Ancestry of the Kray twins

compiled by Michael J. Wood


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.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of the Kray twins
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
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EXTRACTS from the U.K. DECENNIAL CENSUS







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)

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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

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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

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William Addams Reitwiesner

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