Ransome Benjamin Gray

Male14 November 1978–21 October 2001

Brief Life History of Ransome Benjamin

Ransome Benjamin Gray was born on 14 November 1978 as the son of Larry John Gray. He died on 21 October 2001, at the age of 22, and was buried in Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Larry John Gray
1941–2010
Ransome Benjamin Gray
1978–2001

Sources (4)

  • Ransome Benjamin Gray, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
  • Ransom Benjamin Gray, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ransome Benjamin in entry for Larry John Gray, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (3)

1979 · The Department of Education

Age 1

Department of Education was organized to guide the schools throughout the United States in what to teach and how to teach it. The Department also collects data on the schools to see where government focus needs to go.

1980

Age 2

Lake Placid, New York, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.

1980 · The Refugee Act

Age 2

Being the first amendment of the general immigration laws, The Refugee Act was created to provide procedures for admitting refugees into the United States that are under special humanitarian concern. Also, the Act provides comprehensive provisions for the resettlement of the refugees who are admitted.

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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