the transcript of a codicil to Joseph Gregory's will states that his brother John Gregory has died. The codicil is dated November 3, 1921, two years before John's death!)

Elizabeth Jane Gregory married John Harris in 1875 at Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. They lived at Mizpah Villa, Iverson Road, Hamstead, Middlesex in 1878, then at 53 Exeter Road, Cricklewood, Middlesex in 1912.

John and Elizabeth Jane had at least one child:

            Jane Beatrice Harris                         b. 1876 at Marylebone, Middlesex

John Harris was born in 1849 and is the brother of Ernestine Grace Harris. Elizabeth Jane Gregory (common name Jane) died November 5, 1915 at Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.

SOURCES:  Index of birth record; Marriage record; Josiah's family bible record of births; Hillingdon cemetery record; Funeral notice; census 1891 John Gregory; Probate and will of John Gregory; Will of Joseph Gregory, Email from William Wild XI 2011-01-05, Family tree by Christopher Wild, http://wildsofsipson.co.uk/Gedcom/index.php?identifier=@I213@

Joseph Gregory would marry Ernestine Grace Harris, granddaughter of William Harris.

            William Harris

William Harris was baptized on October 1, 1779 in Woodland, Devon. He was the sixth child of William Harris Senior, born 1752, and Elizabeth Skinner, born 1750. They were married by banns May 2, 1771 in the parish of Woodland, Devonshire. Both parents were of the parish of Woodland. They had twelve children:

            Mary Harris                                       bp. March 12, 1772 at Woodland

            William Harris                                   bp. April 9, 1773 at Woodland

            Thomas Harris                                  bp. September 15, 1774 at Woodland

            Elizabeth Harris                                bp. March 14, 1776 at Woodland

            Edward Harris                                  bp. December 4, 1777 at Woodland

            William Harris                                   bp. October 1, 1779 at Woodland

            Thomas Harris                                  bp. July 6, 1781 at Woodland

            Edward Harris                                  bp. September 5, 1783 at Woodland

            Elizabeth Harris                                bp. June 23, 1785 at Woodland

            John Harris                                        bp. April 24, 1788 at Woodland

            Susanna Harris                                  bp. July 4, 1790 at Woodland

            Ann Harris                                         bp. December 6, 1792 at Woodland

William Harris Senior lived at Burne Farm, Bickington. He lived at Holbeam in the parish of East Ogwell prior to his death in March, 1816. Holbeam is an area just north of the village of East Ogwell. Bickington is a few miles northwest of East Ogwell, which is a few miles west of Newton Abbot. He was buried in the Woodlands churchyard, Bickington, Devon. His estate was valued under 1500 pounds, including property in the parish of Ashburton. Elizabeth Skinner died in 1820.

Mary Harris married Wakeham and lived at Denbury, southeast of Newton Abbot.

Elizabeth Harris married Penhay.

William Harris was a butcher in 1814 and was a farmer by 1842, according to Edward’s baptism and marriage records. He lived at East Ogwell, Devonshire prior to his marriage. William married Susanna Mann on June 13, l809 at Bickington, Devon. The family moved to Newton Abbot in the parish of Wolborough after the marriage. They moved to Broadhempstone at about 1817.

Land tax record show William started farming at Burn farm, Bickington in 1823. He was farming 60 acres and employing two men at West Burn, Bickington in l851. The family had two farm servants and two domestic servants living at the Burn farm. He was retired by 1861 and living with his son John Harris and family also at Burn, Bickington.

SOURCES: Marriage record William Harris Sr. and Elizabeth Skinner; Will of William Harris Sr.; Baptism records of the children; Census 1851, 1861; Land tax records.

Susanna Mann

Susanna Mann was baptized July 27, 1785 at Bickington, Devon, a daughter of William Mann. She lived at the parish of Bickington, Devon. She married William Harris on June 13, 1809 in the church of Bickington by license. They could get married much faster by license than by the reading of banns. Their first child was born seven months after the marriage. They had eight children:

Susanna Mann Harris          bp. January 9, 1810 at Newton Abbot, Devonshire

Elizabeth Bearne Harris       bp. April 29, l8l1 at Newton Abbot, Devonshire

William Harris                       bp. November 10, 1812 at Newton Abbot, Devon

Edward Harris                      bp. July 1, 1814 at Newton Abbot, Devonshire

Thomas Harris                      bp. March 29, 1816 at Newton Abbot, Devonshire

John Harris                            b. 1818 at Broadhempstone, Devon

George Harris                        b. 1820                        d. 1825

George Harris                        b. 1825                        d. 1828

A1l the children were baptized in the parish of Wolborough.

Susanna Harris died in l864.

Elizabeth Harris died in 1892.

William Harris died in l886 in the U.S.A.

Thomas Harris died in 1861.

John Harris married Mary Leonaora. Mary Leonora was born in 1824 at Ashburton and died in 1878. John Harris died in 1894. They had ten children:

William Harris                       b. 1845            d. 1933

Susann Mann Harris             b. 1848            d. 1919

Richard Wills Harris             b. l850             d. 1924

Dinah Emma Harris               b. l853             d. 1854

Mary Harris                           b. l855             d. l 918

Emma Harris                          b. l857             d. 1923

John Looman Harris              b. l850             d. 1802

George Harris                        b. 1862            d. 1862

Edgar Harris                          b. l863             d. 193l

Albert George Harris            b. 1868            d. 1905

A family bible 1777 edition used by William Harris (1779 - 1864) and Susanna Mann containing family history information was handed down to William Harris (1845 - 1933). He passed the bible to his nephew John Looman Harris (1 882 - 1968) of Hollesly, Suffolk, a son of Richard Wills Harris, John Looman Harris passed the bible to Cyril Charles Harris, born 1905. He is a great grandson of Edward Harris (1814 - 1902).

SOURCES: Marriage record of Edward Harris; Marriage record of William Harris and Susanna Mann; Census 1851: Baptism records of the children; Notes by Cyril Harris based on a bible used by William Harris and Susanna Mann, 1777 edition.

Edward Harris would marry Ernestine Veronique Centurier, daughter of Charles Centurier.

Charles Centurier

Charles Centurier was born in Winterthour, Zurich, Switzerland, the son of Charles Centurier and Marie Meadeleine Fasch.  Both parents died before 1815.

The family moved to France and lived at #8 Cransnonain Street, Paris.

Charles Centurier married Marie Henocque on March 4, 1815 in Paris, Seine, France.

Charles was a jeweler in 1815 - 1816, and he operated a restaurant in 1842.

SOURCES:  Marriage record; marriage record of Ernestine Centurier

            Maria Henocque

Maria Henocque was daughter of Noel Henocque and his wife Marianne Cosmier.

Maria married Charles Centurier on March 4, 1815 in Paris, France. They had a daughter:

            Ernestine Veronique Centurier                   b. October 1, 1816 at Paris, France

SOURCES:  Ernestine birth record; marriage record.

          Edward Harris

Edward Harris was baptized on July 1, 1814 at Newton Abbot in the parish of Wolborough, Devonshire, England, the fourth child of William Harris and Susanna Mann.

Edward moved from Devonshire to Star Street, Paddington, Middlesex. He was a plumber, house painter and glazier at the time of his marriage.

Edward Harris married Ernestine Veronique Centurier on October 14, 1842 in Paddington, Middlesex, England.

The family was living at 85 Crawford Street, in the district of St. Mary, Marylebone, London, Middlesex in 1851. Edward had an apprentice Charles Perkins, age 16, and a domestic servant age 28 living at his home. He was a house decorator master by 1855.

Edward Harris was retired and living at 89 Iverson Road, West Hampstead, London in 1881, at age 66. Edward and Ernestine celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary on October 14, 1892 at Alliance House, Iverson Road, West Hampstead. Edward died in 1902, three years after his wife who died in 1899.

SOURCES: Marriage record; Birth record of Ernestine Grace Harris; census 1851, 1861; census index 1881.

          Ernestine Veronique Centurier

Ernestine Veronique Centurier was born on October 1, 1816 in Paris, Seine, France, the daughter of Charles Centurier and Marie Henocque. The family was living at 2 rue Bourg l' Abbe, Paris.

Ernestine immigrated to England and obtained British citizenship. She lived at Oxford Terrace, Paddington, Middlesex prior to her marriage.

Ernestine married Edward Harris on October 14, 1842 in the Parish Church of Paddington, in Paddington Middlesex, England.

They had 5 children:

            Charles Centurier Harris                 b. July 12, 1843 at Marylebone, Middlesex

            Edward Harris                                  b. 1844 at Marylebone, Middlesex

            George Harris                                    b. 1847 at Marylebone, Middlesex

            John Harris                                        b. 1849 at Marylebone, Middlesex

            Ernestine Grace Harris                     b. May 13, 1855 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Charles Harris was a surveyor by age 17, and according to the 1861 census. He married Annetta Lettice Wilson in 1864 and they had eleven children:

Anita Grace Harris                           b. May 1, 1866 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Jemima Ernestine Harris                  b. July 3, 1877 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Lily Evangeline Harris                      b. 1869 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Rosa Marion Harris                          b. November 19, 1870 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Eunice Louise Harris                        b. 1872 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Florance Mertle Harris                     b. 1874 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Hope Violet Harris                            b. 1876 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Charles Wilson Harris                      b. November 10, 1877 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Evelyn Constance Harris                  b. August 8, 1879 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Estelle May Harris                            b. 1881 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Herbert Centurier Harris                 b. 1884 at Marylebone                        d. 1950

Charles Wilson Harris married Elizabeth Anne Lawson (b. l 880) and they had five children:

Irene Harris

Cyril Charles Harris                         b. 1905

Doris Lilly Harris                              b. 1907                        d. 1967

Joan Marie Harris                             b. 1911

Peggy Margaret Harris                     b. 1914 at Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Cyril Harris married Nora Grace (b. 1910). A family bible 1777 edition used by William Harris   (b. 1779) and Susanna Mann with family history information was passed to Cyril Harris from John Looman Harris. Cyril and Nora had two children:

David Toller Harris                           b. 1937

Roger Charles Harris                       b. 1940

David Toller Harris married Marjorie and had a son:

Paul David Harris                             b. November 24, 1969

Edward Harris was a book keeper by age 16 according to the 1861 census. He married Mary Ann Davis (b. about 1848 at Chelsea, Middlesex) in 1869 at Islington, Middlesex, England.

Edward and Mary Ann had nine children:

            Frank Edward Harris                       b. 1870 at Marylebone, Middlesex, England

            Edgar William Harris                       b. 1872 at Finchley, Middlesex, England

            Llewelyn John Harris                       b. 1873 at Paddington, Middlesex, England

            Margaret Evelyn Harris                   b. 1875 at Hampstead, Middlesex, England

            Henry C. Harris                                b. about 1877 at Paddington, Middlesex, England

            Ethel Mary Harris                             b. 1879 at Paddington, Middlesex, England

            Ernest George Harris                        b. 1880 at Paddington, Middlesex, England

            Kenneth Davis Harris                       b. 1882 at Marylebone, Middlesex, England

            Wilfred Joseph Harris                      b. 1883 at Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Edward Harris died in 1913 at Buckinghamshire, England.

Mary Ann Davis died in 1902 at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England.

George Harris was a master builder living at St. Marylebone, London in 1881. He married Kezia West on October 1, 1870 at Stepney, Middlesex, England. Kezia West was born in 1850 in Stepney, Middlesex. (The 1881 census shows her name as “Kenzia”.)The family lived at 216 Marylebone Road, London. They had the following children;

            Madeline Maude Harris                   b. 1871 at Marylebone, Middlesex

            Arthur George Harris                       b. 1872 at Marylebone, Middlesex

            Percy Martin Harris                         b. 1874 at Marylebone, Middlesex

            Sydney West Harris, Sir                   b. October 10, 1876 at Marylebone, Middlesex

            Maurice Paul Harris                         b. 1885at Brixton, Surrey, England

Kezia died in 1885 at Lambeth, Middlesex after Maurice’s birth.

George Harris married Joanne Wild in 1887 at Marylebone, Middlesex, England.

They had two children together;

            Jessie Winifred Harris                      b. 1889 at Ealing, Middlesex, England

            Cyril Raymond Harris                      b. December 10, 1891 at Brentford, Middlesex, Eng

Joanne Wild died September 4, 1915.

George Harris died April 23, 1931 at Ealing, Middlesex, England.

John Harris married Elizabeth Jane Gregory, daughter of Josiah Gregory and Elizabeth Shephard, in 1875 at Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. John Harris died March 20, 1925.

John and Elizabeth Jane had a least one child;

            Jane Beatrice Harris                         b. 1876 at Marylebone, Middlesex

Ernestine Veronique Centurier died on her birthday on October 1, 1899 in West Hampstead, Middlesex at age 83. She was buried at Paddington Cemetery.

SOURCES:   Birth record; Marriage record; Death notice; Census 1851, 1861, 1881; Family tree prepared by Cyril Harris. Family tree by Christopher Wild, http://wildsofsipson.co.uk/Gedcom/index.php?identifier=@I277@

            Joseph Gregory

Joseph was born on March 11, 1850, at Goulds Green, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, the sixth child of Josiah Gregory and Elizabeth Shepherd. Goulds Green is a subdistrict of the district of Colham Green in the city of Hillingdon.

The family lived at Merryman Farm, in Little London, in Colham Green district at Hillingdon. 

By 1871 Joseph left his father's farm and was farming at Colham Green, Hillingdon. The farm was 170 acres and he employed 6 men and 2 boys according to the 1881 census. The farm produce cherries, hay, some grain, and had a few cows. (Note: Joe Gregory's family history says the farm was about 60 acres.)

Joseph married Ernestine Grace Harris on June 5, 1878. Joseph and Ernestine had six children between 1879 and 1888. Joseph and Ernestine were apparently very puritanical and brought up their family with excessive rigidity. This attitude was particularly hard on the two daughters, Mabel and Mary, who were never given approval to associate with young men. One time a young man had the temerity to walk one of the sisters to her home from church. This apparently innocuous act resulted in a huge furor so that she was never able to see the young man again and would never dare to allow such a thing to happen again. This repressive behavior was probably the reason that neither Mary nor Mabel ever got married.

The family lived at Avenue Lodge, Harlington Road, Goulds Green, Hillingdon by 1891.

Joseph died on March 4, 1924 at Goulds Green, Hillingdon. He was buried on March 11 at gravespace N28 u/c, Hillingdon Cemetery, Hillingdon Hill, Hillingdon, Middlesex. Probate was granted on May 15, 1924. His estate was valued at 45,013 pounds, 8 shillings.

Avenue Lodge is now called Middlesex Lodge. Kathleen C & Roy D Barwick now live there.

SOURCES:     Hillingdon Cemetery record; Birth certificate; Marriage record; 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 census Hillingdon; Will of Joseph Gregory. Gregory Family History by A. Joseph Gregory; Letter dated November 1, 1994 by Ken Fowler Gregory.

            Ernestine Grace Harris

Ernestine Grace Harris was born on May 13, 1855 at her parents home at 85 Crawford Street, Marylebone, Middlesex, England. She was the fifth child of Edward Harris and Ernestine Veronique Centurier.

 Ernestine married Joseph Gregory on June 5, 1878 at the Parish Church of Friern Barnet in the county of Middlesex, England. Joseph and Ernestine had seven children:

            Alfred Charles Gregory                   d. at age 8

            Mary Ernestine Gregory                  b. April 29, 1879 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            Edward Joseph Gregory                  b. December 27, 1880 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            Mabel Elizabeth Gregory                 b. August 22, 1882 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            Arthur Josiah Gregory                     b. March 10, 1884 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            Leonard John Gregory                     b. January 31, 1887 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

            Stanley H. Gregory                           b. February, 1888 at Hillingdon, Middlesex

Only Edward and Arthur were married. After Joseph died in 1924, Ernestine and Mable moved to a house also called Hillingdon in Bidborough near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Ernestine built a large house there with a big garden.

Ernestine died on January 13, 1942. She was buried on January 16, 1942 at in the same gracespace as her husband Joseph at the Hillingdon Cemetery.

After her father died Mary Gregory moved to a flat in London, England. She died on October 15, 1974.

Mable Gregory died on December 13, 1970.

Leonard John Gregory died on May 12, 1929 at age 42 and was buried at the Hillingdon Cemetery.

Stanley Gregory went to fight in World War I.  Stanley Gregory joined the Public Schools Battalion in the early days of the war and saw active service in France with the 19th Royal Fusiliers. He trained for a commission with the 4th Cadet Battalion at Oxford in March, 1916. Second Lieutenant Stanley Gregory was killed on November 13, 1916 in battle during an attack on German positions in France when he was attached to the 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was age 27. According to his commanding officer, Mr. Hagan, Stanley was killed by a German sniper following successfully obtaining new positions for the Platoon. The commander wrote, "he was deeply loved and respected by the whole company and showed great promise as an officer and was a perfect example both to men and officers around here for coolness under heavy fire, energy and accuracy in his work and thoughtfulness for his men whom he commanded." Nineteen men of the Number 2 Platoon of the 24th Royal Fusiliers, under the command of Stanley Gregory wrote to the family following his death. They wrote, "It would be impossible for us to obtain a better officer or more unselfish courageous gentleman."

SOURCES:     Hillingdon Cemetery record; Birth certificate; Marriage record;  Hillingdon census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891; Newspaper article about Lieut. S. H. Gregory; Letter dated November 17, 1816 from Mr. Hagan, commanding officer.

Edward Joseph Gregory would marry Ellen Rhoda Fowler, granddaughter of John Fowler.

See Ancestors of Ellen Rhoda Fowler

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