| [Index] |
| Susan Ella (Lal) GREY (1893 - ) |
| opera soprano |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Susan Ella (Lal) GREY (1893 - ) + Stephen Grant MACKAY |
Thomas William GREY (1863 - 1933) | William GREY (1825 - 1884) | John GREY (1794 - 1873) | |
| Dorothy WALTON (1802 - 1882) | ||||
| Jane WILLIS (1833 - 1908) | William WILLIS (1798 - 1880) | |||
| Mary (WILLIS) (1803 - 1867) | ||||
| Harriett Harriet Welbourne Welburn BARTLE (1860 - 1933) | Thomas BARTLE (1819 - 1873) | Francis BARTLE | ||
| Mary (BARTLE) | ||||
| Mary WELBOURNE (1821 - 1904) | George WELBOURNE | |||
| Mary LEIGHTON |
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| b. abt Mar 1893 at Tynemouth, Northumberland, England |
| m. 20 Dec 1928 Stephen Grant MACKAY at Tynemouth, Northumberland, England |
| Parents: |
| Thomas William GREY (1863 - 1933) |
| Harriett Harriet Welbourne Welburn BARTLE (1860 - 1933) |
| Siblings (4): |
| Thomas William GREY (1887 - ) |
| Mary Isabella (Bella) GREY (1889 - ) |
| Edith GREY (1898 - ) |
| Muriel Welbourn GREY (1904 - 1989) |
| Events in Susan Ella (Lal) GREY (1893 - )'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt Mar 1893 | Susan Ella (Lal) GREY was born | Tynemouth, Northumberland, England | Free BMD Mar 1893 10b 230 | ||
| 1901 | 8 | Census | Tynemouth, Northumberland, England | Gray | |
| 1911 | 18 | Census | Tynemouth, Northumberland, England | ||
| 20 Dec 1928 | 35 | Married Stephen Grant MACKAY | Tynemouth, Northumberland, England | FreeBMD Dec 1928 10b 318 | 18 |
| abt Mar 1933 | 40 | Death of father Thomas William GREY (aged 70) | Tynemouth, Northumberland, England | FreeBMD Mar 1933 10b 359 | |
| abt Dec 1933 | 40 | Death of mother Harriett Harriet Welbourne Welburn BARTLE (aged 73) | Tynemouth, Northumberland, England | Free BMD Dec 1933 10b 275 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Susan Ella (Auntie Lal) stayed at home until she married. She would help her mother at home. Harriet would have people to stay mainly during the summer months when they would come down to the coast for summer holidays. She did have a permanent resident called Mrs. Bolt, and when they moved over the road to the other side of Hotspur Street, she moved with them. Auntie Lal married Stephen Grant McKay on December 20th, 1928 at St George's Church, Cullercoats. Her husband was a widower; he had been married previously to Jean Hunter in 1924. Sadly she died in childbirth. They lived at 31, Preston Road, North Shields where Stephen had his dental practice. He was a qualified Dental Surgeon. They did not have any children but Ella did sadly suffer 2 miscarriages.
Stephen was not very tall and when he treated his patients at his surgery, he had to stand on a stool. He called the stool his shame. Auntie Lal was a keen member of Tynemouth Operatic Society and was a soprano with letters after her name, A L R C M. Whenever there was a show, Dorothy and Jean would always get tickets for the first night performance off Auntie Lal. She always had a good role in the performances and her name would be on the billboards outside the theatre. After her marriage she would still be named as Madame Edith Grey Lal was a member ofTynemouth Golf Club, and received a medal in a competition. The Tynemouth Union Workhouse was just over the road form where they lived. Auntie Lal recalled when a siren would go at about 120'clock. The gates to the workhouse would open and men would run into the street looking for tab ends. The workhouse was later Preston Hospital. David and Kevin were born there. |
| Source References: |
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| - Reference = Christine Grey 8 Nov 2011 (Marriage) |