Walter James Grayer

Birth Name Walter James Grayer 1a 2a
Gender male
Age at Death 60 years, 10 months, 3 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 29 July 1894 Exeter, Devon, England Parents, Ellen and William Grayer [Railway Servant]

One of 12 children - (from 1901 census)

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Baptism 7 October 1894 Exeter, Devon, England St Kerrian, Exeter
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Marriage September 1922 Exeter, Devon, England Had one child
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Death June 1955 Weymouth, Dorset, England aged 60
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  Occupation  
 
Military Service between 1917 and 1919   Dorset Regiment

No service record found

1 March 1917
Released by GWR for Military Service
20 Nov 1919
Resumed Duty for GWR

Private
Dorset corps No. 203290
Wiltshire corps No. 27417
Medals
Victory and British medals

Great Western Railway records appear to show they were paying him during his military service ?

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Occupation 1939 Axminster, Devon, England Railway Stationmaster

3 May 1910 - aged 15.9 years
Started working for Great Western Railway
At Northam Station as Junior Clerk on £30 a year
Moved on to these other stations
Verwood - May 1910 - £35
Overton - Sept 1911 - £35 to £50
Cosham - Feb 1914 - £50 to £65
Swanwick - Sept 1915 - £70
Wimborne - Nov 1916 - £70 to £85
1917 to 1919 Military Service
West District supply office Exeter
..20 Nov 1919 - £85 to £170 + bonuses
Yeovil - Feb 1922 - £170 to £190
???
1939 Axminster Station Master

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  Addresses  
 
Residence 1894 Exeter, Devon, England North Street
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Residence 1901 Exeter, Devon, England 2 Hampden Place

William Grayer Head Married 45 1856 Brakeman L S W R Bickleigh, Devon
Ellen Grayer Wife Married 37 1864 - Devon
William H Grayer Son 13 1888 Errand Boy Grocer Exeter, Devon
Edith Mary Grayer Daughter 12 1889 - Exeter, Devon
Lily Grayer Daughter 10 1891 - Exeter, Devon
Ethel Grayer Daughter 8 1893 - Exeter, Devon
Walter J Grayer Son 6 1895 - Exeter, Devon
Dorothy M Grayer Daughter 4 1897 - Exeter, Devon
Ivy Grayer Daughter 2 1899 - Exeter, Devon
Freda Grayer Daughter 1 1900 - Exeter, Devon

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Residence 1911 Verwood, Dorset, England Manor road

5 Rooms
Frank Goodyear 28 1883 Head Married 3 St Mary Bourne, Hampshire Railway Signalman
Florence Emily Goodyear 28 1883 Wife Married Charlton, Hampshire
Phyllis Ada Goodyear 2 1909 Daughter Verwood, Dorset
Eva Hilda Goodyear 1 1910 Daughter Verwood, Dorset
Walter James Grayer 16 1895 Boarder Single Exeter, Devon Railway Clark

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Residence 1939 Axminster, Devon, England Station House Widepost Lane

3 people in house
Walter James Grayes 29 Jul 1894 Railway Stationmaster Married
Loveday Grayes 10 Jun 1898 Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Derrick Kenneth James

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Families

    Family of Walter James Grayer and Loveday Treneman
Married Wife Loveday Treneman
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage (Primary) September 1922 Exeter, Devon, England Had one child
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  Children
  1. Derrick Kenneth James Grayer

Media

Narrative

Going on the fact that Walter James Grayer attended Walter Treneman and Lilian Rose Fairminer's wedding, I take it that Walter Treneman Aunt, Loveday Grayer nee Treneman was also there.

1940 Lilian Rose Treneman nee Fairminer went to stay with Walter James and Loveday Grayer nee Treneman [Walter Treneman's Aunt]
Station Master at GWR Axminster Station
Known as Bob and Doll

The Treneman Family visited Bob [Widowed] around 1954, at their house not the station? and Bob showed us the "Live Steam" railway engine he was building in his shed at the bottom of the garden, this was one of several he had built.
The type that rides on raised tracks in parks and give people rides.
This he did, with his Wife/partner? waving the start / stop flags.
No 2nd marriage found for Walter James ?
from Les Treneman

Pedigree

    1. Walter James Grayer
      1. Loveday Treneman
        1. Derrick Kenneth James Grayer

Source References

  1. English Goverment: Registration - Ancestry.co.uk
      • Date: September 1894
      • Page: 1894-Exeter-3q-Vol.5b-page.91
      • Confidence: Very High
  2. Parish Records: Certificate - Baptism - Parish Record
      • Date: 7 October 1894
      • Page: Walter James Grayer at findmypast.co.uk
      • Confidence: Very High
      • Citation:

        Archive reference 4780A/PR/1/3
        Record set Devon Baptisms
        Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
        Record collection Births & baptisms
        Collections from Great Britain

  3. English Government: 1901 Census - Find my Past
      • Date: 1 April 1901
      • Page: 1901 Census-GRAYER, Walter J-EXETER, Devonshire-RG13 piece 2044 folio 137 page 14
      • Confidence: Very High
  4. English Government: 1939 Census - Find my Past
      • Date: 29 September 1939
      • Page: Ref: RG101/6808G/023/10 Letter Code: WFBB
      • Confidence: Very High
  5. English Government: Marriage Registration - Ancestry.co.uk
      • Date: September 1922
      • Page: 1922-Exeter-3q-Vol.5b-page.168
      • Confidence: Very High
  6. English Government: Death Registration - Ancestry.co.uk
      • Date: June 1955
      • Page: 1955-Weymouth-2q-Vol.6a-page.578
      • Confidence: Very High
  7. British Army: British Army - WW1 - Medal Cards
      • Date: 1 March 1917
      • Page: Book 2a / World War One / page 1
      • Confidence: Very High
  8. Railway Employment Records. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives.
      • Date: 1910
      • Page: The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: London and South Western Railway Company; Class: RAIL411; Piece: 495
      • Confidence: Very High
      • Citation:

        Plus
        The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: London and South Western Railway Company; Class: RAIL411; Piece: 501

  9. 1911 Census - TheGenealogist.co.uk 2019
      • Date: 3 April 1911
      • Page: RG14 - PN12234 RD260 SD1 ED5 SN11
      • Confidence: Very High