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Family History & Genealogy

The Clay Family

4,152 Clay records from public death, burial and census records and the old county histories, in all 12 Midwestern states we cover. Every name is a real person in the public record, and we follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

4,152Records in our database
1819Earliest birth
1Documented families
See the Clay family trees →153 Clay families pieced together from public birth and death records, county histories and old newspapers
At a glance

4,152 Clay records in our database

From public death, burial and census records across 12 Midwestern states. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how). Tap a state or a decade to narrow the list of ancestors below.

Where

North Dakota: 9 Clay recordsSouth Dakota: 44 Clay recordsNebraska: 144 Clay recordsKansas: 111 Clay recordsMinnesota: 97 Clay recordsIowa: 184 Clay recordsMissouri: 1,338 Clay recordsWisconsin: 187 Clay recordsIllinois: 604 Clay recordsMichigan: 329 Clay recordsIndiana: 261 Clay recordsOhio: 844 Clay records944144111971841,338187604329261844
fewer more

When they were born

Born in the 1810s: 1Born in the 1820s: 020Born in the 1830s: 0Born in the 1840s: 040Born in the 1850s: 0Born in the 1860s: 060Born in the 1870s: 45Born in the 1880s: 21780Born in the 1890s: 484Born in the 1900s: 6481900Born in the 1910s: 762Born in the 1920s: 42620Born in the 1930s: 184Born in the 1940s: 12940Born in the 1950s: 98Born in the 1960s: 3660Born in the 1970s: 24Born in the 1980s: 780Born in the 1990s: 5Born in the 2000s: 02000Born in the 2010s: 1
  • Most records: Missouri (1,338 of 4,152)
  • Most common birth decade: the 1910s
  • Earliest birth in the database: Henry Clay, born 1819, Hancock County, Ohio
Documented families

Clay families we have traced

Written from county histories and public records, every fact cited. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

Family records from county histories (1)

The earliest Clays in the county histories

Family trees from the public record

In old newspapers

In the county history family index

People in the record

Clay people in our records

120 of the 3,870 Clay people in our records, from every state where the name turns up: the earliest born and the most recent deaths, newest first. Tap a name to open that person's page. Someone listed in two public indexes is shown once. Search every Clay record →

Diamond Pierre Diante Clay
1987 to 2020
Hennepin, Minnesota
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Otis Clay
1942 to 2016
Illinois
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Carolyn B Clay
1939 to 2013
Iowa
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Michael W Clay
1948 to 2013
Iowa
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Richard Clay
1927 to 2013
Iowa
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Albert Clay
1929 to 1999
Missouri
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Alice H Clay
1927 to 1999
Ohio
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Alton B Clay
1947 to 1999
Missouri
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Alyce Clay
1931 to 1999
Kansas
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Ann M Clay
1926 to 1999
Missouri
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B G Clay
1938 to 1999
Ohio
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Bernice W Clay
1934 to 1999
Ohio
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Betty A Clay
1917 to 1999
Illinois
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Betty B Clay
1941 to 1999
Missouri
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Carrie L Clay
1916 to 1999
Ohio
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Catherine A Clay
1953 to 1999
Michigan
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Charles G Clay
1932 to 1999
Indiana
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Cleo S Clay
1922 to 1999
Illinois
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D L Clay
1959 to 1999
Illinois
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Dale E Clay
1937 to 1999
Michigan
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Daniel E Clay
1958 to 1999
Ohio
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David G Clay
1929 to 1999
Ohio
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Dora L Clay
1920 to 1999
Missouri
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Doris M Clay
1914 to 1999
South Dakota
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Dorothy J Clay
1914 to 1999
Indiana
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Earlie E Clay
1913 to 1999
Missouri
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Earnest Clay
1906 to 1999
Illinois
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Edward Clay
1919 to 1999
Missouri
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Emile A Clay
1937 to 1999
Illinois
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Ethel A Clay
1935 to 1999
Illinois
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Eugene Clay
1918 to 1999
Ohio
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Evalee F Clay
1924 to 1999
Missouri
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Evelyn C Clay
1911 to 1999
Illinois
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Ferne Clay
1906 to 1999
Ohio
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Frances L Clay
1924 to 1999
Illinois
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Frances M Clay
1931 to 1999
Ohio
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George E Clay
1910 to 1999
Missouri
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Gloria D Clay
1924 to 1999
Ohio
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Helen M Clay
1926 to 1999
Indiana
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Ida A Clay
1910 to 1999
Missouri
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Illa F Clay
1909 to 1999
Missouri
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J Clay
1947 to 1999
Ohio
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Jerrel Clay
1926 to 1999
Missouri
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Jerry A Clay
1950 to 1999
Michigan
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Jerry T Clay
1935 to 1999
Missouri
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Karen Marie Clay
1964 to 1999
Menominee, Wisconsin
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Kenneth V Clay
1915 to 1999
Nebraska
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Marguerite J Clay
1919 to 1999
Michigan
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Marston E Clay
1912 to 1999
Michigan
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Mary A Clay
1922 to 1999
Indiana
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Mattie Clay
1906 to 1999
Missouri
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Muriel M Clay
1915 to 1999
Missouri
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Ralph Clay
1898 to 1999
Ohio
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Richard E Clay
1933 to 1999
Shawano, Wisconsin
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Ruth A Clay
1912 to 1999
Ohio
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Bertha I Clay
1906 to 1998
Custer, Nebraska
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Marie C Clay
1915 to 1998
North Dakota
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Lucy Clay
1879 to 1979
Illinois
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Mary Clay
1875 to 1977
Iowa
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Henry Clay
1876 to 1976
Illinois
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Grace Clay
1880 to 1975
Ohio
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Julia Clay
1878 to 1975
Wisconsin
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Delora H Clay
1879 to 1974
Missouri
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Albert Clay
1883 to 1973
North Dakota
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George G Clay
1879 to 1973
Missouri
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Lucy Clay
1879 to 1973
Thayer, Nebraska
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Mary Clay
1874 to 1973
Illinois
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Viola S Clay
1881 to 1972
Missouri
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Frank Clay
1875 to 1971
Ohio
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George H Clay
1877 to 1971
Missouri
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Frank Clay
1885 to 1970
Wisconsin
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Leslie Clay
1875 to 1970
Kansas
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Maude Clay
1875 to 1970
Illinois
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Nancy Clay
1876 to 1970
Indiana
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William Clay
1873 to 1970
Michigan
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Charles Clay
1878 to 1969
Missouri
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Henry Clay
1881 to 1969
Missouri
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Julia Clay
1872 to 1969
Minnesota
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Alonzo Clay
1881 to 1968
Ohio
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Arthur Clay
1877 to 1968
Illinois
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Betty Clay
1878 to 1968
Illinois
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Charles Clay
1881 to 1968
Ohio
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Irene Clay
1879 to 1968
Michigan
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Maude M Clay
1879 to 1968
Ohio
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Reuben H Clay
1878 to 1968
Ohio
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Robert L Clay
1875 to 1968
Missouri
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Allie Clay
1878 to 1967
Missouri
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Arthur Clay
1874 to 1967
North Dakota
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Grace Clay
1872 to 1967
Illinois
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James Clay
1881 to 1967
Missouri
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Louisa Clay
1876 to 1967
Iowa
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Robert Clay
1881 to 1967
Missouri
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Abbie Clay
1879 to 1966
Illinois
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Alta M Clay
1879 to 1966
Iowa
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Archie Clay
1877 to 1966
Michigan
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Austin Clay
1877 to 1966
Illinois
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Bertha M Clay
1877 to 1966
Kansas
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David Clay
1875 to 1966
Michigan
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Janie S Clay
1879 to 1966
Missouri
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Loretta Clay
1879 to 1966
Missouri
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William Clay
1882 to 1966
Wisconsin
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Brewer T Clay
1875 to 1965
Indiana
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Charles Clay
1880 to 1965
Illinois
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David Clay
1881 to 1965
Ohio
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Henry Clay
1878 to 1965
Michigan
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Henry Clay
1874 to 1964
Indiana
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John Clay
1881 to 1964
Ohio
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Curtis Clay
1881 to 1963
Ohio
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Frank Clay
1880 to 1963
Missouri
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James M Clay
1881 to 1963
Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
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Nora Clay
1877 to 1963
Indiana
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Reuben Clay
1878 to 1963
Ohio
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Wellington Clay
1870 to 1963
Minnesota
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William Clay
1880 to 1963
Ohio
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G Clay
1879 to 1962
Missouri
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Harry Clay
1880 to 1962
Missouri
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Clarence Clay
1878 to 1938
Ohio
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Henry Clay
1819 to 1911
Hancock County, Ohio
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Lola Clay
born 1882
Butte, South Dakota
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Dessie Clay
born 1880
Lawrence, South Dakota
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Common questions

Clay genealogy: FAQ

Where were Clay ancestors recorded?

Our database holds 4,152 Clay records from all 12 Midwestern states. The most are in Missouri (1,338), then Ohio (844) and Illinois (604).

How far back does the Clay family tree go?

The earliest Clay birth in our database is 1819: Henry Clay, Hancock County, Ohio. We have pieced together 153 Clay family trees from public birth and death records.

Are living Clay family members listed here?

Not knowingly. We follow set rules to leave living people out of our public pages. If you find a living relative listed here, email us and we will take the record down.

Is this my Clay family?

Maybe. Many people share a name, so treat any match as a possible match until the dates and places line up with what you know about your family. Every person here links to their own page with the details, and we can trace your line for you.

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