Brief Life History of Bathsheba
When Bathsheba Wray was born on 17 January 1805, in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States, her father, John Ray AKA Wray, was 30 and her mother, Sarah "Sally" McGLAMERY, was 30. She married James Louden Armstrong on 17 June 1821, in Walnut Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 11 January 1823, in Walnut Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in Gallia, Ohio, United States.
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Spouse and Children
1801–1874 Male
1805–1823 Female
Children (1)
1822–1872 Female
Parents and Siblings
1775–1862 Male
1776–1830 Female
Siblings (11)
1799– Male
1801–1838 Female
1805–1823 Female
1805– Male
1808–1871 Male
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World Events (7)
1808
Age 3
1810 · Change of capital city
Age 5
1812
Age 7
Name Meaning
English (northern):
from Middle English wra (Old Norse vrá) ‘nook, corner of land’, a topographic name for someone who lived at or by a nook, corner of land, or isolated place, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Wray in Tunstall (Lancashire), Wrea in Kirkham (Lancashire), and High and Low Wreah in Hensingham (Cumberland). The name was taken to Ulster by a Yorkshire family in the reign of Elizabeth I, and was used interchangeably in the counties of Derry and Donegal with Raw, Ray, Rea, and occasionally McRae .
common post-medieval spelling of Ray , Rae , or Ree .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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