"Alfred J. Spiry SR." wrote: > > There is no JAMES in either Dutch or German given names. Might be Johannes. > Also there is no surname of > of GRAY in either of those countries. A possibility might be GRAU which when > translated means GRAY (a color). The Dutch or German form of James is Jacob or Jakob. His name might have been Jacob Grau and he just translated it, although I admit that is straight German; it is possible that the Holland Dutch form could be a little different, I am not quite sure. Jan