Before 7th May 1828 [her father] George Gray [aged 30] and [her mother] Sophia Margaret Jameson [aged 20] were married. They had fifteen children.
1856. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 26]. "Autumn Leaves". Left to right: [her sister] Alice Gray [aged 12], Sophie Gray [aged 12] and two local girls, Mathilda Proudfoot and Isabella Nicol who were said to be wards of an orphanage/industrial school in Perth, charitably recruited for these tasks by Effie Gray Millais [aged 27], apparently the original Sussex blind girl who was painted over. In the collection of Manchester Art Gallery. The painting was painted whilst Millias was living at Annat Lodge, Kinnoul [Map].
Alice Gray: After 1843 she was born to George Gray and Sophia Margaret Jameson at Perth [Map].
1857. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 27]. Portrait of Sophie Gray [aged 13]. Study for Autumn Leaves.
1857 to 1858. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 27]. "Only a Lock of Hair". Model Sophie Gray [aged 13].
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1855-1857. 25th November 1857. Brought away Millais' head of his wife's [aged 29] sister [Sophie Gray [aged 14]], paying £63 for it?
1858. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 28]. "Spring aka Apple Blossoms". Model far left Sophie Gray [aged 14]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. See The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais pages 328-331.
In 1873 James Caird 1st Baronet [aged 36] and Sophie Gray [aged 29] were married.
In 1874 [her daughter] Beatrix Caird was born to [her husband] James Caird 1st Baronet [aged 37] and Sophie Gray [aged 30].
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In 1877 [her father] George Gray [aged 79] died.
1880. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 50]. Portrait of Sophie Gray [aged 36].
Before 1882. Charles Edward Perugini [aged 42]. Portrait of Sophie Gray [aged 38].
On 15th March 1882 Sophie Gray [aged 38] died possibly from anorexia.
In 1916 [her former husband] James Caird 1st Baronet [aged 79] died.