Brief Life History of Robert Winston
When Robert Winston Gray was born on 21 May 1804, in Christian, Kentucky, United States, his father, Robert Gray Jr., was 17 and his mother, Mary Kenny, was 35. He married Elizabeth Inglish on 10 March 1831, in Cole, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Walker, Vernon, Missouri, United States in 1840 and Henderson, Texas, United States in 1850. He died on 4 September 1852, in Kaufman, Texas, United States, at the age of 48.
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Sources (6)
- R W Gray, "United States Census, 1850"
- Robert Gray, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Gray in entry for Eliza J. Johnson, "Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
about 1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
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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