Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Bray was born on 28 February 1821, in New Jersey, United States, her father, Andrew Bray, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Rittenhouse, was 24. She died on 30 May 1833, in her hometown, at the age of 12, and was buried in Moore Family Burying Ground, Sergeantsville, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Matilda Bray, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1789–1849 Male
1796–1882 Female
Siblings (5)
1815–1827 Male
1818–1842 Male
1818–1891 Male
1821–1833 Female
1826–1913 Male
World Events (3)
1823
Age 2
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 4
1827
Age 6
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Berkshire and Devon. The former is probably named with Old French bray ‘marsh’, the latter from the Cornish element bre ‘hill’.
English: perhaps a topographic name from northern Middle English bra ‘steep (river) bank’ or ‘brow of a hill’, denoting someone who lived at such a place.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in Normandy or Picardy called Bray (Eure, Calvados, Aisne, Somme); see 6.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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