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Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray 1915–1985 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 May 1915

Birth Location: York County, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 10 Jan 1985

Death Location: High Shoals, North Carolina, Gaston County, USA

Father: Samuel Wray

Mother: Mattie Byars

Spouse(s): Margaret Jones

Children(s): Peggy Lockridge, Bobby Wray, Barry Wray

Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray was born in 1915 in York County, South Carolina, USA, the child of Samuel Brown Wray And Mattie Maerobie Byars. Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray married Margaret Louise Jones, and had children including Barry Eugene Dude Wray, Bobby Dean Bo Wray, Buddy Wayne Wray, Donna Lynn Wray Kitchens, Janice Marie Wray Childers, Kathy Diane Kat Wray Dellinger, Peggy Jo Wray Lockridge, Sandra Wray. Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray passed away in 1985 in High Shoals, North Carolina, Gaston County, USA.

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Biography

  • Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray was born in 1915 in York County, South Carolina, USA, the child of Samuel Brown Wray And Mattie Maerobie Byars.
  • Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray married Margaret Louise Jones, and had children including Barry Eugene Dude Wray, Bobby Dean Bo Wray, Buddy Wayne Wray, Donna Lynn Wray Kitchens, Janice Marie Wray Childers, Kathy Diane Kat Wray Dellinger, Peggy Jo Wray Lockridge, Sandra Wray.
  • Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray passed away in 1985 in High Shoals, North Carolina, Gaston County, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Wray
1879–1946
Birth Location: Cherokee, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States,
SW
Mattie Byars
1886–1938
Birth Location: Blacksburg, South Carolina, Cherokee County, USA
MB

Spouses(s)

Margaret Jones
–2001
Birth Location: –
MJ

Children(s)

Peggy Lockridge
1940–2020
Birth Location: –
PL
Bobby Wray
1943–2025
Birth Location: –
BW
Barry Wray
1950–2015
Birth Location: –
BW

Andrew Wray's Ancestors

Self
Andrew Wray
1915–1985
Birth Place: York County, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Samuel Brown Wray
1879–1946
Cherokee, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States,
Mattie (Maerobie) Byars
1886–1938
Blacksburg, South Carolina, Cherokee County, USA
Grandparents
Robert (Eli "Bob") Wray
1850–1909
Broad River, York Co., South Carolina, USA
Sarah (Articiemissa "Artie") Childers
1861–1926
York, York Co., South Carolina, USA
Malcolm (Bedford) Byars
1853–1922
Trough Shoals, (Pacolet Mills) 96th Dist. (now Spartanburg Co.), SC
Great-Grandparents
James Wray
1817–1880
Elizabeth Nichols
1817–1899
Charles Byars
1824–1897
Narcissa Turner
1824–1906
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Patrick Wray
1752–1833
Daniel Nichols
1769–1829
Jane Henry
1769–1853
Joseph Byars
1792–1850
Nancy Padgett
1792–
Mathias Sr
1799–1864
Anna Rippy
1801–1880

Andrew Wray's Descendants

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Andrew ("Joe Andy" Frasser) Wray (19 May 1915–10 Jan 1985) m. Margaret (Louise) Jones (–2001)
  1. 1. Peggy (Jo Wray) Lockridge 1940–2020
  2. 2. Bobby (Dean (Bo)) Wray 1943–2025
  3. 3. Barry (Eugene (Dude)) Wray 1950–2015

Andrew Wray's Timeline

2 Records

1915
19 May 1915
Birth of Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray in York County, South Carolina, USA
York County, South Carolina, USA
1985
10 Jan 1985
Age 70
Death of Andrew "Joe Andy" Frasser Wray in High Shoals, North Carolina, Gaston County, USA
High Shoals, North Carolina, Gaston County, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 May 1915
    Event Place: York County, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1985
    Event Place: High Shoals, North Carolina, Gaston County, USA
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