Brief Life History of Libern Ray
When Libern Ray Gares was born on 19 January 1899, in Clark, Missouri, United States, his father, John William Gares, was 37 and his mother, Eudora Frances Green, was 34. He married Loula Grace Knorpp on 22 May 1923, in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Hale, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 15 January 1971, in Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.
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- Ray Gares, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jennie O. Gares, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-7W92-2S?cc=1803956&wc=M6RW-CP8%3A145890401
- Libran Ray Gares, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Possibly an altered form of German Görres, Gareis or Gareus, all shortened forms of the Latin personal name Gregorius (see Gregory ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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