Joshua William Le Ray of Bristol
(-1890)
Elizabeth
(-1898)
Edwin Edward Page of Roath
(1829-1873)
Margaret Sarah Davis
(1830-1886)
Edwin Le Ray of Cardiff
(1857-1939)
Alice Maud Page
(1867-1950)
Edwin Henry Page Le Ray of Cardiff
(1895-1985)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Edith Jane Sheppard

Edwin Henry Page Le Ray of Cardiff

  • Born: 25 Dec 1895, 81 Richards Terrace, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
  • Christened: 21 Jan 1896, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 1
  • Married: 1928, Bristol District, Gloucestershire, England 2
  • Died: 19 Jan 1985, 6 Harrissmith Rd., Penylan, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 3 5

  Research Notes:

LE RAY.—On Wednesday, the 25th inst., at 81, Richards-terrace, Roath, the wife of Edwin Le Ray, of a son.

South Wales Daily News, Friday, 27 Dec 1895, p. 4

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Edwiin Henry Page son of Edwin Le Ray of 81 Richards Ter, merchant, and Alice Maud (baptismal record)

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Edwin Le Ray, enlisted in WWI on 28 Sep 1914 and was discharged on 13 Nov 1918. He was part of the Royal Engineers I.W & D. Unit and held the rank of Sapper. 4

In the 1939 Register Edwin H P Le Ray (b. 25 Dec 1896*), ship store merchant, and wife Edith J Le Ray (b. 28 Dec 1896*), unpaid domestic duties, were living at 6 Harrismith Road, Cardiff.

* The correct year is 1895.

In March 1956 Edward Henry Page Le Ray, wholesale merchant, was granted Probate of the personal effects of his late aunt Mabel Ada Geard, widow.

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Edwin Henry Page Le Ray of 6 Harrissmith Rd Penylan Cardiff died 19 January 1985. Probate Llandaff 28 February. Effects £65230. 5

  Marriage Information:

Edwin married Edith Jane Sheppard, daughter of Henry John Hardwicke Sheppard and Elizabeth, in 1928 in the Bristol District, Gloucestershire, England. (Edith Jane Sheppard was born on 28 Dec 1895 in Bedminster, Somerset, England, christened on 2 Feb 1896 in St. John, Bedminster, Somerset, England, and died on 1 Apr 1974 at 6 Harrissmith Rd., Penylan, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.)

Sources


1 Roath Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 41, no. 324.

2 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Bristol district, 1st Quarter, vol. 6a, p. 13.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, South Glamorgan district, 1st Quarter, vol. 28, p. 1641 (date of birth recorded).

4 Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920.

5 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1985, p. 6984.


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