Brief Life History of Darwin Lyon
When Darwin Lyon Gray was born on 30 April 1822, in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Eli Gray, was 37 and his mother, Betsey Lyon, was 29. He married Caroline Eliza Chamberlain on 9 December 1847, in Branch, Michigan, United States. He lived in Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 1 May 1897, in Algansee, Algansee Township, Branch, Michigan, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lester Cemetery, Algansee, Algansee Township, Branch, Michigan, United States.
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- D L Gray, "United States Census, 1880"
- Darwin Gray, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Darwin L. Grey, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1832
Oldest grave seen on the memorials list
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Next up the road we came to Darwin L. Gray, who came to Michigan 52 years ago. He was born in Massachusetts and was only four years of age when his people came to Washtenaw county, at which time there …
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