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GREGORY, William
1847 - 1900 (52 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1810 - 1897 (87 years)-
Name GREGORY, William Birth 18 Sep 1847 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Male Death 21 Jun 1900 Hudson, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA Person ID I5023 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father GREGORY, James, b. 1814, Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 1874, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Mother ELSOM, Sarah, b. 1810, Moulton Chapel, Lincolnshire d. 1897, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 87 years) Relationship natural Marriage 6 Apr 1837 Holbeach, Lincolnshire Family ID F1737 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family .........., Susan d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2090 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 18 Sep 1847 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
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WILLIAM GREGORY 1847-
The birth of a William GREGORY was registered in 1847.
(GRO December Q 1847 Wisbech 14 164)
William, son of James and Sarah GREGORY labourer of Gaol Lane, was baptised at Wisbech St. Peter on 18 June 1848. He was born on 18 September 1847.
(CFHS)
From the 1851 census of Prospect Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
Sarah GREGORY, head, aged 39, married, manglewoman, born at Moulton, Lincolnshire;
Henry GREGORY, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Sarah Ann GREGORY, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Holbeach;
John GREGORY, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Holbeach;
*William GREGORY, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire;
Charlotte GREGORY, daughter, aged 1, born at Wisbech St. Peter;
Joseph SMITH, lodger, aged 50, married, tailor, born at Wisbech St. Peter.
(HO107/1766/515/18)
James GREGORY's whereabouts are unknown.
The 1861 census of 1 Prospect Place, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
James GREGORY, head, aged 43, agricultural labourer, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Sarah GREGORY, wife, aged 44, born at Moulton Chapel, Lincolnshire;
Sarah A GREGORY, daughter, aged 19, born at Holbeach;
*William GREGORY, son, aged 13, agricultural labourer, born at Wisbech;
Charlotte GREGORY, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Wisbech;
Mary A GREGORY, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Wisbech.
(RG9/1049/54/21)
From the Dexter Leader, 28 June 1900:
William GREGORY was born in Wisbech, England, on September 17 1847 and settled in Hudson [Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA] where he resided to the time of his death, which occurred on the 21st of June 1900. His wife Susan I. and four children survive him.
Mr. GREGORY was a communicant of St. James' church, Dexter, from which he was buried on 23rd of June, Rev. H. A. Stonex officiating.
(source: bgraustark via Ancestry)
Laura (bgraustark) wrote that he was the younger brother of her great great grandfather Henry GREGORY who also came to Michigan in the 1870s.
(revised 25.05.2010)