Born in Lancaster, Schuyler, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Henry Gray
and Lucy Mary (Shreve) Gray
Sister of
Infant Gray, Ira Gray, Archie M. Gray, Laura (Gray) Zaerr, Arley Gray, Minnie May (Gray) Singleton, Carrie Belle (Gray) Watson, Infant Gray and Grace Edna (Gray) Speer
Wife of
Elam Whitfield Israel
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Bernice (Israel) Yates and Warren Edwin Israel
Died
at age 87
in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2021
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Biography
Cecil was born about 1899. She is the daughter of James Gray and Lucy Shreve.
Vida was born in 1899. She passed away in 1986.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DF-7NZ : accessed 16 October 2021), Cecil Gray in household of Jas G Gray, Fabius Township (north part excl. Dowing city), Schuyler, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 130, sheet 5A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,902.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BT-3B5 : accessed 16 October 2021), Cecil Gray in household of James Gray, Fabius, Schuyler, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 139, sheet 5B, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 807; FHL microfilm 1,374,820.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17455188/cecil-vida-israel
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cecil by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cecil:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cecil by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cecil:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Kisha Williams 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member nekisha_k_williams1
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Amy (Williams) Schurman :
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Emma Schurman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PS2375552 [compare], yourDNAportal EMM00c1c90f, Ancestry member Emma__Selim
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Rejected matches › Cecil Porter Gray (1901-1963) › Cecil Florence (Gray) Schreck (1901-1981) › Cecil Truman Gray (1899-1971) › Cecil Roy Gerry (1899-) › Cecil Augustine Grace (1897-)
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Appears to be the same people. Find A Grave: Memorial #17455188 Cecil Vida Gray Israel BIRTH 19 Apr 1899 DEATH 26 May 1986 (aged 87) BURIAL Graceland Cemetery Creston, Union County, Iowa, USA PLOT Section D Lot 773.5 Grave 2
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Cecil Vida Gray Israel BIRTH 19 Apr 1899 DEATH 26 May 1986 (aged 87) BURIAL Graceland Cemetery Creston, Union County, Iowa, USA PLOT Section D Lot 773.5 Grave