Mary Elizabeth Gay

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Gay was born on 30 March 1866, in Howard, Missouri, United States, her father, George Alexander Gay, was 37 and her mother, Juliet Callaway, was 29. She married Aloysius Lee Mudd on 22 April 1896, in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in New Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 1 August 1955, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aloysius Lee Mudd
1862–1935
Mary Elizabeth Gay
1866–1955
Marriage: 22 April 1896
Matilda Gay Mudd
1897–1984
Mary Lee Mudd
1901–1976
Julian Aloysius Mudd
1903–1983

Sources (12)

  • A L Mudd, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • Mary Elizabeth Gay in the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
  • A L Mudd, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Name Meaning

English (southwestern), French, and Catalan: nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai, Catalan gay ‘cheerful’. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton, lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing an ancient Germanic personal name cognate with Wade .

Catalan: probably also from the personal name Gai (from Latin Gaius).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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