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Name

Gray, William "Boss"

Other Names

a.k.a. Boss Gray

Born

1819

Birthplace

Scotland

Spouse

Margaret Gray

Occupation

Gray was born in Scotland and emigrated to the Philadelphia area in 1849, where he worked in the building and construction material industry. He came to Inverhuron, ON around 1870 and built the property that would come to be down as Gray Castle or Grayhaven in the early 1870s.

Places

Inverhuron, ON ; Gray Castle/Grayhaven

Sources

Biographical information added from newspaper article that is part of the display board listed under A2007.001.002. -TS3/18/2021

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