Michael Joseph Dray

Brief Life History of Michael Joseph

When Michael Joseph Dray was born on 12 June 1898, in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Lawrence Dray, was 41 and his mother, Johanna E Kivlin, was 38. He lived in Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 20 years. He died on 13 October 1984, in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Michael Joseph Dray
1898–1984
Gertrude Dorothy Boyle
1896–1980

Sources (10)

  • Michael J Dray, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Michael Dray, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Michael Joseph Dray, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English (Kent and Sussex): nickname from Middle English dri(e), drei (Old Norse drjúgr) ‘large, tall’, also ‘doughty’, ‘patient, long suffering’. Alternatively, the nickname may occasonially derive from Middle English drie, drei (Old English drȳge) ‘dry, withered, lacking in warmth of feeling’.

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

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