theotherwestrayfamilies

The Other Westray Families

This page has other Westrays whose trees I have researched because I thought that they might be related to mine. This one is distantly related through marriage.

Allen Blammer Westray

Born: 1879

Died: unknown

Father: John Westray (1839-1893)

Mother: Ellen Lamont

Ann Jane Westray

Born: 1841

Died: 1846

Father: William Westray (1809-1944)

Mother: Mary Ann Scrugham

Constance Ruth Westray

Born: 1896

Died: unknown

Father: Robinson Westray (1840-1919)

Mother: Constance E ?? (1860)

Married: Wyrriott Owen (1889) on 12/7/1928 in Marylebone (marriage certificate)

He was a Army Officer

Elizabeth Carruthers Westray

Born: 1874

Died: 1892

Father: John Westray (1839-1893)

Mother: Ellen Lamont

Eva Blammer Westray

Born: 1876

Died: 1877

Father: John Westray (1839-1893)

Mother: Ellen Lamont

Buried in Maryborough, Queensland

Fances M Westray

Born: 1896

Died: unknown

Father: Robinson Westray (1840-1919)

Mother: Constance E ?? (1860)

George Westray

Born: 1842

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Westray (1805)

Mother: Isabella Brown

Occupation: Eventually became a farmer in Natal.

Grace Mildred Westray

Born: 1878

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Westray (1839)

Mother: Martha (1841)

Occupation: Artist Painter

Born: Tittensor Staffs. Lived at Groundslow, Stone Staffordshire. Moved to 18 Culworth St, Marylebone London by 1901

Was the subject of three sketches by Augustus John which are in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Also painted by Sir William Orpen when they were at The Slade School of Fine Art together.

Portraits of Grace Westray

Hilda Stanley Westray

Born: 1878

Died: unknown

Father: John Westray (1840)

Mother: Dora (1845),

Married: Percy George Reading (1871) on 13^th October 1901 in Lee, Lewisham (Marriage Certificate). He was a Bank Clerk

Lived in Lewisham.

James Westray

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Westray (1839)

Mother: Martha

Lived at Groundslow, Stone Staffordshire

James Brown Westray

Born: 7/12/1837

Died: 1915 on the Isle of Wight

Occupation: Shipbroker and businessman. Founder of J.B. Westray & Co.

Father: Thomas Westray (1805)

Mother: Isabella

Married: Edith Anna Renshaw (1842-1918) on 24/10/1882 in St George, Hanover Square (marriage certificate).

Children: Thomas Renshaw Westray (1884-1922)

Christened 17/1/1838 Workington, Saint Michael. Lived in Lewisham, South London, Chelsea and the Isle of Wight

This was Edith Anna Renshaw's second marriage: the first was to Mr. Ralph. Her Father was Thomas Renshaw (Queens Council). Lived Deans Yard Westminster

Westrays at sea

James Guthrie Westray

Born: 1911

Died: 1937

Father: Thomas Renshaw Westray (1884-1921)

Mother: Miss Guthrie

Married: Joyce Pugh

Children: none

Occupation: Shipbroker and Lloyds underwriter in J.B. Westray & Co

Died in a plane accident and became a hero. See JGWestray

Jane Westray

Born: 1843

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Westray (1805)

Mother: Isabella Brown

Married: William Bell

Children: Mary Bell, Gertrude Bell, Winifred Marian Bell, William Westray Bell, Gawain Murdoch Bell (1877-1917) and James Foyster Bell.

William Westray Bell's child was Sir Gawain Westray Bell KCMG OBE Secretay of State to the Sudanese Government. Govener of Nigeria. British Political agent to Kuwait 1955-1957

Link to the Bell family

Jane Manoe Westray

Born: 1871

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Westray (1839)

Mother: Martha (1841)

Born Spital, Cheshire. Lived at Groundslow, Stone Staffordshire Moved to 18 Culworth St, Marylebone London by 1901

John Westray

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

Married: Frances Smith on 4/2/1799 in St Michael, Cumberland.

Children: Sarah, Thomas, William (1809-1844) & 1 unknown.

John Westray

Born: 1840

Died: 1896

Father: Thomas Westray (1805)

Mother: Isabella Brown

Occupation: Engineer. Established the firm of Westray & Forster in Barrow-in Furness with his brother Robinson. When this went bust his brother James found him a job in the London Docks. Was a Coucillor in Workington.

Married: Dora Blammer Christen Curwen (1845-1921), the daughter Henry Curwen (the Vicar of Workington) and Dora.

Children: Hilda Stanley Westray (1878), Mary Isobel Leigh Westray (1879) and Ellen (1881).

Lived in Lewisham.

John Westray

Born: 10/2/1839

Died: 1893

Father: William Westray (1809-1944)

Mother: Mary Ann Scrugham

Married; Ellen Lamont in Maryborough, Queensland

Occupation: Mariner. In 1872 John Westray from England was listed as an Able Bodied Seaman, 31 years old on Native Lass in Sydney

Children: Elizabeth Carruthers Westray (1874 -1892), Eva Blanmer Westray (1876 -1877), Rebecca Lamont Westray (1877), Allen Blammer Westray (1879), Margaret Ann Jenkinson Westray (1881) & William John Westray (1883)

Born in Cockermouth,Cumberland. Buried in Maryborough, Queensland after which the family moved to New Zealand.

Joseph Westray

Born: 1835

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Westray (1805)

Mother: Isabella Brown

Manin Westray

Born: 1876

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Westray (1839)

Mother: Martha

Lived at Groundslow, Stone Staffordshire

Margaret Westray

Born: 1836

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Westray (1805)

Mother: Isabella Brown

Married: John Thornley Rector of Workington, and honorary canon of Carlisle Cathedral

Children: Thomas Thornley, Marine Engineer with the New Zealand shipping Co. until he married and settled in Australia where he had a daughter Ellen.

Margaret Ann Jenkinson Westray

Born: 1881

Died: unknown

Father: John Westray (1839-1893)

Mother: Ellen Lamont

Martha Westray

Born: 1873

Died: 1957

Father: Thomas Westray (1839)

Mother: Martha (1841)

Occupation: Self Employed Medical Gymnast

Born: Spital, Cheshire. Lived at Groundslow, Stone Staffordshire. Moved to 18 Culworth St, Marylebone London by 1901

Mary Isobel Leigh Westray

Born: 1879

Died: unknown

Father: John Westray (1840)

Mother: Dora (1845),

Married: Henry Emmerson Shipp on 20/8/1902 in Lee, Lewisham (Marriage Certificate). He was an Estate Agent.

Lived in Lewisham.

Rebecca Lamont Westray

Born: 1877

Died: 2/6/1962

Father: John Westray (1839-1893)

Mother: Ellen Lamont

Married: John Edward Merson

Died in Wellsford, New Zealand

John Merson was born in Queensland Australia in 1877 and died in Auclkand NZ 30/8/1923. Served in WW1

Robinson Westray

Born: 1840

Died: 1919

Father: Thomas Westray (1805)

Mother: Isabella Brown

Married: Constance E ??? (1840)

Children: Constance Ruth (1896), Frances M (1896)

Occupation: Engineer. Established the firm of Westray & Forster in Barrow-in Furness. Went to work in his brother's company.

Born Workington, lived at Abbey Road, Barrow in Furness with two servants in 1881 Census

Sarah Westray

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

Father: John Westray

Mother: Frances Smith

Thomas Westray

Born: unknown in Whitehaven

Died: unknown

Occupation: Coal Merchant in Workington at Brow Top

Father: John Westray

Mother: Frances Smith

Married: Isabella Brown in 1834

Children: Joseph Westray (1835), Margaret (1836), James Brown (1837), John (1840), Robinson (1840), George (1842), Thomas and Jane (1843).

Workington Parish

Like Whitehaven and the other ports on this coast, the principal export trade is conveying coal to Ireland and lime to Scotland, but some of the vessels trade to America and the Baltic. The imports consist chiefly of timber, with some hemp, &c. For five years previous to 1813, the average annual exports from the Workington collieries, belonging to Mr. Curwen, was about 28,000 waggon loads. "About the year 1816, Mr. Curwen had only four pits in working, in which about 400 persons were employed. Ten years later, 200,000 tons were annually shipped from the collieries of Mr. Curwen, Mr. John Fletcher, and Mr. Thomas Westray. In 1837, there were 15,734 waggon loads (each containing 48 cwt.) shipped at Workington, from the coal mines of Henry Curwen, Esq."

FROM Mannix & Whellan, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, 1847

Thomas Westray

Born: 1839

Died: 1916

Father: Thomas Westray (1805)

Mother: Isabella Brown

Married: Martha (b. 1841)

Children: Jane Manoe (1871), Martha (1873), Manin (1876), Grace (1878) and James

Occupation: Farmer of 470 acres at Groundslow, Stone Staffordshire with 10 labourers & 2 boys

Thomas Renshaw Westray

Born: 1/4/1884 (birth certificate)