Tombstone shows a birth date of 1/6/1870; however, the 1880 Horry Co., SC Census shows him as 6/12 with a birth month of Dec. making his birth date 12/1879. In the 1900 Horry Co., SC census he is listed as 20, b. 1/1880. His parents weren't even married until about 1873 and his father, Franklin Monroe Ray, was listed in the 1870 Horry Co., SC Census as 20 and single living in the household of James Lollis (50) and Rebecca J. (46). On the Horry Co., SC Death Certificate #002476, Jessie Stanley Ray is listed as being born 1/1/1880.
South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955
Name: Jessie S Ray [Jessie Stanley Ray]
Death Date: 29 Feb 1936
Age at Death: 66 years 1 28 [56 1 28]
Born: 1870 [1 Jan 1880] - Note: Death certicate shows Jessie as age 56 years, 1 month, and 28 days with a birth date of 1/1/1880. Someone has written over the 5 in 56 and made it look like 66. The person who recorded the d.c. accepted the 66 which would return a birth date of 1/1/1870 and that is the date that is entered as "born" on the death index--not the actual death certificate.
Gender: Male
Color: White / Married
County of Death: Horry
Certificate Number: 002476
Parents: Frank Ray / Bytha Cannon, both born Horry Co., SC
Informant: Joanna Carroll, Rt. 2, Galivants Ferry, SC
Buried: Ray Cemetery, Horry Co., SC - 3/1/1936
In any event, Jessie Ray was not born in 1870 as the tombstone shows he was. His actual birth date is most likely 12/1879 as shown in the 1880 Horry Co., SC Census, the first census after he was born.
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South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955
Name: Jessie S Ray [Jessie Stanley Ray]
Death Date: 29 Feb 1936
Age at Death: 66 years 1 28 [56 1 28]
Born: 1870 [1 Jan 1880] - Note: Death certicate shows Jessie as age 56 years, 1 month, and 28 days with a birth date of 1/1/1880. Someone has written over the 5 in 56 and made it look like 66. The person who recorded the d.c. accepted the 66 which would return a birth date of 1/1/1870 and that is the date that is entered as "born" on the death index--not the actual death certificate.
Gender: Male
Color: White / Married
County of Death: Horry
Certificate Number: 002476
Parents: Frank Ray / Bytha Cannon, both born Horry Co., SC
Informant: Joanna Carroll, Rt. 2, Galivants Ferry, SC
Buried: Ray Cemetery, Horry Co., SC - 3/1/1936
In any event, Jessie Ray was not born in 1870 as the tombstone shows he was. His actual birth date is most likely 12/1879 as shown in the 1880 Horry Co., SC Census, the first census after he was born.
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Tombstone shows a birth date of 1/6/1870; however, the 1880 Horry Co., SC Census shows him as 6/12 with a birth month of Dec. making his birth date 12/1879. In the 1900 Horry Co., SC census he is listed as 20, b. 1/1880. His parents weren't even married until about 1873 and his father, Franklin Monroe Ray, was listed in the 1870 Horry Co., SC Census as 20 and single living in the household of James Lollis (50) and Rebecca J. (46). On the Horry Co., SC Death Certificate #002476, Jessie Stanley Ray is listed as being born 1/1/1880.
South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955
Name: Jessie S Ray [Jessie Stanley Ray]
Death Date: 29 Feb 1936
Age at Death: 66 years 1 28 [56 1 28]
Born: 1870 [1 Jan 1880] - Note: Death certicate shows Jessie as age 56 years, 1 month, and 28 days with a birth date of 1/1/1880. Someone has written over the 5 in 56 and made it look like 66. The person who recorded the d.c. accepted the 66 which would return a birth date of 1/1/1870 and that is the date that is entered as "born" on the death index--not the actual death certificate.
Gender: Male
Color: White / Married
County of Death: Horry
Certificate Number: 002476
Parents: Frank Ray / Bytha Cannon, both born Horry Co., SC
Informant: Joanna Carroll, Rt. 2, Galivants Ferry, SC
Buried: Ray Cemetery, Horry Co., SC - 3/1/1936
In any event, Jessie Ray was not born in 1870 as the tombstone shows he was. His actual birth date is most likely 12/1879 as shown in the 1880 Horry Co., SC Census, the first census after he was born.
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South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955
Name: Jessie S Ray [Jessie Stanley Ray]
Death Date: 29 Feb 1936
Age at Death: 66 years 1 28 [56 1 28]
Born: 1870 [1 Jan 1880] - Note: Death certicate shows Jessie as age 56 years, 1 month, and 28 days with a birth date of 1/1/1880. Someone has written over the 5 in 56 and made it look like 66. The person who recorded the d.c. accepted the 66 which would return a birth date of 1/1/1870 and that is the date that is entered as "born" on the death index--not the actual death certificate.
Gender: Male
Color: White / Married
County of Death: Horry
Certificate Number: 002476
Parents: Frank Ray / Bytha Cannon, both born Horry Co., SC
Informant: Joanna Carroll, Rt. 2, Galivants Ferry, SC
Buried: Ray Cemetery, Horry Co., SC - 3/1/1936
In any event, Jessie Ray was not born in 1870 as the tombstone shows he was. His actual birth date is most likely 12/1879 as shown in the 1880 Horry Co., SC Census, the first census after he was born.
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