Harold Wilburn Gray

1900 - 1950  (50 years)

• Name	Harold Wilburn Gray
  Born	1900	Hammond, , Ontario   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Gray Brothers
  Business	Gray Cabs
  Business	Harold W. Gray Funeral Home
  Occupation	1923	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	undertaker
  Elected Office	1947	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Alderman - Galt
  Residence	1950	5 Lincoln Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-127461
  Died	22 Feb 1950	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I127461	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Isabel Margaret Atkinson,   b. Apr 1899, Milton, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1973  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1923	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Harold L. "Bud" Gray,   b. 1927, Of, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 1980, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F49920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Many citizens were shocked today to learn of the sudden passing of Ald. Harold W. Gray, popular civic official and well known business man. Mr. Gray died suddenly of a heart attack just as he was leaving his home at 5 Lincoln avenue at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Gray was born near Ottawa and received his early education in that district. For eight years he was an embalmer for an Ottawa firm. In 1921 he came to Galt and from then until 1929 he was employed with T. Little and Son Ltd. After two years in Toronto with the firm of McDougall and Brown he returned to the city and established his own business which became known as Harold W. Gray Funeral Home. For some time his brother was in partnership with him when the business operated in Galt and Preston as Gray Brothers. In 1947 Mr. Gray sold his business which is now known as the W. R. Coutts Funeral Home. Since last August Mr. Gray has been the proprietor of the taxi business known as Gray Cabs. Mr. Gray was first elected to the city council in December, 1947. After serving as an alderman during the years 1948 and 1949 he was re-elected last December for another two-year term. He was chairman of the civic reception committee last year and at the 1950 inaugural meeting he was named chairman of the cemetery committee. Mr. Gray is resting at the W. R. Coutts Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrews street. Funeral service will be held from there on Saturday at 2 p.m. with interment in Mount View cemetery. Ald. Harold W. Gray Died Suddenly this Morning," Galt Evening Reporter, Feb. 22, 1950

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Gray/ Harold W./ 1900-1950/ Isabel M./ 1899-1973/ Harold L./ 1928-1980/ at rest/ [A] Father/ Harold W. Gray/ [B] Mother/ [C] Bud [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Harold Wilburn Gray, 23, Undertaker, b. Hammond, res. Galt, son of Carr (Faintly Written) Gray and Arabella Pyper, married Isabel Atkinson, 24, b. Milton, res. Galt, daughter of Jesse Atkinson (born. Boston Lincolnshire) and Alice Mary Tetther, Witnessed by: William E. and Mrs. Myrtle Atkinson both of 81 Cathcart St. London, 1 September 1923 in Galt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1900 - Hammond, , Ontario Occupation - undertaker - 1923 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Sep 1923 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Alderman - Galt - 1947 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1950 - 5 Lincoln Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Feb 1950 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth