Brief Life History of William S. T.
When William S. T. Gray was born on 28 January 1906, in Missouri, United States, his father, William Clark Gray, was 34 and his mother, Florence May Chumbley, was 36. He married Frances Alverta Lawrence on 5 June 1932, in Jasper, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Denver, Colorado, United States in 1950 and Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1982. He died on 15 July 1993, in Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 87.
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- William S T Gray, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: William S. T. Gray - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William St Gray
- William S T Gray, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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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