Brief Life History of Mary Cora
When Mary Cora Clay was born on 27 June 1870, in Jackson Township, Stark, Ohio, United States, her father, Moses Clay, was 46 and her mother, Catherine Madison, was 37. She married Oren Homer Loutzenheiser on 19 December 1895, in Stark, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 29 January 1955, in Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Henry Warstler Cemetery, Plain Township, Stark, Ohio, United States.
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- Clay in household of Moses Clay, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Cora Clay, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Mary Clay, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
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Name Meaning
English (Midlands and Yorkshire): from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil, a habitational name for someone who lived in a district known as (the) Clay, such as the one in east Notinghamshire, or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman ).
Americanized form of German Klee .
History: The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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