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James Robert Ray 1856 – 1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Feb 1856

Birth Location: Barnwell Dist., SC, USA

Death Date: 16 Jul 1911

Death Location: Barnwell, SC, USA

Father: James Ray

Mother: Mary Collins

Spouse(s): Ida Zorn

Children(s): James Ray

James Robert Ray was born in 1856 in Barnwell Dist., SC, USA, the child of James Ulysses Ray and Mary Magdalene Collins. James Robert Ray married Ida Augusta Zorn, and had children including James R Ray. James Robert Ray passed away in 1911 in Barnwell, SC, USA.

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Biography

  • James Robert Ray was born in 1856 in Barnwell Dist., SC, USA, the child of James Ulysses Ray and Mary Magdalene Collins.
  • James Robert Ray married Ida Augusta Zorn, and had children including James R Ray.
  • James Robert Ray passed away in 1911 in Barnwell, SC, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Ray
1830 – 1901
Birth Location: Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States
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Mary Collins
1836 – 1907
Birth Location: Barnwell Dist., SC, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ida Zorn
1857 – 1918
Birth Location: Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

James Ray
1883 – 1935
Birth Location: Georges Creek
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James Ray's Ancestors

Self
James Ray
1856 – 1911
Birth Place: Barnwell Dist., SC, USA
Parents
James Ulysses Ray
1830 – 1901
Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States
Mary (Magdalene) Collins
1836 – 1907
Barnwell Dist., SC, USA
Grandparents
Shanon (George) Ray
1798 – 1867
Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina, USA
Elizabeth Sanders
1800 – 1849
Orangeburg Dist South, later Barnwell Dist, SC, USA
James (Thomas) Collins
1808 – 1844
Barnwell, South Carolina, USA
Nancy ("Ann") Neal
1812 – 1870
Union, Union Dist, SC, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Ray
1763 – 1815
Rachel Jefcoat
1763 – 1850
Nathaniel Sanders
1755 – 1836
Mary Mikall
1753 – 1836
John Collins
1775 – 1839
Mary Smith
1780 – 1858
Green Neal
1790 – 1852
HANNAH PIESTER
1795 – 1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents
BENJAMIN RAY
1725 – 1787
Sarah Bragg
1743 – 1813
Rachel Bolin
1745 – 1791
George Sanders
1738 – 1771
Mary
1717 – 1794
Mary Mikell
1725 –
James Collins
1731 – 1789
Nancy Croom
1743 – 1788
Stephen Neal
1762 – 1842
Elizabeth Poe
1750 – 1796
Gaspar Piester
1750 –

James Ray's Descendants

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James (Robert) Ray (7 Feb 1856 – 16 Jul 1911) m. Ida (Augusta) Zorn (17 Aug 1857 – 14 Mar 1918)
  1. 1. James (R) Ray (1883 – 1935) m. Susan (D) Creech (Dec 1885 – 5 Apr 1929)
    1. 1. Clothilde ray m. Cecil Zorn
      1. 1. Gloria Zorn (16jul1944 – ) m. James (Ray) WALLEY (1932 – 25 Nov 1993)
        1. 1. kenneth (ray) Walley (11mar1960 – 25aug2005)
        2. 2. james (ronald) Walley (17jul1961 – )
        3. 3. Austin (David) Walley (16jul1965 – ) m. Petra Wagner (15dec1970 – )

James Ray's Timeline

2 Records

1856
7 Feb 1856
Birth of James Robert Ray in Barnwell Dist., SC, USA
Barnwell Dist., SC, USA
1911
16 Jul 1911
Age 55
Death of James Robert Ray in Barnwell, SC, USA
Barnwell, SC, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1856
    Event Place: Barnwell Dist., SC, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1911
    Event Place: Barnwell, SC, USA
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