Author talk:Hester Alice Gray

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ACAD

• https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=gray&suro=w&fir=&firo=b&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=GIRTON&maxcount=50

Hester Alice MACDONALD
Gray, Hester Alice, Mrs
Approx. lifespan: 1875–1973
Matric Girton College 1895
b. [Glasgow, [Scotland],] 1875:03:25
dau. of Charles MACDONALD East India merchant: of [Alder Bank, Bowdon, Cheshire ,]
dau. of Ella Louise POLLOCK
m. Rev. Robert Miller GRAY 1906
1 dau.
mother of Joan Elizabeth MACDONALD
Joan Elizabeth MACDONALD
Mrs Joan Elizabeth LAYTON
Sch: priv. school [ London ,]
Sch: priv. school [ Switzerland ,]
Girton College 1895-98:04ET:
Class.Trip., Pt I, Cl.III, div. 2 1898
MA 1930 .
Class. Mistress: Sch: Wimbledon High School [[Wimbledon], [Surrey],] 1898-1906
special correspondent: for Manchester Guardian [Bombay, [India],] 1906-12
journalism: in [ England ,] since1912
Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for public service in [ India ,] 1914
Member: of Ches. Education Cttee [ Cheshire ,] .
Member: of Surrey Education Cttee [ Surrey ,]
Publ.: Enquiry into the facilities for higher education of girls in India 1915
Publ.: 'Education' (i.e. of women in India) in The key of progress 1923
Publ.: 'Women in Indian politics' in Political India 1930
Publ.: 'Women' in Modern India and the West 1937
Publ.: rptd. separately 1940
Address 36 Well Walk, Hampstead, [London], , N.W.3 .

1939 Register

Name: Hester A Gray
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1875
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 36
Residence Place: Hampstead, London, England
Occupation: Authoress
Line Number: 10
Schedule Number: 175
Sub Schedule Number: 2
Enumeration District: Akad
Borough: Hampstead
Registration district: 8/1 142
Inferred Spouse: Robert M Gray
Household Members (Name) Age
Robert M Gray 77
Hester A Gray 64
Eda D Macdonald 56
Violet ?? Gardon 34

birth

• India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Name: Hester Alice Macdonald
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1875
Baptism Date: 24 Nov 1875
Baptism Age: 0
Baptism Place: Bombay, Bombay, India
Father: Charles Macdonald
Mother: Ella Louise
Reference ID: v 50 p 46
FHL Film Number: 523852

death

• FreeBMD

Name: Hester A Gray
Death Age: 89
Registration Date: Sep Q. 1964
Registration District: Hampstead
Volume: 5c
Page: 692

probate

• Calendar of the Grants ...

Name: Hester Alice Gray of 36 Well Walk London
Death Date: 11 Jul 1964
Death Place: London, England
Probate Date: 12 Nov 1964
Probate Registry: London, England

census

• 1911 England

Name: Hester Alice Gray
Age in 1911: 36
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Civil Parish: Bowdon
Street Address: Albert Sgman Bowdon, Cheshire
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Classical Teacher
Registration District Number: 445
Sub-registration District: Altrincham
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Piece: 21537
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Miller Gray 48
Hester Alice Gray 36
Mary Christian Gray 38
Sarah Hollingsworth 29

• 1881 England

Name: Hester A. Mc Donald
Age: 6
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: Charles Mc Donald
Mother: Ella L. Mc Donald
Gender: Female
Where born: Scotland
Civil Parish: Altrincham
Street Address: Ashley Road
Registration District: Altrincham
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Neighbors:
Piece: 3502
Folio: 48
Page Number: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Mc Donald 51, East India Merchant
Ella L. Mc Donald 39
Gertrude Mc Donald 7
Hester A. Mc Donald 6
Caroline J. Mc Donald 4
Allen Keith Mc Donald 1
Agnes Dawson 20
Louisa Johnson 24
Anne Murray 23
Elizabeth Stevens 24