Robert Moffat Gray (1899 - 1970)

Born 27 Jan 1899 in Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maude Louise (Cole) Gray — married 8 Apr 1921 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1970 at age 71 in Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Robert was born in 1899 in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was the son of George Gray (1872-1956) and Ida Nathalia (Johnson) Gray (1870-1902). ^{[1][2] [3]}

He married Louise Cole on 8 April 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri. ^[4]

From Ancestry.com: newspaper clipping - Mrs. W.H. Stewart is in receipt of the following concerning the marriage of her grandson: "Mr. and Mrs. Charles David Cole request your presence at the marriage of their daughter Maude Louise to Mr. Robert Moffat Gray, on Friday, April 8th, 1921, at 8 o'clock p.m., at Gospel Hall in Kansas City, Missouri." The groom is a former Garnett boy, and his friends here wish him and his bride many happy years together.

1900 United States Census, Westmark, Phelps, Nebraska, Robert M. Gray, age 1, birth date 01/1899, birthplace: Nebraska, white, male, son, Father's name: George Gray, Father's birthplace: Scotland, Mother's name: Ida M. Gray, Mother's birthplace: Illinois, household members: Ida M. Gray age 29, George Gray age 27, Mary B. Gray age 3, Robert M. Gray age 1.

1930 United States Census, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, Robert M. Gray, birth year abt. 1899, male, white, age 31, birthplace: Nebraska, married, head, Father's birthplace: Scotland, Mother's birthplace: Illinois, occupation: manager, industry: church furniture, household members: Robert M. Gray age 31, Louise Gray age 27, Betty L. Gray age 8, Natalie Gray age 6, Cornelia Hudspeth age 35.

1940 United States Census, Sea Cliff, Nassau, New York, Robert M. Gray, age 41, birth year abt. 1899, male, white, birthplace: Nebraska, married, head, occupation: editor, household members: Robert M. Gray age 41, Louise Gray age 37, Natalie Gray age 16, Elizabeth Gray age 18.

1950 United States Census, Bedford, Westchester, New York, Robert Gray, age 50, birth date abt. 1900, male, white, birthplace: Nebraska, married, head, occupation: editor, Father's birthplace: Scotland, Mother's birthplace: Sweden, household members: Robert Gray age 50, Louise Gray age 47, Maue Cole age 81.

Geneanet Community Trees Index, Robert Moffat Gray, male, birth date 01/27/1899 in Holdrege, Nebraska, married on 04/08/1921 in Jackson, Kansas City, Missouri, death date 08/27/1970 in Virginia, Father: George Barron Gray, Mother: Ida Natalia Johnson Gray, spouse: Maude Louise Cole, children: Catherine Natalie and Elizabeth Louise Gray.

He died in 1970 in Richmond, Virginia and was buried in Fountainville Chapel Cemetery, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, formerly called German Baptist Church Cemetery, New Britain. At the time of his death he and Louise were living in Chalfont, Pennsylvania.^{[2] [5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ Missouri, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1942 for George Gray. District Court, Western District, Western Division, Kansas City Naturalization Petitions and Records V 34-36 No 3751-4032 1924-1925, image 663 of 826. Accessed at Ancestry.com on 21 Apr 2023 Ancestry Record 61203 #29141 and Ancestry sharing link
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch [ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRC-XX4J ] : 20 August 2018), Robert Moffat Gray, 25 Aug 1970; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Richmond, Virginia, United States, entry #222, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", Nebraska, Phelps, Westmark Township, ED 145, sheet 2A, family 25, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BT-Q9R : Tue Oct 03 20:43:42 UTC 2023), Entry for George Gray and Ida M Gray, 1900.
4. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991", Jackson, Kansas City, 1921, application no. 95875, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZR-XX3C : Wed Oct 18 12:48:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Robert M Gray and Maude Louise Cole, 8 Apr 1921.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 January 2024), memorial page for Robert M Gray (1899–1970), Find A Grave: Memorial #14490077, citing Fountainville Chapel Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121).
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMPZ-J4X : 8 January 2021), Robert Gray, Aug 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• [Mauger-Gray marriage] A Verified Transcript from the Register of Marriages in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, Registered no. 269 (1942), Town Clerk, Oyster Bay, New York