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Billy Ray looking very young - he was 41 when WWI broke out...
Lilian's wedding to Alfred E. Rogers (known as Ernest) 1926. Nora on the right as bridemaid, Billy Ray next to her.
Mary Ann (Annie, nee Avery) and William Ray (Billy) in the 1930s or 40s.
Births Mar 1873 - RAY, William; Wycombe; 3a 541
Marriages Mar 1898 - Avery Mary Ann Wycombe 3a 856,
Ray William Wycombe 3a 856
Births Sep 1898 - RAY, Gilbert Henry; Wycombe;
3a 773
Births Jun 1900 - Ray, William; Wycombe;
3a 810
1901 Census
George Avery, 21, living as a boarder in West Wycombe with the Ray
family - Mrs Mary A. Ray, age 26, born in Radnage - the right age for
his older sister Mary Ann. - in which case, Mary Ann now living with husband
William, 28, and children age 1 & 2.
Births Jun 1902 RAY Aubrey Simeon Wycombe 3a 844
Births Dec 1902 RAY Aubrey Wycombe 3a 846
- must be one of these two
Births Jun 1905 Ray Lilian Hilda Wycombe
3a 929
Births Dec 1908 Ray Nora Mary Wycombe
3a 874
1911 Census
RAY WILLIAM M 1874 37 Wycombe Buckinghamshire
RAY MARY ANN F 1876 35 Wycombe Buckinghamshire
RAY GILBERT HENRY M 1899 12 Wycombe Buckinghamshire
RAY WILLIAM M 1900 11 Wycombe Buckinghamshire
RAY AUBREY M 1903 8 Wycombe Buckinghamshire
LILLIAN HILDA F 1905 6 Wycombe Buckinghamshire
RAY NORA MARY F 1909 2 Wycombe Buckinghamshire
Marriages Jun 1926 Lilian H
Ray : Alfred E Rogers ; Wycombe 3a 2227
Marriages Mar 1934 Nora M
Ray : William H
Shrimpton Wycombe 3a 2015
Births Jun 1927 Rogers Joy L Ray Wycombe 3a 1523
Births Sep 1933 Rogers Roy T Ray Wycombe 3a 1557
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Lilian and Nora Ray, about 1915
Billy Ray
Nora's wedding to William Shrimpton, 1934. The girl is Joy Rogers.