Researching Irving Pray
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 33 people with the Pray surname? In that year Pray was ranked number 3546 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Irving means "Handsome and Fair" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Irving Pray on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Irving Pray and the Pray Family Tree
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Study Parish Records for Irving Pray at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4 people with the Pray surname in the UK? Pray is now ranked number 4037 for popularity in the UK. |
Pray Family History Databases
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Pray Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Pray surname in the USA? Pray is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Irving Pray. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Irving Pray
Irving Pray
Irving Rudolph Pray (December 25, 1886 – August 27, 1948) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont from 1913 to 1914 and Louisiana State University (LSU) for part of the 1916 season and for full seasons in 1919 and 1922, compiling a career college football coaching record of 11–20.
Pray was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was born in Natick, Massachusetts and died in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Pray was the head football coach at Natick High School, in hometown in 1911. In 1915, he appointed head football coach at Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts, succeeding Harold McDevitt.
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