Brief Life History of Ezra William
When Ezra William Gray was born on 29 November 1824, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, his father, Archibald Gray, was 25 and his mother, Jane Pipes, was 27. He married Mary B. Hardesty on 19 August 1844, in Washington, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 6 May 1871, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ohio, Kentucky, United States.
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- E W Gray, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Gray, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Ezra William Gray, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
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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