Clifford Gray (1897 - 1973)

Born 1 Feb 1897 in Ninnekah, Pickens, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hattie Emeline (Ireton) Gray — married 16 May 1923 in Logan, Oklahoma, United States

Died 22 Aug 1973 at age 76 in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States

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Biography

Clifford was Choctaw.

Clifford was born 1 Feb 1897 at Ninnekah, Pickens, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, the son of John Gray and Ellen Baker. Clifford passed away 22 Aug 1973 at Bakersfield, Kern, California.^[2] He She is buried at the West Side District Cemetery, Taft, Kern County, California.^[3]

The sources listed from the “Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907” show the Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Land Allotment Jackets for Five Civilized Tribes, application for allotment affidavit, Choctaw Citizenship Certificate. ^[4][5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives, Dawes Commission; Choctaw Roll card 159, line 6
2. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPHV-83H : 26 November 2014), Clifford Gray, 22 Aug 1973; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115242058/clifford-gray: accessed 21 August 2022), memorial page for Clifford Gray (1 Feb 1897–22 Aug 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115242058, citing West Side District Cemetery, Taft, Kern County, California, USA; Maintained by Jeff Goodwin (contributor 47515838).
4. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XS73-9HT?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-968%3A967441301%2C970040101 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 15343-15363 > image 233 of 652; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
5. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XSWR-S?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-968%3A967441301%2C970040101 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 15343-15363 > image 239 of 652; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
6. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XSWW-6?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-968%3A967441301%2C970040101 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 15343-15363 > image 251 of 652; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRY-SQG : 10 March 2022), Clifford Gray in entry for John C Gray, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7L-4T8 : accessed 21 August 2022), Clifford Gray in household of Ellen Gray, Alex, Grady, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 13B, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1252; FHL microfilm 1,375,265.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJM6-G48 : 3 February 2021), C Gray, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFC-YM6 : accessed 21 August 2022), Clifford Gray, Township 07, Kern, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 24B, line 83, family 635, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 121; FHL microfilm 2,339,856.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MT-Z6Z4?cc=2000219&wc=QZX5-M72%3A790105301%2C795263001%2C795598401%2C795608701 : accessed 21 August 2022), California > Kern > Judicial Township 7, Taft > 15-53 Judicial Township 7, Taft City bounded by (N) city limits; (E) 6th; (S) city limits; (W) city limits > image 23 of 28; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
• "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR3N-617 : 23 February 2021), Clifford Gray and Hattie Ireton, 16 May 1923; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDV-LLM : 25 December 2021), Clifford Gray, 1917-1918.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB3K-2ZZ : 11 January 2021), Clifford Gray, Aug 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).