Discoveries from the 1921 Census of England and Wales
Casting an eye down my patrilineal line, you can see that my grandfather's father is Cornelius Bray. This came as a big surprise to me and my cousins when I started researching our family back in 2016. You can read more about the discovery of our unexpected great-grandfather HERE . Cornelius Bray, now know as "The Rogue" in our family, was born on 18 September 1862 in Carnkie, Cornwall. He was the younger of the two children of James Bray and Mary Jane Pascoe. His sister, Elizabeth Jane (known as Bessie), was born two years earlier. James and Mary Jane married in Carnkie just a few months before Bessie was born. James was a twenty five year old tin miner and Mary Jane was twenty two. James died on 22 May 1864 having suffered from consumption (tuberculosis) for the months. He was the first of my great-great-grandparents to die. James Bray's death certificate purchased in 2016 Cornelius was only twenty one months when his father died. He would go though his life with