Son of John Ray & Elizabeth Elliot.
Married Maria Theresa Martin on Feb.13, 1872 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand, Ontario.
Children: Ruth Effie, Lindey Murray, Elliot Clarence, Lucy Edith, Mabel Florence, & Jessie Emily.
William was a excellent carpenter but chose to work for the Grand Truck Railroad as a stationmaster in Norwich & other towns. 1880 he was transferred to the Englewood station in Chicago.
Sometime after they moved to Valparaiso, William left the Grand Trunk Railroad & became a carpenter, a trade at which he excelled. During the time around 1900 the Soo Canal was being built between Lakes Superior & Huron & he spent several years there building homes in the booming city of Sault Ste. Marie. He later returned to Indiana & built homes in the fast growing area that was to become Gary. When he died in 1915 he was the Attendance Officer for Gary School System.
Married Maria Theresa Martin on Feb.13, 1872 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand, Ontario.
Children: Ruth Effie, Lindey Murray, Elliot Clarence, Lucy Edith, Mabel Florence, & Jessie Emily.
William was a excellent carpenter but chose to work for the Grand Truck Railroad as a stationmaster in Norwich & other towns. 1880 he was transferred to the Englewood station in Chicago.
Sometime after they moved to Valparaiso, William left the Grand Trunk Railroad & became a carpenter, a trade at which he excelled. During the time around 1900 the Soo Canal was being built between Lakes Superior & Huron & he spent several years there building homes in the booming city of Sault Ste. Marie. He later returned to Indiana & built homes in the fast growing area that was to become Gary. When he died in 1915 he was the Attendance Officer for Gary School System.
Son of John Ray & Elizabeth Elliot.
Married Maria Theresa Martin on Feb.13, 1872 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand, Ontario.
Children: Ruth Effie, Lindey Murray, Elliot Clarence, Lucy Edith, Mabel Florence, & Jessie Emily.
William was a excellent carpenter but chose to work for the Grand Truck Railroad as a stationmaster in Norwich & other towns. 1880 he was transferred to the Englewood station in Chicago.
Sometime after they moved to Valparaiso, William left the Grand Trunk Railroad & became a carpenter, a trade at which he excelled. During the time around 1900 the Soo Canal was being built between Lakes Superior & Huron & he spent several years there building homes in the booming city of Sault Ste. Marie. He later returned to Indiana & built homes in the fast growing area that was to become Gary. When he died in 1915 he was the Attendance Officer for Gary School System.
Married Maria Theresa Martin on Feb.13, 1872 in Walpole Twp., Haldimand, Ontario.
Children: Ruth Effie, Lindey Murray, Elliot Clarence, Lucy Edith, Mabel Florence, & Jessie Emily.
William was a excellent carpenter but chose to work for the Grand Truck Railroad as a stationmaster in Norwich & other towns. 1880 he was transferred to the Englewood station in Chicago.
Sometime after they moved to Valparaiso, William left the Grand Trunk Railroad & became a carpenter, a trade at which he excelled. During the time around 1900 the Soo Canal was being built between Lakes Superior & Huron & he spent several years there building homes in the booming city of Sault Ste. Marie. He later returned to Indiana & built homes in the fast growing area that was to become Gary. When he died in 1915 he was the Attendance Officer for Gary School System.
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