Researching Ray Carey
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5647 people with the Carey surname? In that year Carey was ranked number 751 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ray means "kingly" and is of French origin.
Records of Ray Carey on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ray Carey and the Carey Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 10991 people with the Carey surname in the UK? Carey is now ranked number 528 for popularity in the UK. |
Carey Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 57727 people with the Carey surname in the USA? Carey is ranked number 138 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Ray Carey
Ray Carey (swimmer)
Raymond E. Carey (born June 1, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer.
Carey attended Stanford University, where he swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition from 1992 to 1995. Stanford won three consecutive NCAA national team championships while Carey was a Cardinal swimmer, and he won the individual NCAA national championship in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:44.01 in 1993. He graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's degree in 1995, and a master's degree in 1996.
Carey represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter butterfly event, and posted a time of 2:01.10, finishing twenty-first overall.
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