Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Gray was born on 6 January 1865, in Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Gray, was 42 and her mother, Margaret Archibald, was 38. She died in 1865, in her hometown, at the age of 0.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Elizabeth Gray, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1822–1901 Male
1826–1899 Female
Siblings (9)
1848–1915 Male
1850– Female
1853– Male
1856–1928 Female
1856– Male
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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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