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P9201

ID Number: P9201
Item Name: Image
Title: John V. Gray Residence / Résidence John V. Gray
Title (Fre): Résidence John V. Gray
Description: Black and white photograph of the north view of the John Vickers Gray residence; the house is a two-storey structure with a chimney in the centre of the roof; it has one window and a door on the main storey on this side; a woman is standing on a porch, holding open the outside door; a white picket fence surrounds the house and a wrought iron fence extends to the left of the house; a wooden sidewalk runs parallel to the fence and a grassy field, with a worn path running through it, is visible in the foreground; a church is visible in the background.
History: John Vickers Gray was born on May 29, 1870 in Sandwich to George Gray Jr. & Hannah Vollans. On June 30, 1896 he married Jane Elizabeth Wells, daughter of George Wells & Elizabeth Ure. John was involved in the construction business and in 1916 he started the John V. Gray Construction Co. Ltd. John and Elizabeth had two children: Dorothy Elizabeth & Margaret Helen (later Lawrence, the donor). John died on May 21, 1951.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Sandwich
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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