Son of Howard Coray and Martha Jane Knowlton

Married Lydia Ann Lerwill Harding, 3 Jul 1884, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Howard Coray, Eppie Lydia Coray, Sidney Coray

Sidney Algernon Coray was named for his grandfather Knowlton. He spent his childhood and early youth in Provo, and moved to Mona, Juab County, with his father's family in 1871. Doubtless he devoted his rigourous young manhood to farming and stock raising there.

April 9, 1880, he was called on a mission to the Sandwich Islands where he labored for three years until May 1, 1883. Part of this time his sister, Nellie Alexander, was in this mission with her husband, William Denton Alexander. In the family history are copies of some invaluable letters of Sidney's mother, Martha, written during the last year of her life, to Sidney in the mission field. They reflect the faith, devotion, and motherly hopes and dreams for the success of her missionary son. They also reveal her deep concern for the other members of her tremendous family. She expressed deep anxiety for the growth influence of the church, for which she had given so much, all of which revealed her breadth of understanding of its aims and purposes in the world.

After being honorable released from his mission, Sidney returned to his former ranching operation at Mona. He married Lydia Ann Lerwill. Her first husband was Laban Harding; their home in Morgan, Utah. After the birth of her children, Laban and Elizabeth, her husband died and afterward she moved to Mona, Juab County to reside with her brother, Thomas. Sidney became acquainted with her there.

Sidney homesteaded a ranch of his own, located about three quarters of a mile east of the main Coray headquarters, and pursued his vocation, including sheep raising, until about 1900. He then moved with his family to Payson, Utah County which continued to be his home during the remainder of his life. In Payson, he operated a small fruit and chicken farm and devoted much of his time to carpenter work. He assisted in building the family home of his brother, George, in Salt Lake County. For over two score years Sidney, Lydia and family were residents of Payson and were considered to be among that community's most respected families.