This lady has been rather elusive to track down, as so far we have found
no records about her prior to her marriage to Samuel Gray. She is
attributed to this line as a result of her Marriage declaration that John Vawer
was her father. We have not yet viewed certification to eliminate this discrepancy. There appears to be no baptism record in Nailsea with the other
members of the family. Internet records also give conflicting information as
to her date of marriage and dates of birth/baptisms of her children.
Hannah/Dianna's known siblings are
Hannah's and Samuel's known children are
- Sarah Ann GRAY bapt: 22 January 1843 in Nailsea Holy Trinity Church *
- Emily GRAY b: 1845 in Nailsea
- Louisa GRAY b: 1846 in Nailsea
- Oliver GRAY b: 1 MAR 1848 in Nailsea (Free BMD gives Births Mar 1848 Gray Oliver Bedminster 11 83)
- Joseph GRAY bapt: 28 October 1849 in Nailsea Holy Trinity Church * (FreeBMD gives Births Dec 1849 GRAY Joseph Bedminster 11 86
- Hannah GRAY bapt: 11 May 1851 in Nailsea Holy Trinity Church *
- Mary Ann GRAY b: 25 NOV 1852 in Nailsea
- Elizabeth GRAY bapt: 14 January 1855 in Nailsea Holy Trinity Church *
- William GRAY bapt: 12 July 1857 in Nailsea Holy Trinity Church *
- John GRAY bapt: 12 July 1859 in Nailsea Holy Trinity Church *
- Male Infant GRAY buried in Nailsea Holy Trinity Church 5 February 1862 aged
2 hrs * (FreeBMD Births Mar 1862 Gray Male Bedminster 5c 804 and Deaths Mar
1862 Gray Hannah Bedminster 5c552 and Gray Male Bedminster 5c 552)
Though born in Bedminster, Hannah appears to have maintained her roots to Nailsea, and had her children baptised there, as well as her own burial.
Records marked * are from Ian Sage's invaluable pages of parish record transcripts and other information for the history of Nailsea
Other children's dates from Gary Clarke's tree on rootsweb. However,
his dates for birth of children are at odds with the baptismal records and
dates are at present unconfirmed.
