Vina
Fay
(Fay)
Wray
aka Saunders, Riskin
Born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Heber Wray
and Elvina Marguerite (Jones) Wray
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Monk Saunders
— married
about 1928 (to about 1939) in Hollywood, California, USA [uncertain]
[uncertain] Wife of
Ruvim Riskin
— married
about 1942 [location unknown]
Wife of
Sanford Fallows Rothenberg M.D.
— married
6 Aug 1971 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Mother of
[private daughter (1930s - unknown)], [private son (1940s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 96
in New York City, New York, United States of America
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Biography
Fay Wray is Notable.
Fay Wray was an actress. Her most memorable film was King Kong (1933) where she played Ann Darrow.
Born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, she grew up in Los Angeles in the shadow of Hollywood. At age 16, she began working in silent films.
Sources
- Wikipedia:Fay Wray
- United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 March 2021), Fay Wray Saunders in household of John M Saunders, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 90, sheet 6A, line 11, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 135; FHL microfilm 2,339,870.
- California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976, database with images, FamilySearch (12 March 2018), Fay Wray Saunders, 1935; citing Naturalization, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1525 (United States: National Archives and Records Service, Los Angeles Branch, 2016).
- United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (6 January 2021), Fay Wray Saunders, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-119, sheet 21A, line 30, family 480, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 398.
- California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, database, FamilySearch (27 November 2014), Sanford F Rothenberg and Fay Wren, 06 Aug 1971; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing San Francisco City, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
- California Marriage Index, 1960-1985" database, FamilySearch (27 November 2014), Sanford F Rothenberg and Fay Riskin, 06 Aug 1971; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing San Francisco City, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #9294827, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Arst & Entertainment Induction into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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Lola (Rice) Cain
Lola (Rice) Cain
My mother-in-law told me that she is a distant cousin to Fay Wray. Fay's mother and my mother-in-law's grandmother were sister, so she'd be a first cousin once removed. Fun to find the connection on WikiTree. My mother-in-law was also born in Cranston, Alberta, Canada - - in 1916.
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by Lola (Rice) Cain
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