Frances Rachel Gray
1903-1989
Our mother’s only sibling was Frances Rachel Gray. She was born on 28 Feb 1903 in Clovis, Fresno County, California, the oldest child of Francis Pinkney Gray and Bertha Thompson. Aunt Frances married Amos Truman Hand in 1931 in Modesto, California. They did not have any biological children, but adopted Charles Hillis Gray, who tragically only lived until the age of 22. Frances died in Modesto, California on 11 Sep 1989 at the age of 86.
Photographs of Frances Gray
Frances in a box
With her mother Bertha
Graduation photo
With her sister Clara
Frances and Clara, 1930
Frances in 1935
With Truman
Frances with the Hands
with Truman, 1975
with Truman on their 25th anniversary
With Truman
With Truman
Family copy
Her Life and Recollections
High School Graduation, 1920
Marriage to Amos Truman Hand, 1931
Family copy
“A Few Notes for Posterity,” July 1974
20 pages of Frances’ recollections about growing up in California
Annotated Photo Album Pages
Frances and her Teaching Career
Frances was a teacher and then principal at the Gratton School in Gratton, Stanislaus County, California, for many years. In Frances’ time, it was for students in grades 1-8, and there were often multiple grades taught in one classroom.
Frances and her class, 1950s
Family copy
Memories of Gratton School
Family copy
Memorabilia
These were some of Aunt Frances’ “treasures”
Mandolin
Frances' glasses
