Person:Thomas Gray (56)

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Name Thomas Gray
Gender Male
Birth? 1842 Ireland
Marriage 1863 Irelandto Ellen Cowie
Immigration[1] 1869
Death? Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

The Gray family settled in the poor Irish tenement district in Brooklyn. They were a broken family, living at 362 Hicks Street between Pacific & Amity Streets. The block was dubbed the "Oceanic" houses and was well known for its squalor and misery. Bridget Gray worked as a nurse at the Long Island College Hospital in 1887 where she met Joseph Nolan, an educated Irish engineer.

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  1. After Leaving Their Oldest Children in Ireland, Thomas & Ellen Moved to England and Had Two More Children before He Emigrated and Later Sent for His Family.|After leaving their oldest children in Ireland, Thomas & Ellen moved to England and had two more children before he emigrated and later sent for his family.