Researching Sarah Gray
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 42755 people with the Gray surname? In that year Gray was ranked number 69 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Sarah means "princess" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Sarah Gray on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sarah Gray and the Gray Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Gray Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Gray family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 62144 people with the Gray surname in the UK? Gray is now ranked number 66 for popularity in the UK. |
Gray Genealogy Databases
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Gray Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 322054 people with the Gray surname in the USA? Gray is ranked number 59 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Gray Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Sarah Gray. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sarah Gray
Sarah Gray
Sarah Gray (born 28 October 1990, Cambridge, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rower.
Under national coach Dick Tonks, Gray was placed in a women's quadruple scull with Fiona Bourke, Eve MacFarlane, and Louise Trappitt. They surprised themselves by winning bronze at the regattas in Hamburg (Germany) and Lucerne (Switzerland). They maintained their form and won a bronze at the 2011 World Rowing Championships at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's quadruple sculls.
She is also an equine veterinarian at the University of California's William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in Davis. There, among her patients, she successfully treated a Western Classic Barrel racing champion for extensive lacerations, and aided his return to top form. Her work with horses has been featured in literary works like Equine ER: Stories from a Year in the Life of an Equine Veterinary Hospital by Leslie Guttman.
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