Brief Life History of Julia
When Julia Wray was born about 1809, in United States, her father, John Ray, was 35 and her mother, Sarah McGLAMERY, was 34. She married Samuel Bentley Bamford on 29 November 1830, in Vermillion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died before 1840.
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Sources (10)
- Legacy NFS Source: Julia Ray - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Caroline Ray
- Julia Ray, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Caroline Pray in entry for Samuel Banford, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1808–1894 Male
1809–1840 Female
Children (1)
1839–1916 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)
1812
Age 3
1812 · War of 1812
Age 3
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 10
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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