The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
the Kray twins
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
This report is by Michael J. Wood. The contribution of the undersigned
is that of HTML-izing Mr Wood's report.
Ancestry of the Kray twins | |
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1 a | Reginald Kray, b. Hoxton, Hackney, 24 Oct. 1933, d. Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, 17 March 1995. |
1 b | Ronald Kray, b. Hoxton, Hackney, 24 Oct. 1933, d. Town House Hotel, Norwich, 1 Oct. 2000. |
PARENTS | |
2 |
Charles David Kray, wardrobe dealer,
b. Steene Street, Hoxton, ... 1906,
found dead in his home in Braithwaite House, Bunhill Row,
Clerkenwell, 8 March 1983
m. Register Office, Shoreditch, 6 March 1926 [entry no. 17] |
3 | Violet Lee, b. Vallance Road, Bethnal Green, ... 1910, d. ... 4 Aug. 1982 |
GRANDPARENTS | |
4 |
James Kray, labourer, wardrobe dealer,
b. Bethnal Green ... [ca. 1880],
d. ...
m. St. Anne's Church, Hoxton, parish of Shoreditch, 5 May 1901 [entry no. 486] |
5 | Louisa Eliza Turner, b. 6 John Street, South Hackney, 18 Sept. 1879 [entry no. 134], d. ... |
6 |
James Charles H ... Lee, toy maker, commercial motor driver,
b. Bethnal Green ... [Jul-Sep] 1876,
d. ...
m. Parish Church of Old Ford, London East, 17 Jan. 1898 [entry no. 247] |
7 | Mary Ann Houghton, machinist, b. Bethnal Green ... [Oct-Dec] 1878, d. ... |
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
8 |
James Kray, cork-cutter,
b. Shoreditch ... [ca. 1859],
d. ...
m. St. Thomas Church, parish of Bethnal Green, 18 Feb. 1884 [entry no. 14] |
9 | Jane Sarah Wild, b. 6 Galway Street, parish of St Luke (City Road), Midx., 1 Oct. 1851 [entry no. 273], d. ... [she had m. (1) Bethnal Green ... (Jul-Sep) 1872, George John Wood, d. before 1884] |
10 |
John Turner, marble polisher, porter,
b. Shoreditch ... [ca. 1854],
d. ...
m. |
11 | Elizabeth Stinton, b. Hackney ... [ca. 1854], d. ... |
12 |
Joseph Charles Lee, butcher,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
13 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
14 |
Thomas Houghton, gum sorter,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
15 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
16 |
John Kray, lamp lighter, gas fitter,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. the church in the district of St James the Great, Bethnal Green, 9 June 1851 [entry no. 266] |
17 | Elizabeth Nurton, horse-hair manufacturer, b. ... , d. ... |
18 |
Alfred Wild, chair maker,
b. ... [ca. 1827],
d. ...
m. parish church, St Mary Haggerston, Middlesex, 29 Sept. 1850 [entry no. 369] |
19 | Jane Jones, b. ... , d. ... |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
32 |
John Kray, brassfounder,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
33 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
34 |
William Nurton, horse-hair manufacturer,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
35 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
36 |
James Wild, spectacle case maker,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
37 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
38 |
Thomas Jones, type founder,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
39 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
1901 Shoreditch, Shoreditch South, RG 13/269, page 15 40 St. John Terrace James Kray Head Married 42 Machine Cork Cutter Worker London Shoreditch Jane C " Wife " 44 " St Luke James " Son Single 17 Elect App " " Beth Green Betsy F " Daur " 9 " Shoreditch Albert S Wood Stepson " 19 Furniture ... " " Beth Green (one boarder) -------- 1901 London, Hackney, Southwest Hackney, RG13/225, page 65 John Turner Head M 47 Porter (Printers) Worker London Shoreditch Elizabeth Do Wife M 47 Do Hackney Do West Step daur S 25 Bookfolder Bander Do Do Do Louisa Turner Daur S 21 ... Do Do Do -------- 1901 London, Bethnal Green, Bethnal Green East, RG13/293, page 30 137 Grove Road James Lee Head M 24 Carman wkr Bethnal Green London Mary A Lee Wife M 23 do do Joseph Lee Son S 10/12 do do --------