Shirley Bongers' Family History Database

Narrative

Ruth was born in Church St, Parramatta. in 1854 # to John Gray & Margaret Dunn.
I applied for Ruth's Death Cert. on 19/5/1986. She died on 2 Oct.1911 of Carcinoma Abdominal for 10mths. She was 57yrs old. Her father was John Gray, Bootmaker, mother unknown. I couldn't find a Death Notice in SMH for Ruth.
FUNERAL - BONGERS - The Friends of Mr. H.J.Bongers & Family are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of his beloved Wife & their Mother, RUTH; to leave her late residence, Macquarie Rd, Auburn, this Tuesday at 2pm, for Baptist Cemetery, Rookwood.

Events

Event	Date	Place
Birth	1854-07-17	Parramatta NSW

Christening	1854-09-03	St Johns CofE Parramatta NSW(#2232 Vol40)

Death	1911-10-02	Macquarie Rd Auburn NSW

Burial	1911-10-03	Rookwood Baptist Cemetry, Lidcombe NSW

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Gray, John	1830-05-03	1901-06-09
Mother	Dunn, Margaret	1830	1863-09-26
	Gray, Ruth	1854-07-17	1911-10-02
Brother	Gray, Robert Joseph	1855-12-18	1917-02-01
Sister	Gray, Caroline Adeline Louisa	1858-09-20	1952-06-10
Sister	Gray, Alice Jessie	1861-03-02	1861-04-06

Families

Family of Bongers, Hendrick John (Compositor) and Gray, Ruth

Married

Husband

Bongers, Hendrick John (Compositor) ( * 1859-08-28 + 1939-01-14 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	1882-04-08	Bride’s home Parramatta NSW #4123

Narrative

TROVE - On the 8th April, 1882, at the residence of the Bride's parents, by the Rev. A. Lloyd, Hendrick John , eldest son of Mr. Gysbert Bongers, to Ruth, eldest daughter of Mr. John Gray, both of Parramatta.

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Bongers, Georgina Ruth	1883-07-29	1942-03-25
Bongers, Reginald	1885-06-07	1885-09-17
Bongers, Beatrice	1887-01-14	1889-05-20
Bongers, Harold Gray	1889-01-20	1966-06-27
Bongers, Margaret Elizabeth	1891-11-01	1972-08-12
Bongers, Albert Frazer	1894-02-24	1960-06-20
Bongers, Hendrick John “John”	1897-01-11	1916-08-12
Bongers, Leslie	1899-05-03	1971-05-18