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- ↑ Margaret Jane Wray in the Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997, Roll number 1962_0017
- ↑ Bio of Margaret Jane Wray - The Metropolitan Opera
- ↑ Margaret Jane Wray Bio
- ↑ Margaret Jane Wray Biography. Listen to Classical Music by Margaret Jane Wray
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