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Personal data Elijah Nelson Ray 

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Household of Elijah Nelson Ray

(1) He is married to Anna Sophia Hickman.

They got married on June 7, 1873 at Crawford, Kansas, USA, he was 40 years old.Source 14

They got married on June 6, 1873 at Jarard, Kansas, he was 40 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Julia Viola Ray  1874-1942 
  3. Charles Edward Ray  1879-1937
  5. Lena Georgie Ray  1885-1885


(2) He is married to Nancy Jane Chancellor.

They got married on March 27, 1851 at Clark, Illinois, USA, he was 18 years old.Sources 15, 16, 17


Child(ren):

  2. Sarah Isabel Ray  1854-1931 
  3. John Ladoit Ray  1857-1879
  4. Samuel Ewing Ray  1859-1864
  5. Henry Nelson Ray  1862-1900 
  6. Ariette "Etta" Ray  1865-1940 
  7. Schuyler Colfax Ray  1868-1926 

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=104242613&pid=834
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  2. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Cumberland, Clark, Illinois; Roll: M593_195; Page: 308A; Family History Library Film: 545694 / Ancestry.com
  4. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T625_1501; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 126 / Ancestry.com
  5. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. Illinois, State Census Collection, 1825-1865, Ancestry.com, Illinois State Archives; Springfield, Illinois; Illinois State Census, 1865; Archive Collection Number: 103.010; Roll Number: 2171; Line: 5 / Ancestry.com
  7. Illinois, State Census Collection, 1825-1865, Ancestry.com, Illinois State Archives; Springfield, Illinois; Illinois State Census, 1855; Archive Collection Number: 103.008; Roll Number: 976179; Line: 9 / Ancestry.com
  8. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Ancestry.com, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1875 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1875_5; Line: 16 / Ancestry.com
  9. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Ridgeway, Osage, Kansas Territory; Roll: M653_351; Page: 534; Family History Library Film: 803351 / Ancestry.com
  10. 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri; Roll: 694; Page: 397C; Enumeration District: 062 / Ancestry.com
  11. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, Ancestry.com, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha / Ancestry.com
  12. 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Riley, Vigo, Indiana; Roll: M432_177; Page: 153A; Image: 315
  13. 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Madison, Morgan, Indiana; Roll: M432_162; Page: 94A; Image: 194
  14. Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  15. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  16. Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  17. Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday December 11, 1832

  • The temperature on December 11, 1832 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1832: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • March 24 » In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
    • April 8 » Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
    • May 16 » Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.
    • May 24 » The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
    • July 19 » The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
    • December 21 » Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.

Day of marriage March 27, 1851

  • The temperature on March 27, 1851 was about 9.9 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
    • May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
    • May 21 » Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
    • June 5 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
    • August 12 » Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
    • November 13 » The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.

Day of death August 4, 1899

  • The temperature on August 4, 1899 was about 19.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
    • January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
    • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
    • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
    • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
    • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.


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