Family [F171]
GREGG
Parents
ROBERT PATON GREGG {M} [P529] = MARGARET PERRY {F} [P528]
Married Wednesday 5 June 1929, WINDSOR ONTARIO CANADA (cert.)
ROBERT PATON GREGG:
Born Wednesday 12 July 1899, DARVEL AYRS SCOTLAND
Christened Sunday 10 December 1905, Darvel Ayrs by Rev. John W Jack minister.
Died Friday 4 November 1955, IPSWICH SUFFOLK ENGLAND
Buried IPSWICH LAWN CEMETARY[UB210]
OCCUPATION: Prof. Football Player/Engineer
SOURCE: certs.+M.I
Robert's surname was spelled GREIG on his birth certificate. Robert volunteered for Army Service during World War I at 17 years of age. After returning from active duty in Europe with the Royal Scots Regiment he started his career as a football player in Scotland. He emigrated to USA via Canada in May 1926 where he joined the newly formed North American Football League.
Canadian Immigration Records (1925-1935):
Surname: Gregg. Given name: Robert.
Age: 26.
Sex: M. Nationality: Sco
Date of arrival: 26 May 1926.
Port of arrival: Quebec , Quebec
Ship: MONTROSE , Canadian Pacific. Reference:
RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a.
Volume: 1926 volume 4. Page: 196
Robert met and married Margaret Perry and they lived and worked in Canada, and then America where their first two children, Margaret & Robert were born. They then returned to Scotland in late C.1934 and later to Suffolk England. They lived and worked on an agricultural smallholding at Newborn - where in 1940 son Archibald was born. During World War II they moved to Ipswich where they remained for the rest of their lives. Alexander was born in Sunderland County Durham in 1944. Margaret his mother had temporarily travelled there for the birth.
Robert died aged 56 on 4 Nov 1955 at Ipswich Suffolk England. An elder brother John died in Ballochmyle Hospital Ayrshire earlier that same year aged 69. Two 'comedians' in that Robert was born and baptised GREIG and used GREGG whereas John was born and baptised GREGG and used GREIG!
Registration of Grave.
COUNTY BOROUGH OF IPSWICH
We The Mayor Alderman and Burgess of the Borough of Ipswich (hereinafter called " the Corporation" being the Burial Authority for the purposes of the Burial Acts 1852 to 1906 for the County Borough of Ipswich aforesaid IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of £4.(Four Pounds) to us paid by Margaret Gregg of 32 Dover Road Ipswich ("herinafter called the Grantee") do hereby grant unto the Grantee the exclusive right of burial in a piece of ground measuring four feet wide and eight feet long in section UB Division in the Ipswich Cemetery and which piece of ground is numbered 210 in the register of purchased graves and on the plan of the said cemetery TO HOLD the same unto the Grantee in perpetuity for the purpose of burial subject nevertheless to the provisions of the said Acts and to the fees and regulations payable and in force for the time being respecting the said Cemetery or the portion thereof in which the said piece of ground is situate and subject to the following conditions:-
No human ashes or cremated remains shall at any time be interred in or strewn or placed upon the said piece of ground which is subject of this Grant or in or upon any monument gravestone or tablet errected thereon Provided that this condition shall cease to have effect on the interment in the said piece of ground of any human remains which have not been cremated.
IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto affixed our Common Seal this Twenty Third day of November 1955. The Common Seal of the Mayor Alderman and Burgess of the Borough of Ipswich was hereunto affixed in the presence of:-
C.G Rushen MAYOR, J.Clueson TOWN CLERK, C.A.Garnham REGISTRAR and SUPERINTENDENT
MARGARET PERRY:
Alias Margaret GREGG (Wednesday 5 June 1929)
Born Tuesday 10 April 1906, 7 Sussex St. Sunderland Co Durham Eng.
Died Monday 10 July 1995, 57 Crabb Street Ipswich Suffolk UK
Buried Wednesday 19 July 1995, Ipswich Lawn Cemetery [UB210]
OCCUPATION: Food Catering Company Owner
SOURCE: Certs.
Birth Cert. :Reg District Sunderland: D6101 No.7 Entry 133. Vol 10a/Page731
Emigrated to Canada in July 1925 following her older sisters Marion and Charlotte. Married Robert Paton Gregg whom she met through her brother Archie also living in Canada at that time. Robert and Archie were colleagues in professional football teams. Margaret and Robert returned to England in mid 1930's. Margaret lived at Ipswich Suffolk from 1941 to 1995. She died aged 89 and is the second longest surviving[at 2005] person within these records.
Margaret emigrated to Canada in 1925 returning to UK in mid 1930's
Canda Imigration records Immigration Records (1925-1935):
Surname: Perry
Given name: Margt.
Age: 19
Sex: F
Nationality: Br
Date of arrival: 1925/07/03 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of arrival: Quebec , Quebec
Ship: MONTROSE , Canadian Pacific
Reference: RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a
Volume: 1925 volume 7
Page: 16
Microfilm reel: T-14716
Children
Margaret GREGG {F} [P532] = Leslie Harold OLIVER {M} [P533] > Family [F172]
Married Saturday 5 August 1950, St Augustine's Church Ipswich Suffolk UK
Margaret GREGG:
Alias Margaret OLIVER
Born Thursday 21 November 1929, Chicago Ill. USA
OCCUPATION: Dental & Teaching Profession
Leslie Harold OLIVER:
Born Tuesday 4 October 1927, Ipswich Suffolk England
Died Thursday 16 January 1986, Cambridge Hospital
Buried Cambridge Cemetery
OCCUPATION: Sales rep.
Robert GREGG {M} [P534] = Daphne ALEN {F} [P535] > Family [F173]
Married Saturday 27 August 1955, St Helens Church Ipswich Suffolk
Robert GREGG:
Born Monday 30 March 1931, Chicago Ill. USA
OCCUPATION: Owner of Clothing Supply Company
Daphne ALEN:
Alias Daphne GREGG (Saturday 27 August 1955)
Born Thursday 21 April 1932, Whitam Essex England
Archibald Perry GREGG {M} [P536] = Maureen MACLEOD {F} [P537] > Family [F174]
Married Saturday 5 November 1966, Akrotiri Cyprus
Divorced 1976, Ipswich Suffolk England
Archibald Perry GREGG:
Born Friday 17 May 1940, Newbourne Suffolk England
Christened Friday 31 May 1940, Newbourne Suffolk England
OCCUPATION: RAF Service & Printing Co. Owner
Archie's second name Perry after mothers maiden name.
Maureen MACLEOD:
Alias Maureen GREGG (Saturday 5 November 1966)
Born Tuesday 15 April 1947, Aberdeen Sc.
Maureen's parents Roderick and Elizabeth (Mac and Bett).
Married Saturday 13 May 1978, Ipswich Suffolk England
Vera Eva STANDING:
Alias Vera Eva COOK (Thursday 14 August 1947)
Alias Vera Eva GREGG (Saturday 13 May 1978)
Born Thursday 14 August 1947, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Vera Eva Cook. 1st marriage = Gerald Standing(1965). Children:
1) Tracey Donna Standing b. 10/11/1965 Bury St. Edmunds.
2) Mechelle Standing b. 12/9/1967 Bury. St. Edmunds. = Ian Box b. 22 May 1966 Ipswich
Box= Standing Children:
a) = Kimberley Jayne [f] b.19 Jun 1995.
b) = Courtney Leanne [f] b.21 Nov 1997
ALEXANDER DOYLE GREGG {M} [P539] = QUEENIE DIANE PAGE {F} [P540] > Family [F176]
Married Saturday 18 September 1965, St. Thomas Church IPSWICH SUFFOLK ENGLAND
Divorced Wednesday 24 March 1976, Ipswich County Court Ref. 75 D 0748
ALEXANDER DOYLE GREGG:
Born Saturday 29 January 1944, Pennywell SUNDERLAND Co DURHAM ENGLAND
Christened Sunday 20 February 1944, Church of the Good Shepherd Sunderland
OCCUPATION: Electronics Eng. & Business Manager
SOURCE: Certs.
Alex's first name after maternal grandfather. Second name Doyle maiden name of paternal grandmother.
Birth cert. DC 059245 County Borough of Sunderland-Sub District Sunderland East-ENTRY No.191 in the Register Book of Births.
Baptism: 20 February 1944. Church of the Good Shepherd Sunderland. Sponsers/Godparents - Alexander Frederick Perry, Elizabeth Ann Perry and Alexander Frederick Perry Junior. Signed John F Walker priest in charge.
[P539] ALEXANDER DOYLE GREGG is the 2nd cousin of [P1748] MARGARET KNOX FLEMING
QUEENIE DIANE PAGE:
Alias QUEENIE DIANE GREGG (Saturday 18 September 1965)
Born Wednesday 31 May 1944, MISTLEY ESSEX ENGLAND
Now Married to Kevin Long
LORRAINE SUSAN KEELING:
Born Sunday 1 February 1953, Hackney London England
Now Married to Philip Geatches at Stowmarket.
Codes in square brackets "[]" are unique person/family identifiers.
{M} = Male; {F} = Female.
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