Gray, Awanda Correna 'Wanda'

1923 - 1937  (13 years)

• Name	Gray, Awanda Correna 'Wanda'
  		Awanda Correna "Wanda" Gray (1923-1937) 4th Grade, Clay City Grade School, 1933
  Birth	24 Oct 1923	Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  	Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 says she was born in Bennington, Illinois.
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	GRAY.A001
  _FGRAVE	24199890
  Funeral	2 May 1937  [4]
  Death	30 Apr 1937	Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  	Cause: Tetanus
  Burial	2 May 1937	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [5, 7]
  		Headstone, Gray, Awanda Correna Contributed by Debra (McDowell) Blank
  		Headstone, Gray, Awanda Correna Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  		Headstone, Gray, Awanda Correna
  Person ID	I10	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Gray - Yauch William Gray and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Yauch Descendants, Hasler - ? Mr. Hasler and ? Descendants, Jauch - Birk Christian 'Heitl' Jauch and Maria Birk Descendants, Jauch - Hasler Jacob Jauch and Margaret 'Margret' Hasler Descendants, Lents - Seal Jacob Lents and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Seal Descendants, Mitchell - ? James Mitchell and ? Descendants, Mitchell - Pendleton Joseph Henry 'Joe' Mitchell and Elizabeth Anna Pendleton Descendants, Pendleton - Wilson Jonathan Pendleton and Eliza Ann Wilson Descendants
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Gray, John Jasper,   b. 26 May 1896, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 19 Jul 1948, Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mitchell, Mary Elsie,   b. 16 Aug 1903, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois d. 31 Oct 1973, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1919	Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois   [3, 8, 9, 10]
  	Wayne County, Volume F, Page 74, License #157
  Age at Marriage	He was 23 years and 5 months - She was 16 years and 2 months.
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Oct 1923 - Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois Death - Cause: Tetanus - 30 Apr 1937 - Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - 2 May 1937 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In the autumn of the year of 1923, on the 24th day of October, when the harvest of fruits were gathered in, Jasper and Mary Gray gathered into their hearts and home in Wayne County, IL, a little blue eyed baby girl. Awanda Correna Gray, who passed away from this life at the Olney Sanitarium (hospital), April 30, 1937, at the age of 13 years, 6 months, and 6 days. Death was due to tetanus, caused by stepping on a rusty nail six days earlier. She had a kind and loving disposition with her friends both in and out of school. She will be missed by all, especially her brothers and sisters. Her brothers were Lester and Lynn and her sisters were Ruth and Leone. Grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. William Gray. (Except from Hometown Journal...Rena Lents Thomas)

  
  

• Sources

  [S26] The Clay County Advocate (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Obituary, Gray, Awanda Correna, (The Clay County Advocate (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), May 1937), none. (Reliability: 2). [S27] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gray, Awanda Correna, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gray&GSiman=1&GScid=105163&GRid=24199890&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0004) (Township), image 04, page 2b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00620?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2). [S28] Ancestry.com, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, (http://www.ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2). [S26] The Clay County Advocate (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Obituary, Gray, Awanda Correna, (The Clay County Advocate (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), May 1937), none. [S5] The County Commoner (Noble, Illinois), Obituary, Gray, Bill J., 58, (The County Commoner (Noble, Illinois), page 3, 13 Aug 1996), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15211] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gray, Awanda Correna, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24199890/awanda-correna-gray), none. (Reliability: 2). [S20] Obituary, Grove, Mary E., 70, none. (Reliability: 2). [S15] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 23, page 12a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6061/4300174_00630?pid=14757672&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll) (Reliability: 2). [S14341] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900, Marriage Index,, (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp) (Reliability: 2).