When Robert Bruce Wray was born on 15 March 1891, in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, his father, George Henry Wray, was 25 and his mother, Harriet Mabel Dodge, was 21. He married Belle Banks on 29 April 1912, in Dawson, Montana, United States. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1930 and Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1930, at the age of 39, his occupation is listed as accountant in San Francisco, California, United States. He died on 9 April 1968, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 77.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
English (northern):
from Middle English wra (Old Norse vrá) ‘nook, corner of land’, a topographic name for someone who lived at or by a nook, corner of land, or isolated place, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Wray in Tunstall (Lancashire), Wrea in Kirkham (Lancashire), and High and Low Wreah in Hensingham (Cumberland). The name was taken to Ulster by a Yorkshire family in the reign of Elizabeth I, and was used interchangeably in the counties of Derry and Donegal with Raw, Ray, Rea, and occasionally McRae .
common post-medieval spelling of Ray , Rae , or Ree .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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