Samuel was baptised on the 16th December 1787 in Quethiock parish, Cornwall. He was the son of
Samuel and Mary nee Souther
and the grandson of
Peter and Joan nee Sharp.
On the 23rd January 1812 he married Ann Martin in Stoke Damerel. Samuel was then about 25 years old and working as a labourer in the HM dockyard at Plymouth. Although he was engaged in unskilled work, he signed his name on the marriage register so he appears to have received at least a rudimentary education, possibly courtesy of his father Samuel.
His wife, Ann, was about the same age as Samuel but so far we know nothing more about her background.
It is probably safe to assume that the whole family was living at Lower Swilly, Stoke Damerel in 1828 as that is where their son David then died. Samuel left the dockyard sometime between 1831, when their youngest child Maria was baptised, and 1838, when their oldest child Matilda got married. By 1841 Samuel had become a farmer and in
1850 he was advertising himself as a dairy farmer at Swilly (on the west side of Plymouth) as was Margaret Trayes at Catdown (on the east side of Plymouth). By 1851 he was receiving a Royal Navy Pension and renting a 6 acre smallholding at Middle Swilly.
Ann died, in Stoke Damerel in 1872 aged 84 and Samuel also died there in 1879, aged 93.
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Early Life
Maria was baptised in Stoke Damerel, Devon on the 19th July 1812, the daughter of Samuel and Ann nee Martin and the granddaughter of Samuel and Mary nee Souther.
Apart from having details of her baptism, we know nothing more about her early life.
On the 20th November 1838, aged 26, she married James Steart in St Andrews Church, who was of similar age to Matilda and then working as a gardener. Both her husband and her give their address as Willow Street, Plymouth so by then Matilda was no longer living with her parents at Swilly.
After their marriage they stayed in Plymouth for a couple of years before moving to London. They lived for the most part in the Southwark area of London where James took various jobs including warehouseman and ultimately assistant chemist and Matilda worked as a dressmaker.
Later Life
Matilda died in the Southwark area of Lonodn in 1875 aged 63. After her death, James lived with their unmarried daughter Ann in Bermondsey. He died in 1901 aged 87.
Children
They had at least 6 children, 5 daughters and one son. These were:-
- daughter Sarah Ann Matilda Steart who was born in Stoke Damerel in 1840 and died in Southwark in 1842.
- daughter Jane Maria Steart who was born in West London in 1841. She worked in the clothing trade as a milliner and a stay maker and lived with her father after her mother died. She herself died in Camberwell in 1921 aged 79.
- son Samuel Treays Steart was born in Southwark in 1843 and died there in 1870 aged 26.
- daughter Thirza Steart was born in Southwark in 1846. In 1870 she married James Grinyer in Bermondsey. Currently we know nothing more about James other than that he had died before the 1891 census. Thirza herself died in the Southwark area in 1905 aged 58. Thirza and James had at least three children, 2 daughters and a son. Son James Samuel Grinyer became a shipping clerk and married in 1902. Daughter Thirza became a school mistress.
- daughter Matilda Victoria Steart was born in Southwark in 1850. In 1876 she married Robert Aspin Freeman. In the first half of 1880 Matilda died aged 38. In 1886 her husband remarried to Annie Long in Leeds. Annie was 23 and about 8 years younger than him. Annie died in 1918 aged 55 and Robert died in 1945 aged 88. There appears to be another Robert Aspin Freeman, a linguist, said to be born 1875 and died 1940. There is a possibility that he was a son of Matilda and Robert if the birth year is quoted incorrectly. Further research is necessary to check this
- daughter Ann Steart was born in Southwark around 1851. In 1874 she married Joseph D Wilkinson, a school master. In 1881 they were living in Bermondsey with three sons Joseph, Albert and Robert.
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Early Life
Samuel Souther Treays was baptised on the 22nd January 1815 in Stoke Damerel. He was the son of Samuel and Ann nee Martin and the grandson of Samuel and Mary nee Souther. All we know about his early life was that he went to sea.
On the 18th September 1843 he married Elizabeth THOMPSON, the daughter of Ralph Thompson, a baker, in Stoke Damerel church. It seems that Elizabeth did not give birth to any children during the early part of her marriage and that she lived alone when Samuel was out at sea. The 1851 and 1861 censuses record an Elizabeth Trayes, seaman`s wife living alone in Stoke Damerel, aged 32 and 42 respectively.
In 1853 Samuel joined the Royal Navy for 7 years. On the 14th March 1859, a Samuel TRAYES married an Elizabeth THOMPSON in Leith Midlothian. Originally this was thought to be a remarriage of Samuel and Elizabeth who married in 1843 but the details of the Elizabeth Thompson differ. In the 1861 census, she appears to be the Elizabeth TRAYES aged 22 living with a one year old son Samuel and her father John THOMSON aged 74 in Markinch, Fife, while Samuel is at sea in the Mediterranean. We have been unable to trace any further references to this son and believe it probable that he died as an infant. There are some possible subsequent references to Elizabeth in the Liskeard area of Cornwall. The age looks about right but the location seems strange and she appears to have further children Emma and Albert. Albert has a middle name Thompson which may reflect his mother`s maiden name.?1851 Census. Milton of Balgonie, Markinch, Fife (FREEMEN SCT 1851/447 f0 p26 s107) THOMSON John Head M M 39 Linen Yarn Bleacher Fife - Leslie THOMSON Jean Wife M F 43 Fife - Kettle THOMSON Margaret Dau U F 13 Fife - Leslie THOMSON Isabella Dau U F 11 Scholar Fife - Markinch THOMSON Elizabeth Dau U F 9 Fife - Markinch THOMSON Jean Dau U F 7 Fife - Leslie THOMSON James Son - M 4 Fife - Markinch 1881 131,Doctors Lane,1, (RG11/2285 f128 p25) Elizabeth Jane Tray Head W 38 Laundress Edinburgh Scotland Emma J Tray Dau 10 Scholar Plymouth Devon Albert J Tray Son 6 Scholar Liskeard CON 1891 131,Gut Lane,1, Elizabeth Trays Head W 45 Charwoman Employed Not Given Scotland Emma Trays S 20 Servant Employed Plymouth Devon Albert Trays Son S 15 Tanners Appren Employed Liskeard CON 1893 24Oct1893 Admission No 68 Albert TRAYS b. 08Sep1875 (COD - Liskeard Board Evening Continuation School) 1900 TRAYS Albert John C T & Elizabeth Annie PROUT (Liskeard RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1900 5c 114) 1901 Elizabeth Trays 55 b. Scotland Head Liskeard CON 1901 Church Street s52 p7 Albert TRAYS Head M 25 Coal Storekeeper b. Liskeard Annie Prout TRAYS Wife F 23 b. Pensilva 1911 Albert TRAYS b.1877 Liskeard Annie Prout TRAYS b.1876 1917 d. 23Nov1917 Walter TRAYS nephew of Albert John Charles Thompson TRAYS of Castle Hill, Liskeard (everyman remembered.org) (NOTE: Walter was the illegitimate son of Albert`s sister Emma)Later Life
The next reference we have for Samuel and Elizabeth is in the 1871 Census. This shows that Samuel had retired by then and was living with Elizabeth in Kingston upon Hull. Samuel died there in 1878. Elizabeth continued living in Kingston after her husband's death and supplemented her income by doing laundry and taking on a lodger. She died in 1893.
Children
Samuel and Elizabeth appear to have had only one child, son Samuel, born in the winter of 1859/60. We know he reached the age of 1 as he appears on the 1861 Scotland census but no further record of him has been found after that. It seems likely that he died as an infant in Markinch, Fife.
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Early Life
William Marten TREAYS was baptised in Stoke Damerel church on the 23rd of September 1821. He was the son of Samuel and Ann nee Martin and the grandson of Samuel and Mary nee Souther.
When he was 19, he was recorded in the 1841 Census as a 'Block: m-op' (possibly Block Machine Operator) presumably in H.M. Dockyard at Devonport. So far we have not traced him on the 1851 census - it is possible he went to sea.
In 1854 he married Elizabeth PETERS in Stoke Damerel. William and Elizabeth had two sons, both born in Stoke Damerel, one in 1858 and the other in 1861. William has not been traced in the 1861 census so it may be that he was away at sea or working in a dockyard abroad. Elizabeth died in 1870 aged 44.Later Life
In 1871 William is recorded as an unemployed labourer living with his 9 year old son Samuel at 7 Boot Lane, Stoke Damerel. For reasons that are unclear, he appears unable to get work and went to the workhouse at Stoke Damerel where he died on the 18th May 1881 aged 60.
Children
Two children have been traced from William and Elizabeth's marriage: -
- Son William Henry TREAYS, who was born on the 18th March 1858 and baptised in Stoke Damerel church on the 5th April 1858. On the 22nd April 1859, just over a year after he was born, he died and, five days later, was buried in Stoke Damerel church burial ground.
- Son Samuel TREAYS, whose life is described below.
Samuel TREAYS was born in 1861. After his mother died he lived with his father. In August 1880 he enrolled with the Royal Navy for 10 years. On the 11th May 1884, when he was 22, he married Emma Jane FROST, a 19 year old shipwright's daughter, at St James Church, Devonport. Emma gave birth to a daughter, Beatrice Ellen TREAYS, in 1888, who appears to be Samuel and Emma's only child.
Samuel's employment record with the Royal Navy was less than glowing and they declined to re-employ him after his ten years were up, so he had to resort to becoming a general labourer. By 1891 he and his wife Emma were living apart but in the same area. Samuel was lodging at 4 Pond Lane whilst Emma was living with her daughter at 12 Morice Street. It is not known whether Samuel maintained contact with his family but they do not appear to have been reconciled as they were still living apart in 1901. On the 13th November 1902 Emma died, aged 38. In 1909 when Beatrice reached the age of 21, she married Leigh Henry Pidduck. Leigh was a police constable and by 1911 they had their first child, Clifford Henry Pidduck and were living at 3 Duncan Street, Plymouth.
In 1906 Samuel remarried to Emily Claudine Terrell. As far as we know they did not have any children and stayed living in the Plymouth area where Emily died in 1931 aged 61. In 1938 Samuel married again. His third wife was Elizabeth Keyes. Samuel died in 1945 aged 84 and his wife, Elizabeth, died in 1946 aged 78.
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Early Life
Maria was born in Plymouth, Devon the daughter of Samuel and Ann nee Martin and the granddaughter of Samuel and Mary nee Souther. She was baptised in Stoke Damerel in 1831.
She appears to have remained living with her parents for approximately the first two decades of her life.
On the 9th April 1854 she married James Yeo Bray in Charles Church, Plymouth. He was a fisherman, about 8 years older than Maria, and, like her, also born in Plymouth. The Emma Treays who witnessed the marriage is thought to be Maria's cousin Emma who herself got married the following year to John Forster, who was the son of a gardener. About this time, Maria's father, Samuel, was working as a gardener so possibly the two fathers had worked together or knew each other through their work.
After their marriage, Maria and James lived in the Vintry area of Plymouth St Andrews.
Later Life
James died in Plymouth in 1890. After that, Maria lived with her daughter Harriet and her husband in Woolster Street, Plymouth. She died in 1901.
Children
They had at least 5 children, 4 sons and a daughter, who was the youngest child. These were:-
- James Arcturus Yeo Bray was born on the 11th May 1858 and baptised in Stoke Damerel church on the 5th September. Maria's brother William baptised his son William Henry in the same church on the same day. He left school young and by the age of 12 was working in a factory. In 1873 he joined the Royal Navy. He died in Plymouth in 1886 aged 26.
- Samuel Treays Bray was born in Plymouth in 1860. Like his older brother James, he left school young and by the age of 11 was working in a local factory. In 1874 aged 14 he applied for work in the Royal Navy. When he was in his forties he was working as a labourer in a Saw Mill and living with his mother in Plymouth. He died in Plymouth in 1928 aged 68. So far we have not traced that he ever married.
- John Bray was born sometime 1861/2 in Plymouth. He appears to have left home by 1881, when he would have been 19 years old, as he is then not recorded living with parents.
- William Charles Bray was born on the 19th June 1865 in Plymouth and baptised in Holy Trinity Church Plymouth on the 11th July 1865. Like his older brothers he seemed to have discontinued his education when he was quite young and by the age of 15 he became apprenticed to a sailmaker. He died in Plymouth in 1883 aged 18.
- Harriet Maria Bray was born in Plymouth in 1868. When she was 19 she married George Bray, who was in the Royal Navy and possibly a relative on her father's side. They had 2 sons for sure and possibly more children. They lived in Plymouth and when her father died, her mother came to live with them to be joined later by her brother Samuel.
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Samuel
Wife - Ann Martin
Daur - Matilda
Son - Samuel
Son - David
Son - William
Daur - Mary
Son - Elijah
Daur - Maria
Daur - Ann Matilda Martin
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Samuel TREAYS
1787 16Dec1787 Quethiock. Samuel Trese s/o Samuel and Mary (RED) 1812 m. 23Jan1812 Stoke Damerel. (IGI M052421 and FMP image) Samuel TRAYS, otp, labourer in the Dockyard (signs as Samuel TREAYS) and Ann MARTIN otp, spinster (marks) By Banns. Witnesses: John NIGHTINGALE, Wm ROBERTS (both sign) 1841 Census. Devonport, Stoke Damerel (HO 107/275 Dist5 f9 p12 l113) Samuel Trays 50 Farmer No
Ann Trays 50 N0
William Trays 15 Block:an-ap Y
Mary Trays 15 Y
Elijah Trays 13 Y
Maria Trays 10 Y1850 1850 Dairymen: (per 1850 Devon Trade Directory) Margaret Trayes of Catdown Plymouth
Samuel Trayes of Swilly Plymouth1851 Census Middle Swilly, Devonport, Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon (HO/107/1882 f366 p29) Samuel TRAYS Head M 63 M Born Quethiock, Cornwall Superanuated from H M Dockyard - Renting 6 Acres
Ann TRAYS Wife M 63 F Quethiok, Cornwall.
Maria TRAYS Daur U 19 F Swilly, Stoke Damerel, Devon1861 Census. Trays Cottage Stoke Damerel (RG9/1454 d6 f86 p29 s148) TRAYS Samuel Head - M 73 Superannuated Sawyer b. Cornwall - Quethiock
TRAYS Ann Wife - F 72 b. Cornwall - Menheniot1871 Census. Clowance, Stoke Damerel, Devon Samuel Treays M 83 Quethiock, Cornwall
Wife Ann Treays F 82 St Germans, Cornwall1879 d. Samuel Treays age 93 (Plymouth RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1879 5b 160) RETURN to START of DATA for SAMUEL TREAYS
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Wife - Ann Martin
1872 d. Ann Treays Age 84 (Stoke Damerel Apr-May-Jun 1872 5b 218) RETURN to START of DATA for ANN MARTIN
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Daur - Matilda TREAYS
1812 c. 19Jul1812 Stoke Damerel. Matilda TRAYES d/o Samuel and Ann (FMP image) 1838 m. 20Nov1838 Plymouth, St Andrew. (FMP image) James STEART of full age Bachelor Gardener of Willow Street s/o William STEART labourer (signs)
Matilda TREAYS of full age spinster of Willow Street d/o Samuel TREAYS, Gardener (signs)
Witnesses: Benjamin BOULTER, James Boulter (both sign)1871 Census. 61 St James Road, Bermondsey, Southwark Matilda STEART Wife Mar 58 Dressmaker b. Devonport
Jane Maria STEART Daur Unm 29 Milliner b. St Sepulchre, Middx
Matilda V STEART Dau Unm 20 b. Southwark, Surrey
Ann STEART Daur Unm 19 Governess b. Southwark, Surrey1875 d. Matilda STEART age 63 (St. Olave RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1875 1d 168) Husband - James STEART 1881 Census. 72 Upp Grange Rd., Bermondsey, Surrey (RG11/561 f28 p50) James STEART Head Widower 61 Assistant Chemist Manuf. b. Thurlston, Devon
Jane M STEART Dau 40 Unm Stay Maker b. City of London
Mary GODDARD Lodger 35 Widow Mantle maker (Milliner) b. America
1901 d. James STEART 87 (St Olave RD 1d 132) Daur - Sarah Ann Matilda STEART 1840 b. Sarah Ann Matilda STEART (Stoke Damerel RD Apr-May-Jun 1840) 1842 d. Sarah Ann Matilda STEART (Southk St Saviour Apr-May-Jun 1842 4 335) Daur - Jane Maria STEART 1841 b. Jane Maria STEART (W London RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1841 2 24) 1921 i. Jane M STEART age 79 (Camberwell RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1921 1d 732) Daur - Thirza STEART 1846 b. Thirza STEART (St Geo South'k RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1846 4 480) 1870 m. Thirza STEART & James GRINYER (St. Olave RD Apr-May-Jun 1870 1d 264) 1891 Census. 159 Fort Road, Bermondsey ( /379 f30 p2) Thirza GRINYER Head Widow 41 Living on her own means b. Southwark
Thirza M GRINYER daur 18 Pupil Teacher b. Walworth
James GRINYER son 18 Shipping Clerk b. Walworth
Daisy GRINYER daur 7 Scholar b. Walworth
Bear GRINYER Friend's baby 6mos b. Walworth
Thomas ILES Lodger Unm 16 Baker's Assistant b. Bermondsey1901 Census. 159 Fort Road, Bermondsey, SUR ( /395 f79 p6) Thirza GRINYER Head Widow 55 b. Southwark, SUR
Thirza M GRINYER daur 28 School mistress b. Newington, SUR
James S GRINYER son single 26 Clerk b. Newington, SUR
Beatrice GRINYER daub single 17 Pupil Teacher b. Newington, SUR
1870 b. James GRINYER (St. Olave RD Apr-May-Jun 1871 1d 143) 1872 b. Thirza Matilda GRINYER (St. Saviour RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1872 1d 144) 1874 b. James Samuel GRINYER (St. Saviour RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1874 1d 162) 1911 Census. Angla - Land, Orchard Grove, Orpington (RG14 3700) James Samuel GRINYER Visitor Mar 38 Shipping Clerk b. London
in household of John BULL 47 Scenic Artist1902 m. James Samuel GRINYER & Ada Margaret SNELL or Clarissa Louise HOARE (St Olave RD Apr-May-Jun 1902 1d 336) 1905 d. Thirza GRINYER age 58 (St Olave RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1905 1d 105) Daur - Ann STEART 1874 m. Ann STEART & Joseph Dawson WILKINSON (St. Olave RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1874 1d 292) 1881 Census. 49 Fort Road, Bermondsey, Surrey (RG11 561/85 p40) Joseph D WILKINSON 28 Head Schoolmaster b. Londale, Westmorland
Mary Ann Wilkinson Wife 30 b. Bermondsey, Surrey
Joseph D Wilkinson Son 4 Scholar b. Peckham, Surrey
Albert R J Wilkinson Son 2
Robert E Wilkinson Son 0
Son - Samuel TREAYS STEART 1843 b. Samuel Treays STEART (St. Saviours RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1843 4 495) 1870 d. Samuel Treays STEART age 26 (St Olave RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1870 1d 185) Daur - Matilda Victoria STEART 1850 b. Matilda Victoria STEART (St. Saviours RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1850 4 531) 1851 c. 17Apr1851 St Johns, Walworth. Matilda Victoria STEART d/o James STEART warehouseman & Matilda b. 02Sep1856 1876 m. Matilda Victoria STEART & Robert Aspin FREEMAN(St. Olave RD Apr-May-Jun 1876 1d 317) 1880 d. Matilda FREEMAN age 38 (St Olave RD Apr-May-Jun 1880 1d 135) FMP give the full name as Matilda Victoria FREEMAN so it definitely looks like our Matilda 1886 m. Robert Aspin FREEMAN and Annie LONG (Leeds RD Apr-May-Jun 1886 9b 564) 1918 d. Annie FREEMAN age 55 (Knaresbro RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1918 9a 161) 1943 d. Robert A FREEMAN age 88 (Knaresbro RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1943 9a 114) 1943 Annie FREEMAN d. 1918 age 55 & Robert Aspin FREEMAN husband d. 1943 (Gravestone Harrogate) NOTE There is a linguist Robert Aspin FREEMAN (1875-1940), possibly son of above - yet to be investigated. RETURN to START of DATA for MATILDA TREAYS
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Son - Samuel TREAYS
1815 c. 22Jan1815 Stoke Damerel. Samuel Souther TREAYS s/o Samuel & Ann TREAYS, Dock, Labourer (FMP image) 1836 HMS Minden allotment numbers (ADM27/50/30, folios 71-76 dos 28530-28575 Folios 72-73. Samuel TREAYS Ship: HMS Minden Pybook: SB71 Rank: Carpenter`s crew Relation: Mother Ann. 1843 m. 18Sep1843 Stoke Damerel. (FMP image) Samuel TREAYS of full age, bachelor, mariner of 19 Tavistock Street, s/o Samuel TREAYS, farmer (signs)
Elizabeth THOMPSON of full age, spinster, d/o Ralph Thompson, baker, (marks)
Witnesses: Samuel TREAYS, John Symons (churchman)
1853 Entry papers for Royal Navy(NAI ADM139/16) Samuel Treays dob 25Dec1814 b. Devonport, Devon 5' 9". Dark complexion. Light brown hair. Hazel eyes. No marks Ship. Tribune Date of entry: 8th June 1853 Date of volunteering: 1st July 1853 Period: 7 years Register Ticket: 285493 Former service dates : - Merchant service. Ship "Industry" 1835-1835 Royal Navy. 20Apr1840 - 07Jun1853 1836 "Tribune" "Royal William" 06Jun1856 - 31Mar1859 1st Mate 1859 m. 14Mar1859 Leith, Midlothian SAMUEL TRAYES and ELIZABETH THOMSON 1860 b. 28Jan1860 Markinch, Fife. Samuel TRAYS son of Samuel Trays and Elizabeth Thompson (IGI C11447-1) 1861 Census (CSSCT1861_69 ed7 sch63) John THOMSON Head 74 Labourer b. Loanhead
Elizabeth TRAYES Daur 22 Sailor's wife b. Markinch, Fife
Samuel TRAYES Grdson 1 b. Markinch, Fife
NOTE: Elizabeth Trayes place of birth is misstated and age may have been misread and be 42, a more appropriate age for the daughter of a 74 year old. 1861 Census. At sea in Grecian Archipelago (RG9/4433 f219 p30) 9. Samuel TREAYS Chief Carpenter's Mate married Age 48 b. Devonport Devon 1871 Census 2 Studley Terrace (Ripon Street) Kingston upon Hull, St Peter Southcoates, Yorks RG10/4780 f45 p28 Samuel Treays 67 Head b Devonport Shipwright - Greenwich Pensioner
Elizabeth J Treays 53 b Devonport
NOTE: Samuel's age appears overstated - should read 57 not 671878 d. Samuel TREAYS age 64 (Sculcoates RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1878 9d 119)
Samuel`s wife - Elizabeth THOMPSON
1851 41 Tavistock St., Stoke Damerel (HO107/1882 f318 p27) Elizabeth Trays Wife M 32 Seaman's Wife b. Stoke Damerel, Devon
NOTE: Not with husband or children, appears as a separate household in a multi-occupancy building1861 Census. 4 Mary Place, Stoke Damerel (FREECEN RG9/1454 f24 p43 s270) FRAYES Elizabeth J Head M F 42 Seamans Wife Devon - Stoke Damerel 1881 2 De Gray Terrace Southcoates, Yorkshire (East Riding), England (GS Film no. 1342148 RG11/4754 f81 p5) Elizabeth Jane Traiys 63 F Head Widow Laundress b. Plymouth, Devon, England
John HODGSON 24 M Lodger Single Engine Fitter b. Keighley, Yorks
1891 Census. 12 Lime Terrace, Drypool, Kingston upon Hull (RG12/3922 f142 p17) Elizabeth TRAY Head Widow 73 Living on her own means b. Plymouth, DEV 1893 d. Elizabeth TRAYES age _4 (Sculcoates RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1893 9d 111) RETURN to START of DATA for SAMUEL TREAYS JUNIOR
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Son - David TREAYS
1817 b. 30Mar1817) c. 23Apr1817) Stoke Damerel. David s/o Samuel & Ann TREAYS, Dock, Labourer (FMP image) 1828 i. 09Nov1828 Stoke Damerel. David TREAYS, Lower Swilly, 11yrs 8 mos (FMP image, ER) RETURN to START of DATA for DAVID TREAYS
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Son - William TREAYS
1821 c. 23Sep1821 Stoke Damerel. William Marten TREAYS s/o Samuel & Ann TREAYS abode: Dock, Labourer (FMP image) 1854 m. William Martin TREAYS and Elizabeth PETERS (Stoke Damerel RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1854 5b 542) 1871 Census 7 Boot Lane Morice Ward St Paul Devonport (RG10/2133 f46 p17) William Treays Head Widower 49 Unemployed labourer b. Devonport
Samuel Treays Son 9 b. Devonport1881 d. 18May1881) i. 21May1881) Stoke Damerel. William TRAYS, Workhouse. Age 60 (FMP image) 1881 d. William Trays Age 60 (Stoke Damerel Apr-May-Jun 1881 5b 222) Wife - Elizabeth PETERS 1870 d. Elizabeth TREAYS age 44 (Stoke Damerel RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1870 5b 226) Son - William Henry TREAYS 1858 b. 18Mar1858 Stoke Damerel. William Henry TREAYS s/o William Martin & Elizabeth TREAYS, labourer of Devonport (FMP image) c. 05Apr1858 1859 i. 22Apr1859 d. 27Apr1859 Stoke Damerel. William Henry TRAYES of Swilly age 13m (FMP Image) 1859 d. William Henry Treays (Stoke Damerel Apr-May-Jun 1859 5b 217) Son - Samuel TREAYS 1861 b. Samuel Trays (Stoke Damerel RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1861 5b 303) 1871 Census. Living with father in Devonport. 1881 1881 HMS Euryalus (RG11 5634/95 p23) Samuel TREAYS Unm Ordinary Seaman age 18 b Devon 1863 1884 m. Samuel TREAYS and Emma Jane FROST (Stoke Damerel RD Apr-May-Jun 1884 5b 528) 1884 m. 11May1884 St James, Devonport (FS Plymouth & W. Devon) Samuel TREAYS age 22 bachelor, Seaman HMS Valiant, 25 Moon Street s/o William TREAYS decd (signs)
& Emma Jane FROST age 19, Spinster, 25 Moon Street d/o William Henry FROST, Shipwright (signs)
Witnesses: William Henry FROST (signs), Mary Jane WOTTON (signs)1889 Service record for Royal Navy(NAI ADM188/123) Samuel Treays dob 05Aug1862 b. Stoke Damerel, Devon Engagement: 05Aug1880 10 years 5' 0". Light brown hair. Grey eyes. Fair complexion 5' 4". Light brown hair. Blue eyes. Fair complexion (different description underneath first) 1878 26Apr1878 "Implacable" 1880 09Feb1880 - 05Aug1880 "Euryalus" ....... (many more ships - only notable events below - character normally Fair) 1883 27Feb1883 - 19June 1883 R. Adelaide Character : Fair Discharged: Bodmin Gaol Req'd as T.M. 06Jun1883 1883 25Sep1883 - 16Nov1883 Fair 31Dec1883 Valiant Cells 10 days 1883 27Nov1883 - 09Sep1884 Good 31Dec1884 Valiant Cells 10 days 1886 12Nov1886 - 08Sep1887 Fair 31Dec1887 Urgent Cells 1887 14Sep1887 - 03Nov1887 Kingstown Gaol 30 days Impt 1888 13Oct1888 - 20Jan1889 "Duke of Wellington" Lewes Gaol 28 days Impt Cells 14 days L895/89 Objectionable 1889 18Feb1889 - 01Apr1889 "Duke of Wellington" Character : Bad 1889 15Apr1889 W(?) to shore on 15April'89 as undesirable (at expiration of cell punishment) 1894 02Apr1894 Note. Not allowed to re-enter. "Corner of Certificate cut off" 1891 Census4 Pond Lane Stoke Damerel (RG12/1740 d3 f42 p15 s121) BREWER Betsy Head M F 48 b. Cornwall - Luxulion(Originally: Cornwall - Luxilan)
TREAYS Samuel Boardr S M 30 General Labourer(Em'ee) b. Devon - Devonport
plus others NOTE: As Samuel is described as a Boarder, he and Emma appear to have separated.1891 12 Morice St., Stoke Damerel (RG12/1743 d3 f73 p32 sch251) TREAYS Emma Head M F 25 Charwoman(Em'ee) b. Devon - Stoke Damerel
TREAYS Beatrice Dau S F 2 b. Devon - Stoke Damerel1901 Census. 54a Mount St., Devonport. (2107 f91 p33)
Emma J TREAYS Wife Mar 34 b. Devonport
Beatrice E TREAYS Daur Unm 12 b. Devonport
John W FROST Bro Unm 20 Machinist Ship Fitting b. Devonport
NOTE: Previous dwelling has William BLIGHT with wife Alice.1902 d. Emma Jane Treays age 38 (Devonport RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1902 5b 208) i. 20Nov1902 Stoke Damerel. Emma Jane TRAYS, Ordnance Street, 38 yrs (FMP image)
Headstone detailing the deaths of: William Henry Frost, 15 October 1887, aged 51 years;
Mary Jane Frost, 1 June 1891, aged 56 years;
Emma Jane Treays , 13 November 1902, aged 38 years and
Rosina Gertrude Frost, 8 March 1909, aged 37 years, Stoke Damerel burial ground, Milehouse, Plymouth1906 m. Samuel TREAYS & Emily Claudine TERRELL (Plymouth RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1906 5b 624) 1911 Census. 17 Clyde St, Devonport. (RG14 p13039 d12) Samuel TREAYS Head Mar 49 General Labourer b. Stoke Damerel Emily TREAYS Wife Mar 40 b. Stonehouse Married 5 years. No children. 2 Rooms (inc Kitchen, ex Bathroom) 1931 d. Emily C Treays age 61 (Plymouth RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1931 5b 376) 1938 m. Samuel TREAYS & Elizabeth A KEYES (Plymouth RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1938 5b 675) 1945 d. Samuel TREAYS age 84 (Plymouth RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1945 5b 443) 1946 d. Elizabeth A TREAYS age 78 (Plymouth RD Apr-May-Jun 1946 5b 385) Daur - Beatrice Ellen TREAYS 1888 b. Beatrice Ellen Treays (Stoke Damerel RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1888 5b 316) 1909 1909 m. Beatrice Ellen TREAYS & Leigh Henry PIDDUCK (Devonport RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1909 5b 745) 1911 Census. 3 Duncan Street, St Aubyn, Plymouth (RG14 13022) Leigh Henry PIDDUCK Head Mar 23 Police Constable b. Lostwithiel
Beatrice Ellen PIDDUCK Wife Mar 22 b. Devonport
Clifford Henry PIDDUCK Son 2mos b. Devonport
Married 1 yr. 1 child. 1 child alive. 2 roomsRETURN to START of DATA for William TREAYS
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Daughter - Mary Ann TREAYS
1826 c. 23Apr1826 Stoke Damerel. Mary Ann d/o Samuel & Ann TREAYS abode: Devonport Labourer (FMP image) 1841 Census. Living with her parents aged 15 RETURN to START of DATA for Mary TREAYS
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Son - Eljah TREAYS
1828 c. 04May1828 Stoke Damerel. Elijah TREAYS s/o Samuel & Ann TREAYS abode: Devonport Sawyer (FMP image) 1848 m. Elijah Treays and Ann Maria NETTING (East Stonehouse RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1848 9 414) ay-Jun 1887 5b 191) RETURN to START of DATA for Elijah TREAYS
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Daughter - Maria TREAYS
1831 c. 22---1831 Stoke Damerel. Maria TREAYS d/o Samuel & Ann TREAYS abode: Stoke Labourer in Dockyard (FMP image) 1841 Census. Living with parents. 1851 Census. Living with parents on farm at Middle Swilly 1854 m. 09Apr1854 Plymouth, Charles. (FMP image) James Yeo BRAY of full age bachelor mariner s/o John Bray, mariner (signs)
Maria TREAYS of full age Spinster, 1 Norley Cottages d/o Samuel TREAYS, yeoman (signs)
Witnesses: Emma Treays, Samuel Trase (both sign)
1861 Census. 42 Southside Street, Plymouth St Andrew. (RG9/1445 f43 p9 s52) James Y BRAY Head 37 Fisherman b. Plymouth
Maria BRAY Wife 30 b. Plymouth
James A BRAY Son 2 b. Plymouth
Samuel BRAY Son 1 b. Plymouth
1871 Census. Vintry Street, Plymouth St Andrew. (2123 f67 p34) James Y BRAY Head 48 Fisherman b. Plymouth
Maria BRAY Wife 41 b. Plymouth
James A BRAY Son 12 Working at Factory b. Plymouth
Samuel BRAY Son 11 Working at Factory b. Plymouth
John BRAY Son 9 Scholar b. Plymouth
Harriett BRAY Daur 3 Scholar b. Plymouth
William BRAY Son 5 Scholar b. Plymouth1881 Census. 5 Vintry Street, Plymouth St Andrew (RG11/2201 f67 p33) James Y BRAY Head 58 Fisherman b. Plymouth
Maria BRAY Wife 50 b. Stoke Damerel
William BRAY Son 15 Apprentice Sailmaking b. Plymouth
Harriet BRAY Daur 13 Scholar b. Plymouth
1891 Census 5 Woolster St., Plymouth (1737 f32 p24) George BRAY Head Mar 32 Seaman 2nd Class PO Royal Navy b. Plymouth DEV
Harriett M BRAY Wife Mar 23 b. Plymouth DEV
Samuel T BRAY Son 2 b. Plymouth DEV
James Y BRAY Son 1 b. Plymouth DEV
Maria BRAY Mother in Law Widow 60 b. Plymouth DEV
1901 Census 5 Woolster St., Plymouth (2101 f30 p37) Samuel T BRAY Head Unm 41 Labourer in Saw Mills b. Plymouth
Maria BRAY Mother Widow 70 b. Devonport1901 d. Maria BRAY age 70 (Plymouth RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1901 5b 188) NOTE: Daughter Harriet & her family are living in the same property. Maria's husband - James Yeo BRAY 1890 d. James Yeo BRAY age 66 (Plymouth RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1890 5b 250) Son - James Arcturus Yeo BRAY 1858 b. James Arcturus Yeo BRAY (b. Plympton RD Apr-May-Jun 1858 5b 269) 1858 b. 11May1858 c. 05Sep1858 Stoke Damerel. James Arcturus Yeo BRAY s/o James Yeo BRAY, Fisherman, & Maria
NOTE: On the same day William Marten Treays (Maria's brother) christened his son William Henry at the same church.1858 b. Plymouth St Andrew 11May1858 James Yeo BRAY Official no. 81706 (NAI - ADM 188/74/81706 -1873) 1861 Census. Living with parents in Plymouth 1871 Census. Living with parents aged 12. Working in a factory. 1873 Registered with Admiralty - see 1858 birth record 1885 d. James Yeo BRAY age 26 (Plymouth RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1885 5b 214) Son - Samuel Treays BRAY 1860 b. Samuel BRAY (Plympton RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1860 5b 218) 1861 Census. Living with parents. 1871 Census. Living with parents. Working in a factory 1874 Samuel Treays Bray. Birth: 19Oct1858 St Andrews Plymouth. Official No: 85504 (ADM 188/81/85504) 1881 Census. Not yet examined. 1891 Census. Not yet examined. 1901 Living with mother at 5 Woolster St. 1928 d. Samuel T BRAY aged 68 (Plymouth RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1928 5b 286) Son - John Rogers BRAY 1861 b. John Rogers BRAY (Plymouth RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1861 5b 262) 1871 Census. Living with parents. Scholar aged 9. 1881 Census. John R BRAY, age 19, Ordinary Seaman on "Royal Adelaide" based Devonport (RG11 2210/102 p26) 1884 m. 06Mar1884 Plymouth Charles. (FMP) John Rogers BRAY 22 Bachelor Seaman HMS Cambridge s/o James BRAY
Mary Annie GALSWORTHY 22 Spinster 2 Shaftesbury Cottages d/o William GALSWORTHY
Witnesses: James BRAY, Bessie GALSWORTHY1884 m. John Rogers BRAY & Mary Annie GALSWORTHY (Plymouth Rd Apr-May-Jun 1884 5b 409) 1891 Census. 2 Shaftesbury Place, Plymouth John R BRAY Head M 29 Petty Officer RN b. Plymouth
Mary A BRAY Wife M 29 b. Plymouth
James Yeo BRAY son 6 Scholar b. Plymouth
Mary A BRAY daur 1 b. Plymouth
John GALSWORTHY Boarder S 28 Bricklayer's Labourer b. Plymouth
Charles GALSWORTHY Boarder S 24 Baker b. Plymouth
Bessie GALSWORTHY Boarder 22 Domestic Servant b. Plymouth1901 Census. 32 Mount Street, St Lukes, Plymouth John R BRAY Head M 39 1st Class Petty Officer Dyd Reserve b. Plymouth
Mary A BRAY Wife M 39 b. Plymouth
James Yeo BRAY son 16 Baker's Apprentice b. Plymouth
Mary A BRAY daur 11 b. Plymouth
1937 d. John R BRAY age 67 (Plymouth RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1937 5b 503) Son - William Charles BRAY 1865 b. William Charles BRAY (Plymouth RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1865 5b 248) 1865 b. 19Jun1865 c. 11Jul1865 Holy Trinity Plymouth. William Charles BRAY s/o James Yeo BRAY, Fisherman, & Maria, 17 Castle Street 1871 Living with parents. Scholar 1881 Living with parents. Apprenticed to a sail maker. 1883 d. William Charles BRAY age 18 (Plymouth RD Oct-Nov-Dec 1883 5b 182) Daur. Harriet Maria BRAY 1868 b. Harriet Maria BRAY (Plymouth RD Jan-Feb-Mar 1868 5b 286) 1871 Census. Living with parents. Scholar. 1881 Census. Living with parents. Scholar. 1887 m. Harriet Maria BRAY & George BRAY (Plymouth RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1887 5b 418) 1891 Census. Living with husband, 2 sons, and mother at 5 Woolster St - see entry for mother. 1901 Census 5 Woolster St., Plymouth George BRAY Head Mar 42 A.B.Pensioner Dockyard Reserve b. Plymouth DEV
Harriett M BRAY Wife Mar 23 b. Plymouth DEV
Samuel P BRAY Son 12 Scholar b. Plymouth DEV
James Y BRAY Son 11 Scholar b. Plymouth DEV
NOTE: Maria her mother is living in same house with her brother Samuel1935 d. Harriet M BRAY aged 67 (Plymouth RD Jul-Aug-Sep 1935 5b 301) RETURN to START of DATA for Maria TREAYS
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Daughter - Ann Matilda Martin TREAYS
1851 b. 21Apr1851 c. 10Aug1851 Stoke Damerel. Ann Matilda Martyn TREAYS d/o Samuel and Ann TREAYS of Swilly, yeoman (FMP image) 1851 b. Ann Martin Trays (Stoke Damerel RD Apr-May-Jun 1851 9 472) NOTE: The parents married in 1812 - physically impossible for Ann to give birth in 1851 - needs further investigation.
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Date Section Change January2013 All Data Section added. 28Jun2014 All Additions - daughter Matilda, son Samuel's family, son William's family, details of Maria's family