Robert Petchell Gray

14 July 1890–29 July 1964 (Age 74)
Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Robert Petchell

When Robert Petchell Gray was born on 14 July 1890, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, his father, Fremont Effer Gray, was 28 and his mother, Mary C Petchell, was 29. He married Norma May Dusseau on 25 December 1909, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 29 July 1964, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Petchell Gray
1890–1964
Norma May Dusseau
1893–1984
Marriage: 25 December 1909
Robert Freemont Gray Sr.
1924–2004

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 December 1909Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 6
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
    1898 · War with the Spanish
    Age 8
    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.
    1910 · The BSA is Made
    Age 20
    Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.

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

    Possible Related Names

    McGreevy
    Grayer
    Grays
    Grice
    Grey

    Sources (4)

    • Robert P. Gray, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
    • Robert Gray in household of Samuel Dusseau, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Robert Gray, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

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