Brief Life History of Willie Angeline
When Willie Angeline Ray was born on 9 October 1878, in Colfax Township, Harrison, Missouri, United States, her father, Joseph Perry Ray, was 21 and her mother, Frances Jane Israel, was 18. She married Abner Absalom DeLay on 2 May 1894, in Pond Creek, Grant, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Belpre, Edwards, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Wayne Township, Edwards, Kansas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 15 April 1970, in Liberal, Seward, Kansas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Wayne Cemetery, Lewis, Edwards, Kansas, United States.
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- Willie Delay in household of Abe D Delay, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Social Security Death Index
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Edwards, Kansas, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ray or Rey, perhaps a pet form of names beginning in Ray or Rey, especially Raymond .
English: nickname from Old French rei ‘king’, denoting someone who behaved in a regal fashion, one with the bearing of a king, or referring to the mock king or lord in festive games and pageants, e.g. at Christmas, May Day, or harvest. Compare Roy and King .
English: nickname from Middle English ræghe (Old English rǣge) ‘female roe deer’ or in northern England more likely northern Middle English rā, raa, rae, ray (Old English rā) ‘roe deer’, perhaps for a timid person or swift runner. Compare Roe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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