Brief Life History of Jesse Ray
When Jesse Ray Reed was born on 23 September 1889, in Moniteau, Missouri, United States, his father, William Bertrand Reed, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Frances Rebecca Sunday, was 38. He married Anna Beatrice Foiles on 30 April 1909, in Moniteau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Pilot Grove Township, Moniteau, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 10 April 1982, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Shattuck, Ellis, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Jessie R Reed in household of Robert L Lawson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Jesse Ray Reed, "Find A Grave Index"
- Rea Reed in household of William B Reed, "United States Census, 1900"
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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