Wray Family History
Wray Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various minor places in
northern England named Wray, Wrea, or Wreay, from Old Norse
vrá ‘nook’, ‘corner’, ‘recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wray
Name Distribution of Wray Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wray families
 88 - 174  30 - 87 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wray families
|
916 - 1,830 306 - 915 |
1 - 305 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wray families
|
14 - 26 5 - 13 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wray census records
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Wray Family Origin
Wray Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wray
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Wray Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wray census records
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Wray Civil War Service Records
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