Brief Life History of Harriet
Harriet Gray was born in 1797, in Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. She had at least 2 daughters with William E. Sherman. She died in 1842, in her hometown, at the age of 45.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Harriet in entry for Wm E Sherman, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Harriet Sherman, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Harriet Gray in entry for Cynthia S. Horford, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Spouse and Children
1793–1859 Male
1797–1842 Female
Children (2)
1815–1860 Female
1821–1904 Female
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 3
1803
Age 6
1812
Age 15
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.
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