Lester was born about 1902 to Samuel Martin Gray and Elizabeth Query.
Sources
Birth
"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV6M-DRJ : 1 April 2020), Lester W. Gray, 29 Nov 1902; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,143.
Marriage
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-Y3R6 : 4 November 2017), Lester W Gray and Blanche L Heisler, 09 Aug 1924, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,451,554.
Death
"Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQMP-52H : 10 March 2018), Lester Wallace Gray, 03 May 1948; citing Medical Lake, Spokane, Washington, reference , Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,032,686.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79231472 : accessed 18 July 2020), memorial page for Lester Wallace Gray (27 Nov 1902–3 May 1948), Find a Grave Memorial no. 79231472, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Tracy Turner (contributor 46815350) .
Census
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BN-VXL : accessed 18 July 2020), Lester Gray in household of Samuel M Gray, Atchison, Nodaway, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 119, sheet 6A, family 148, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 803; FHL microfilm 1,374,816.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83G-YCB : accessed 18 July 2020), Lester Gray in household of Samuel Gray, Bozeman Ward 3, Gallatin, Montana, United States; citing ED 74, sheet 6A, line 1, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 970; FHL microfilm 1,820,970.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMKN-J9D : accessed 18 July 2020), Lester W Gray, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 1B, line 62, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 690; FHL microfilm 2,340,425.
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