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Where did the French Dray family come from? What is the French Dray family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dray family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dray family history?
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Drée, Drées, Dray, Drait, Draits, Drey, Draye, Drayes, Draie, Draies, Drez, Drai, Drais, Dret, Drei, du Drée, de Drée, Drayer, Draite, Dré, Drer, Drest and many more.First found in Bourgogne, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dray research. Another 230 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1131, 1191, 1600, 1671, 1672, and 1746 are included under the topic Early Dray History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Dray. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Dray Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- William Dray, who landed in Virginia in 1653
Dray Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Martin Dray, who arrived in Louisiana in 1718
Dray Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Charles Dray, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1800
- Henry Dray, who arrived in New York in 1834
- James Dray, who came to San Francisco in 1852
- James Patrick Dray, who arrived in Sacramento Co. CA in 1864
- Alfred Henry Dray, who settled in Nebraska in 1874
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- Walter Remy Dray (1886-1973), American Olympic track and field athlete
- Tevian Dray (b. 1956), American mathematician
- Julien Dray (b. 1955), French politician
- William Herbert Dray (b. 1921), Canadian philosopher of history
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
- Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
- Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
- Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0192852213).
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The Dray Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Dray Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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