Brief Life History of Helen Gray
When Helen Gray Horton was born on 13 September 1930, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States, her father, James Weaver Horton, was 37 and her mother, Burley Glade Adcock, was 38. She lived in New Hope Township, Chatham, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 6 June 2003, in Siler City, Chatham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Manns Chapel Cemetery, Chatham, North Carolina, United States.
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- Hellen Horton in household of Jim W Horton, "United States Census, 1940"
- Helen Gray Horton, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Helen Horton Haithcock, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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