>From the records found at the Oakdale Museum. "Gray File" Transcribed by Wendy Watson - queeny@iname.com 17 August 2001 for Chris Sawyer - reywas@bossig.com Manuel Gray, a practical farmer residing eight miles southeast of Oakdale, California, is a native of England, born in 1830, his parents being Luke and Sarah Gray, both natives of England. They were the parents of eight children, Manuel being the third. He was reared and educated in his native country, and went from there to the province of Newfoundland, where he was engaged for two and a half years in fishing; thence to the State of Maine. In 1854 Mr. Gray came to California, making the journey by way of Nicaragua. He first located in Tuloumne county, where he followed mining some ten years, not being among the successful ones, however. He then came to Stanislaus county and rented a farm near Oakdale and farmed there for five years, at the expiration of which time he located on his present farm of 160 acres, which is all under cultivation, utilized as a stock and grain ranch. He was joined in marriage in Stanislaus county, February 13, 1889, with an estimable widow, Mrs. Caroline Smith, a native of Missouri. Politically, Mr. Gray is a Republican, and socially, affiliates with the A.O.U.W. of Oakdale. Note: Burial may be at Oakdale Citizens Cemetery Gray, Manuel dob: blank dod: Sept 5, 1908 Location: BK 49 Lot 2 GR 3 Notes: 77y, owner C.D. Burnett Gray, Caroline M. dob: blank dod: Dec 14, 1917 Location: BK 49 Lot 2 GR 4 Notes: owner C.D. Burnett, d. Stockton CA, 80 y, 10 m, 25 d /notes for my files: No photos of grave sites taken yet.