William Wray
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| Dr William Wray | |||||||||
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| Born | 1830 | ||||||||
| Died | 1871 | ||||||||
| Residence | Burton Strather, Brigg, Lincolnshire | ||||||||
| Occupation | business | ||||||||
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proposed 1870.10.25
1871 The death was announced of Mr Wm Wray of Burton Stather.
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WILLIAM WRAY was born in 1830 at Burton Stather in Lincolnshire, and was brought up to the shipbuilding business of his father, Mr. John Wray, at that place; and in 1857 he assumed the management of the business.
Having acquired a good knowledge of the principles of shipbuilding, he introduced improvements in the lines of the numerous brigs, schooners, fishing smacks, and other vessels built by his firm.
He died on 5th June 1871 at the age of forty-one.
He became a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1866.
