Sarah Alexandrina Bray was born on 9 May 1850, in Shephall, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. She married John Haskell Woodbury on 10 May 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 10 April 1929, in West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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.
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Possible Related NamesSarah Overhill BRAY joined the LDS Church in England and emigrated to America 7 May 1853. Her daughter who was 5 years old when they were separated said that they lived in Canada for a while possibly …
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