All the Gray Family Chapters
These following chapters refer directly to the story of George Gray and his family but this project explores further those who George Gray worked for and with along with extended family stories. The story of George Gray tells little of the story of early immigrants, some of the hardships and lives but also it tells the story of early Newcastle and the suburb known as Mayfield but originally was known as ‘the folly’ and Waratah.
Children of James Gray & Sarah Cheek
James Gray married Sarah Cheek were married on the 18th December 1813 and they had eight children; 1. James Gray : 1814 – 1852 James and Sarah Gray’s eldest son and brother to George James…
George Gray and Ann Lock
George Gray and Ann Lock The 1841 Census lists George Gray as the head of the household, aged 20 years (his baptismal record indicated he would have been 23 years but these records can be…
Assisted Immigrants via ‘Thomas Arbuthnot’
The Gray family set off for Australia as assisted immigrants on the ‘Thomas Arbuthnot’ leaving London 22 Sept 1848 and Plymouth 3 Oct 1848. George Gray was 31 years of age (Ann was 27yrs) and…
Arrival in New South Wales
Arrival in Sydney Cove The ‘Thomas Arbuthnot’ arrived in Sydney on the 17th January 1849 with a family bereaved and depleted. Sarah Ann was 7 years of age, Maurice 5 years and George Abner 2…
New Freugh Station
John Crichton Stuart McDouall and New Freugh Station Terry Callahan complied on his history and genealogy website place names in the Singleton district and states: “New Freugh [was] a property approximately 3 km east of…
George Gray ‘Builder’ – Edmund Bull – Benjamin Baker & Waratah House
Waratah House George Gray ‘Builder & Stonemason’ – Edmund Bull ‘Labourer & Gardener’ – Ben Baker ‘Carpenter & Timber Merchant’ There are multiple references both from family as well as newspaper articles, and early historians…
Charles Simpson – Small Portions Sale of Land at The Folly, Waratah
‘We arrived at a place then called The Folly now Waratah. The name given to an estate bought by a man named Charles Simpson, it was situated near the old Mill Padock which was a…
George & Emma Gray – Waratah, Mayfield
There are no records for George Gray at the Folly aside from his indenture paperwork for the purchase of his land, his children’s births and his own death certificate. His death certificate does however give…
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George Gray - Stonemason & Builder 