Bessie May Gray

Brief Life History of Bessie May

When Bessie May Gray was born on 16 December 1886, in Stanton, Kansas, United States, her father, Harvey C. Gray, was 42 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Giddens, was 38. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with William Henry Barry. She lived in Mitchell, Kansas, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 12 Webb, Prowers, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 21 April 1960, in Holly, Prowers, Colorado, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Johnson, Stanton, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Barry
1885–1955
Bessie May Gray
1886–1960
Alva D. Berry
1906–1982
Thelma Arnetta Barry
1908–1984
Chester P Barry
1912–1927
Gladys Wilma Barry
1916–2019

Sources (7)

  • Bessie Barry in household of William Barry, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Bessie May Gray Barry, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Bessie Gray in entry for Alva Barry and Georgia Smith, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

World Events (8)

1889

Historical Boundaries: 1889: Prowers, Colorado, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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