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22-07-11, 21:11
Birth
13 Nov 1875
Jeuel Jabez Gray, parents John Gray, farm labourer, and Ruth Gray, formerly Barnes, at Limpenhoe, Norfolk.
[Limpenhoe is on the banks of the river Yare, about halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth]

Jeuel is a Biblical name, mentioned in Chronicles.

baptism
23 Jan 1876
St. Botolph's, Limpenhoe

Jeuel had 7 brothers and two sisters, although his eldest brother died in childhood.

1881
Limpenhoe
Jewel [sic] aged 5 scholar, at Limpenhoe with parents and siblings. His father is working as an ag lab

1891
Marsh Road, Common, Limpenhoe
Jeul [sic] with parents and siblings. John is working as a railway labourer plate

Several of Jeuel's brothers joined the police in London, but he was too short. He worked for the Cannon Brewery in Hoxton and in 1897 won a race at their annual Beanfeast.

1901
1, Forston Street, Shoreditch, London
Jeuel Gray boarder 25 distillers servant [this is for Tanqueray Gordon]

marriage
24 Jan 1907
St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, London
Jeuel Jabez Gray, artist to Annie Eliza Matthews
Both spouses were living at 34 Cowper Road, Stoke Newington, very close to the church. Jeuel was a boarder with Annie's mother and stepfather.

From 1907- 1916 they lived at 22 Brook Street, Stoke Newington and had 3 sons:

Jabez John Thomas b Dec 1907
Jeuel George 1910
Harry Samuel 1912

1911
22 Brooke Road, Stoke Newington
Jeuel Jabez Gray 35 artist and enlarger of photos
with wife Annie, sons Jabez and Jeuel and two lodgers (one of either sex)

1916 the family moved to 165 Church Street, Stoke Newington (now Stoke Newington Church Street), a shop with two-storey accommodation above.

Jeuel was a gunner with the Royal Field Artillery and spent some time at Chilham Camp in Kent.

1917
Jeuel's last child, William Frederick Randall Gray was born at 165 Stoke Newington Church Street.

In various directories from 1917-1938 Jeuel is listed as a photographer, photos artist, picture frame maker.

Death
14 Oct 1937 at Hackney Hospital, of hypertension & arteriosclerosis

Burial
date unknown
Southgate Cemetery, North London