Brief Life History of Georgia A
When Georgia A Owen was born on 24 April 1862, in Monroe, Illinois, United States, her father, William Justice Kinney Owen, was 32 and her mother, Mary W. McBride, was 32. She married Oliver P Rittenhouse on 24 October 1900, in Waterloo, Monroe, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Renault, Monroe, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States for about 34 years. She died on 13 January 1944, in Wood River, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Nelson Cemetery, Ruma Precinct, Randolph, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Georgia Rittenhouse in household of Oliver Rittenhouse, "United States Census, 1940"
- Georgia Rittenhouse, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Georgia A Owen, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
Spouse and Children
1860–1944 Male
1862–1944 Female
Children (1)
1901–1981 Male
Parents and Siblings
1829–1902 Male
1830–1905 Female
Siblings (7)
1850–1914 Female
1852–1929 Female
1857– Female
1862–1944 Female
1864–1916 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 1
1875
Age 13
1885 · The First Skyscraper
Age 23
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.
Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .
Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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