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P9202

ID Number: P9202
Item Name: Image
Title: John V. Gray Residence / Résidence John V. Gray
Title (Fre): Résidence John V. Gray
Description: Black and white view of the south side of the John Vickers Gray residence; the house is a two-storey dwelling; it has one window and one door on the side of the house at the left of the photograph; a man is seated on the porch between the window and door; the side of the house on the right of the photograph has three windows on the main storey and two windows on the second floor; additional one-storey buildings are visible behind the house, further to the right in the photograph; there is one chimney in the centre of the roof and a second, taller building with a chimney is visible behind the house, to the left in the photograph.
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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