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Birth1848, Boreham, Essex
Deathca Feb 1916, Elham district, Kent
General3rd dau., 3rd child. m. Thos Grey & had issue.
FatherRev Henry Brown (1804-1875)
MotherMaria Blomfield (<1814-ca1884)
Notes for Constance Isabella Brown
I can’t find her death on FreeBMD up to 1910, nor her birth record, though there are lots of ‘Female Brown’ on FreeBMD for 1845-7.

The answer is that she married between 1871 and 1881 and this gives a choice of husbands:

Surname  First name(s)       District  Vol  Page
Marriages Jun 1878
Brown    Constance Isabella  Woolwich  1d  1306
EDWARDS  Louisa Catherine    Woolwich  1d  1306
Gray     Thomas              Woolwich  1d  1306
KING     William Henry       Woolwich  1d  1306
SETFORD  William             Woolwich  1d  1306

And the 1881 census proves that her husband was Thomas Gray.
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1881 census:

Name  Relation  Condition  Sex  Age  Birth Year  Occupation  Disability  Where Born  
GRAY, Thomas       Head     Married  M  42  1839   East India Produce Broker  Stepney, Middlesex
GRAY, Constance J  Wife     Married  F  33  1848                              B?ckham, Essex
GRAY, Henry B      Son      Single   M   2  1879                              Charlton, Kent
GRAY, Leslie B     Son      Single   M   0  1881                              St Pauls, Kent
BOWDEN, Elizabeth  Servant  Married  F  42  1839  Cook Ser                    Tiverton, Devon
NESBITT, Jemima    Servant  Single   F  22  1859  Parlour Ser                 Scotland
HAYWARD, Clarissa  Servant  Single   F  28  1853  Parlour Maid Domes Ser      Camberwell, Surrey
NEWMAN, Jane K     Servant  Single   F  21  1860  Nurse Domes Ser             Longmastow, Hampshire

RG number: RG11, Piece: 741, Folio: 19, Page: 29    

Registration District: Woolwich Sub District: Charlton
EnumerationDistrict: Ecclesiastical Parish:

Civil Parish: Charlton Next Woolwich Municipal Borough:
Address: Arlebar, Charlton Next Woolwich
County: Kent
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In the 1891 census, her birth place was correctly stated as Boreham, Essex and they had one daughter and two sons and three servants, her husband being then an ‘East India Merchant’. Note that neither of their first two children were at home; Henry B reappears as Cyril H B in the 1901 census but Lesley is not seen again in 1891 or 1901, might he have died?

Notice that Thomas Gray is 30 years older than ten years previously in the 1881 census!  I cannot identify him in pre-1881 censuses to sort this issue out.

Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation  Disability  Where Born

GRAY, Thomas Head Married M 72 1819 East India Merchant  Stepney, Middlesex
GRAY, Constance J Wife Married F 43 1848   Boreham, Essex
GRAY, Beatrice Daughter F 9 1882   Charlton, Kent
GRAY, Noel B Son M 6 1885   Charlton, Kent
GRAY, Eric B Son M 3 1888   Charlton, Kent
RUMSEY, Jewies Servant Single F 55 1836 Cook  Burnham, Essex
GRAMSTON, Mary Servant Single F 30 1861 Nurse  Crondall, Hampshire
HOCKLEY, Emily Servant Single F 17 1874 Housemaid  Greenwich, Kent

RG number: RG12 Piece: 528 Folio: 27 Page: 46    

Registration District: Woolwich Sub District: Charlton EnumerationDistrict: 7
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Paul

Civil Parish: Charlton Next Woolwich Municipal Borough:
Address: 16, Victoria Road, Charlton Next Woolwich, Charlton
County: London
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In 1901 she was widowed and living in Lambeth with three sons and one daughter and just one servant.

Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation  Disability  Where Born

GRAY, Constance L Head Widow F 53 1848   Boreham, Essex
GRAY, Cyril H B Son Single M 22 1879 Bank Clerk  Old Charlton, Kent
GRAY, Beatrice T E Daughter Single F 19 1882   Old Charlton, Kent
GRAY, Noel B Son M 16 1885   Old Charlton, Kent
GRAY, Eric B Son M 13 1888   Old Charlton, Kent
VIRGO, Alice R Servant F 16 1885 (Domestic)  Lambeth Brixton

RG number: RG13 Piece: 438 Folio: 49 Page: 39    

Registration District: Lambeth Sub District: Norwood EnumerationDistrict: 20
Ecclesiastical Parish: Emmanuel

Civil Parish: Lambeth   Municipal Borough:
Address: 66, Rosendale Road, Lambeth
County: London
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In 1911 she solely had a 5 year old grandson in the house with no servants; she wrote that she had been married for 33 years, had 5 children of whom three had died, leaving only two then alive::

Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year  Occupation  Where Born

GRAY, Constance Isabella Head Widow F 63 1848 Private Means  Boreham Essex
COLES, John Leslie Courting Grandson M 5 1906   Dulwich Surrey

RG number: RG14 Piece: 4751 Reference: RG14PN4751 RG78PN204 RD69 SD3 ED1 SN73

Registration District: Hastings Sub District: St Mary Magdalen EnumerationDistrict: 1
Parish: Hastings

Address: 10 Eversfield Place St Leonards
County: Sussex
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Which of her daughters had produced John L C Coles?  Beatrice isable, the only dau.
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Her death:

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Mar 1916   (>99%)
Gray Constance I 67 Elham 2a 1649
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