Fawcett Gray

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Police Constable

Birthplace Kings County Geashill IrelandPlace of Residence at HM Factory Gretna 4 Factory Police Camp Eastriggs Scotland Date of Birth: March 3, 1853 Date of Death: January 19, 2022

Biography

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Fawcett Gray

Gender: Male

Date and Place of Birth: 03/03/1853, at Geashill, Kings County, Ireland (4)

Date and Place of Death: 1933 aged 80 at Edmonton, Essex (1)

Nationality: Irish

Biography

Childhood

Born in Ireland, unable to find out any information about siblings.

Parents: Father: James Gray (1)

Mother: Ann (4)

Parent’s occupations: Father was a farmer (1)

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:

Occupation: Police constable / bus conductor (3) (4)

Place of residence at Gretna: 4, Factory Police Camp, Eastriggs

Job title at Gretna: Police constable

Marital status: Married

Spouse name (including male name):1st marriage – Sarah Beckett, born 1851 in Foxford, Co. Mayo, Ireland. (2) (3) (6)

Date of marriage: 1874 (6)

Place/Parish of marriage: Swineford, County Mayo, Ireland (6)

2nd marriage – Louisa Notley (widow) born 1856 (1)

Date of marriage: 27/12/1914

Place of marriage: All Hallows Church, Tottenham

Children: With Sarah – Anne born 1874

John born 1876

Jane born 1877

Fawcett born 22/10/ 1879

Sarah Louise born ? 1884

Diana Susan born 03/01/1882

William born 1888 (1) (2) (3) (7) (8)

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Trivia / any other information: Fawcett was a labourer before he joined the Royal Irish Constabulary on 06/04/1872, aged 19. His police number was 38568. He was allocated to County Mayo on 31/10/1872. (5)

According to the Petty Session records of Foxford, Co. Mayo, he made a number of arrests concerning people having no dog licenses, and allowing their cows to wander on a public road.

Fawcett resigned from the Irish police force on 04/01/1874 “ to better himself ” and moved to London. (5)

He joined the police at Great Scotland Yard on 16/03/1874 and was appointed acting sergeant on 12/04/1885. (4)

In 1881 he was living in 1, Victoria Villas, Chestnut Road, Tottenham with his wife Sarah and three children (2)

He resigned from the police (Highgate Division) on 16/07/1889 on a pension of £24 19s. 3d per annum. He was described as being 5 ft. 8 1/4 inches tall, brown hair, grey eyes and a fair complexion. His address at the time of his resignation was 27, Ranelagh Road, Wood Green, London. (4)

In 1901 he was living at 16 Hartington Road, Tottenham and by then had seven children. His occupation is given as a bus conductor. (3)

In 1918 he was a Police Constable at Gretna Factory and lived in Eastriggs with his wife Louisa. He died in Edmonton, Essex in 1933 aged 80. (1)

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