Jessie Gray

Brief Life History of Jessie

When Jessie Gray was born on 25 August 1876, in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Gray, was 46 and her mother, Janet Tennant, was 37. She married David Crawford Sr. on 22 December 1898, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1889 and lived in Columbia, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 21 Northwest Helper, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 16 July 1961, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Crawford Sr.
1872–1924
Jessie Gray
1876–1961
Marriage: 22 December 1898
David Swan Crawford
1899–1948
Jessie Crawford
1901–1969
John Crawford
1902–1980
Margaret Isabell Crawford
1902–1988
Amy Crawford
1905–1996
Laurence William Crawford
1909–1974
Abraham Crawford
1911–1980
James Watt Crawford
1915–1981

Sources (22)

  • Jessie Crawford, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jessie Gray, "Wyoming Marriages, 1869-1923"
  • Jessie Gray Crawford, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1879

Historical Boundaries: 1879: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1880: Emery, Utah Territory, United States 1894: Carbon, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Carbon, Utah, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.

English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.

French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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