Grafton, ordered by his f ather to not become an artist became a dancer turned actor for Vitagraph Studios, Brooklyn,NY.
1900
Atlanta, GA Donna is with her parents and siblings
1910 Manhattan, lives with father and siblings, listed working real estate agent. takes on the stage name Gordon Gray, dancing for the public at the Plaza or Waldorf-Astoria then becoming a Vitagraph Studio actor.
Donna and her mother, listed as a widow, board with a couple on W 115th St, no occupation listed, is she an actress? her father is living with her married sister in Atlanta 1910 and 1920.
Thomasville Daily Times Enterprise Newspaper Archives August 5, 1915 Page 5 lists Grafton Wiggins and Donna Bain as graduates of the Castle Dancing School.
1916 Jan. 31 married Donna Bain, his Waldorf dancing partner, at St Stephen's Church in NYC. no mention if family attended. Same year joined Vitagraph Studios.
1920 Manhattan, NY at 304 W 93 on first floor, married to Donna, b. GA as were her parents, have a couple as lodgers. Donna's mother, still listed as a widow, has a boarding house at 237 West End Ave, Manhattan, with 10 lodgers.
1930 Manhattan, NY: 308 W 103rd st (brother at W 59th) married to Donna since 1914, she born GA as her parents were, no children, she runs a boarding house with 10 boarders and he is a broker.
1940 all info same. His sisters live together in Old Lyme
1965 Donna dies, why buried in GA?
1972 He remarried to Natalie
1900
Atlanta, GA Donna is with her parents and siblings
1910 Manhattan, lives with father and siblings, listed working real estate agent. takes on the stage name Gordon Gray, dancing for the public at the Plaza or Waldorf-Astoria then becoming a Vitagraph Studio actor.
Donna and her mother, listed as a widow, board with a couple on W 115th St, no occupation listed, is she an actress? her father is living with her married sister in Atlanta 1910 and 1920.
Thomasville Daily Times Enterprise Newspaper Archives August 5, 1915 Page 5 lists Grafton Wiggins and Donna Bain as graduates of the Castle Dancing School.
1916 Jan. 31 married Donna Bain, his Waldorf dancing partner, at St Stephen's Church in NYC. no mention if family attended. Same year joined Vitagraph Studios.
1920 Manhattan, NY at 304 W 93 on first floor, married to Donna, b. GA as were her parents, have a couple as lodgers. Donna's mother, still listed as a widow, has a boarding house at 237 West End Ave, Manhattan, with 10 lodgers.
1930 Manhattan, NY: 308 W 103rd st (brother at W 59th) married to Donna since 1914, she born GA as her parents were, no children, she runs a boarding house with 10 boarders and he is a broker.
1940 all info same. His sisters live together in Old Lyme
1965 Donna dies, why buried in GA?
1972 He remarried to Natalie
Grafton, ordered by his f ather to not become an artist became a dancer turned actor for Vitagraph Studios, Brooklyn,NY.
1900
Atlanta, GA Donna is with her parents and siblings
1910 Manhattan, lives with father and siblings, listed working real estate agent. takes on the stage name Gordon Gray, dancing for the public at the Plaza or Waldorf-Astoria then becoming a Vitagraph Studio actor.
Donna and her mother, listed as a widow, board with a couple on W 115th St, no occupation listed, is she an actress? her father is living with her married sister in Atlanta 1910 and 1920.
Thomasville Daily Times Enterprise Newspaper Archives August 5, 1915 Page 5 lists Grafton Wiggins and Donna Bain as graduates of the Castle Dancing School.
1916 Jan. 31 married Donna Bain, his Waldorf dancing partner, at St Stephen's Church in NYC. no mention if family attended. Same year joined Vitagraph Studios.
1920 Manhattan, NY at 304 W 93 on first floor, married to Donna, b. GA as were her parents, have a couple as lodgers. Donna's mother, still listed as a widow, has a boarding house at 237 West End Ave, Manhattan, with 10 lodgers.
1930 Manhattan, NY: 308 W 103rd st (brother at W 59th) married to Donna since 1914, she born GA as her parents were, no children, she runs a boarding house with 10 boarders and he is a broker.
1940 all info same. His sisters live together in Old Lyme
1965 Donna dies, why buried in GA?
1972 He remarried to Natalie
1900
Atlanta, GA Donna is with her parents and siblings
1910 Manhattan, lives with father and siblings, listed working real estate agent. takes on the stage name Gordon Gray, dancing for the public at the Plaza or Waldorf-Astoria then becoming a Vitagraph Studio actor.
Donna and her mother, listed as a widow, board with a couple on W 115th St, no occupation listed, is she an actress? her father is living with her married sister in Atlanta 1910 and 1920.
Thomasville Daily Times Enterprise Newspaper Archives August 5, 1915 Page 5 lists Grafton Wiggins and Donna Bain as graduates of the Castle Dancing School.
1916 Jan. 31 married Donna Bain, his Waldorf dancing partner, at St Stephen's Church in NYC. no mention if family attended. Same year joined Vitagraph Studios.
1920 Manhattan, NY at 304 W 93 on first floor, married to Donna, b. GA as were her parents, have a couple as lodgers. Donna's mother, still listed as a widow, has a boarding house at 237 West End Ave, Manhattan, with 10 lodgers.
1930 Manhattan, NY: 308 W 103rd st (brother at W 59th) married to Donna since 1914, she born GA as her parents were, no children, she runs a boarding house with 10 boarders and he is a broker.
1940 all info same. His sisters live together in Old Lyme
1965 Donna dies, why buried in GA?
1972 He remarried to Natalie
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