Doris Marie Pray

Female1897–24 December 1936

Brief Life History of Doris Marie

Doris Marie Pray was born in 1897, in South Dakota, United States. She married John Reed Holladay in 1921, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 24 December 1936, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 39.

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Family Time Line

John Reed Holladay
1898–1979
Doris Marie Pray
1897–1936
Marriage: 1921
Marian Louise Holladay
1923–2003
Allan Reed Holladay
1930–2020

Sources (6)

  • Doris Marie Pray Holladay in household of John Reed Holladay, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Doris M Pray in entry for Marian Holladay Giosso, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Doris Marie Pray Halliday in household of John Reed Halliday, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1921San Francisco, California, United States

    • Children (2)

    World Events (8)

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 1

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 9

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

    Age 11

    Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Préith, popularly believed to be from an ancient Pictish personal name of unexplained etymology, but more likely a reinterpretation of the descriptive phrase na préith ‘of the cattle-spoil’.

    English: topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old French pray, French pré, from Latin pratum ‘meadow’.

    Americanized form of German Prey .

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

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