Family Remembrance:2 "Cecil Harold (1892-1962) was the youngest of 13 children born to Eleanor and John Gray. He had great personal charm and was a delightful human being who entertained us as children with his great musical talent. He married Hazel Winnifred Whittaker (1889-1957), a native of Victoria. Their wedding was quite a big social event.

1892 Possible Birth Registration: Cecil Harold Gray, birth, 1892 Q4 Oct-Dec, Wandsworth, London, Surrey, v. 1d, p. 662 (FreeBMD)

1901 British Census:212
London, England (Wandsworth)
Enumerated 31 March 1901
310 Merton Road
John E. Gray •• head, male, 51, builder, employer, born Hoxton, London
Eleanor S. •• wife, female, 50, born Eyke, Suffolk
Florence E. •• daughter, single, 24, born Westminster, London
Rose E. •• daughter, single, 21, born Lambeth, London
Percy O. •• son, 16, born Lambeth, London
Mabel V. •• daughter, 13, born Battersea, London
Lawrence G. •• son, 9, born Battersea, London
Cecil H. •• son, 8, born Battersea, London
Matilda Dormer •• servant, 14, household domestic, born Wandsworth, London
Brother George Fosdick Gray and family lived at 400A Merton Road

1907 Immigration:3084,3087 Empress of Ireland, landed at St. John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia, 20 December 1907, Cecil Gray, age 15, can read and write, single, scholar, born in England, Surrey, destination: Victoria; accompanied by brother George, sister Florence, brother Laurence, future brother-in-law Harry Grist, and future brother-in-law William Tippet. Travelled on ocean ticket 86242, with railway ticket 72363.

1911 Canadian Census:3004
British Columbia, Canada (Gordon Head, Saanich, Nanaimo)
Enumeration date not given
John E. Gray •• male, head, married, born June 1849, age 62, born in England, immigrated 1908, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, fruit grower, employer, works on own account on farm, has $1,500 life insurance, can read, write, and speak English
Elinor •• female, wife, married, born November 1850, age 60, born in England, immigrated 1908, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, can read, write, and speak English
Lawrence G. •• male, son, single, born September 1891, age 19, born in England, immigrated 1907, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, fruit grower, employer, works on own account on farm, can read, write, and speak English
Cecil H. •• male, son, single, born November 1892, age 18, born in England, immigrated 1907, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, works on own account on farm. can read, write, and speak English
Yick Ah •• male, works for, single, born January 1879, age 27, born in China, immigrated 1898, Chinese heritage, Chinese nationality, Confucian, berry picker, employee on farm, can read and write Chinese
Yin Ah •• male, works for, married, born March 1877, age 24, born in China, immigrated 1907, Chinese heritage, Chinese nationality, Confucian, berry picker, employee on farm, can read and write Chinese
St Wona Ah •• male, works for, single, born December 1888, age 22, immigrated 1911, Chinese heritage, Chinese nationality, Confucian, berry picker, employee on farm, can read and write Chinese

1914 Marriage Certificate:1436 Cecil Harold Gray, age 22, resident of Victoria, born in London, England, bachelor, carpenter, father John Edward Gray, mother Eleanor S. Fosdick; Hazel Winifred Whittaker, age 24, resident of Victoria, born in Victoria, spinster, father Samuel Whittaker, mother Christina Irvine; witnesses E.S. Gray, M. A. Irvine, residing in Victoria, married on 10 June 1914, Church of England, by banns, St. Barnabas Church.

1962 Death Certificate:1426 Cecil Harold Gray; death date, 24 February 1962; death place, Dr. Francis Nursing Home, Ganges, Salt Spring Island; in Canada 56 years; residence, 3948 Cedar Hill Road; male, Canadian citizen, widower; born, London, England; born, 13 November 1892; age 69; retired carpenter and contractor; last worked in 1947; wife, Hazel Winnifred Whittaker; father, John Edward Gray, England; Eleanor Sophia Gray, England; cremation, 27 February 1962, Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich.