Brief Life History of Lois Marian
When Lois Marian Gray was born in December 1889, in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, her father, George G Gray, was 20 and her mother, Nellie Lee Wilber, was 20. She married Lewis Russell David on 28 July 1915, in Fayette Township, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died in February 1948, at the age of 58.
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- Lois M Gray in household of George Gray, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lois Marion Gray, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Lois M Gray in household of George E Gray, "United States Census, 1910"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car "Sweepstakes" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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