Alice Virginia Dunford

Brief Life History of Alice Virginia

When Alice Virginia Dunford was born on 14 October 1866, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, Charles Simeon Dunford, was 40 and her mother, Maria Cecelia Riely, was 29. She married William Ulysses Grant Rayl on 25 February 1888, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 27 March 1925, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Joplin Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Ulysses Grant Rayl
1865–1944
Alice Virginia Dunford
1866–1925
Marriage: 25 February 1888
Charles Jabez Rayl
1889–1931
Lester Willard Rayl
1891–1979
Alma Alfonzo Rayl
1892–1932
Jennie Alice Rayl
1896–1956
Milly Marie Rayl
1898–1898
Lilly Mae Rayl
1898–1900
Arthur Leonard Rayl
1901–1954
Mary Arvilla Rayl
1904–1987

Sources (9)

  • Allice Donford in household of Charles Donford, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Alice V Dunford Rayl, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Alice V Dunford in entry for William U G Rayl, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1868

Historical Boundaries: 1868: Cherokee, Kansas, United States

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

habitational name from Dunford Bridge, in Thurlstone (Yorkshire), so called from the river Don (a British name possibly meaning ‘river’) + Old English ford ‘ford’, or from Dunford House in Methley (Yorkshire), named in Old English as ‘Dunn's ford’ (see Dunn 2).

variant of Durnford, a habitational name from Durnford in Wiltshire, arising from Old English dierne + ford ‘hidden ford’. Alternatively, the name may perhaps arise from Dunford, alias Durnford, in Addlestone (Surrey).

English:

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

St. Louis

I found this comment in the notes of Norma Rayl, granddaughter of Alice: Grandma Rayl often said, "I was born in St. Louis, married in St. Louis, and I want to die in St. Louis." She suffered a heart …

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