Shirley Joann Gray

Brief Life History of Shirley Joann

When Shirley Joann Gray was born on 5 July 1936, in Lewistown, Fulton, Illinois, United States, her father, Roy Nelson Gray, was 32 and her mother, Lucille Vivian Beadles, was 29. She married Jimmie Claude Roberts on 1 July 1955, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. She lived in Putman Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Forest City, Mason, Illinois, United States for about 1 years. She died on 7 March 2019, in Colorado, United States, at the age of 82.

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Jimmie Claude Roberts
1932–2005
Shirley Joann Gray
1936–2019
Marriage: 1 July 1955

Sources (7)

  • Shirley J Gray, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Joann Roberts in entry for Lucille Vivian Gray, "Arizona, Payson, Obituaries, 1948-2008"
  • Joann S Gray in household of Roy M Gray, "United States Census, 1940"

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World Events (8)

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

1941 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre Opens

On June 15 1941, the only naturally occurring, acustically perfect amphitheatre of its kind in the world, was opend to visitors. It features animals, plants birds, and insects from both the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains.

1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space

Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.

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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