Family Remembrance:2 "Percy Owen (1886-19??) was the sixth child of the Gray family. He married Adela Kate Skelton. I do not know a great deal about this family as regretfully we have not kept in touch. I remember Uncle Percy as a most kindly gentleman."

1884 Possible Birth Registration: Percy Owen Gray, birth, 1884 Q3 Jul-Sep, Lambeth, Greater London, London, Surrey, v. 1d, p. 461 (FreeBMD)

1891 British Census:2708
London, England (Battersea; Clapham Parliamentary Borough; St. Marks Ecclesiastical Parish)
Enumerated 5 April 1891
295 Lavender Hill
John E. Gray •• head, male, 41, builder & decorator, employer, born Hoxton, London
Eleanor S. •• wife, married, 40, born Eyke, Suffolk
George F. •• son, single, 18, carpenter apprentice, employed, born Pimlico, London
Eleanor S. •• daughter, single, 16, born Westminster, London
Florence E. •• daughter, single, 14, scholar, born Westminster, London
Rose E. •• daughter, single, 11, scholar, born Pimlico, London
Percy O. •• son, single, 6, scholar, born in Lambeth, London
Mabel V. •• daughter, single, 3, born in Wandsworth, London

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 Departure from UK:3093,3087 Empress of Ireland, departure 14 November 1907, Port of Liverpool, destination Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; G. F. Gray, Mason, age 27; P. O. Gray, laborer, age 24; Miss Gray, maid, age 19; Wm. Tippett, laborer, age 19; H. Grist, laborer, age 21. Laurence Gilbert not located on passenger list.

1907 Immigration to Canada:3084,3087 Empress of Ireland, landed at St. John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia, 20 December 1907, Percy O. Gray, age 23, can read and write, single, builder, born in England, Surrey, destination: Victoria; accompanied by brother George, sister Florence, brother Laurence, brother Cecil, future brother-in-law Harry Grist, and future brother-in-law William Tippet. Travelled on ocean ticket 86240, with railway ticket 72362.

1911 Marriage Certificate:1438 Percy Owen Gray, age 26, residing at 2826 Blackwood St., born London, England, bachelor, builder, father John E. Gray, mother Eleanor S. Gray; Adela Kate Skelton, 32 years, residing at Metchosin, born Etwell, Derbyshire, England, spinster, father Benjamin Skelton, mother Mary Skelton; witnesses, Ben Skelton of Metchosin, Florence E. Gray of Victoria; marriage date 1 February 1911; religious denomination, Church of England; married by license; St. John's Church, Victoria.

1911 Canadian Census:3005
British Columbia, Canada (Metchosin, Nanaimo)
Enumerated between 1-7 June 1911
Percy Owen Gray •• male, head, married, born July 1881 [!], age 30 [!], born in England, immigrated in 1907, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, contractor, works on own account, can read, write, and speak English
Adela Kate •• female, wife, married, born February 1881 [!], age 30 [!], born in England, immigrated in 1907, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, can read, write, and speak English

1953 Death Certificate:1428 Percy Owen Gray; death date, 19 April 1953; death place, 3923 Cumberland Street, Saanich, British Columbia; in Canada 46 years; male, Canadian citizen, married; birth place, London, England; birth date, 14 July 1884; age 68 years, 9 months, 5 days; occupation, retired chief steward; last worked, 3 years ago; wife, Adela Skelton; father, John Gray, England; mother, Eleanor Fosdick, England; burial Metchosin, B.C., St. Mary's Churchyard.