Silvia Mae Rigby

Brief Life History of Silvia Mae

Silvia Mae Rigby was born on 20 August 1906, in Illinois, United States as the daughter of Rigby and Sophia Miller. She married Ralph George Holimon Sr about 1922. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, United States for about 5 years and Election Precinct 16 Austin, Grant, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 6 August 1983, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Ralph George Holimon Sr
1892–1967
Silvia Mae Rigby
1906–1983
Marriage: about 1922
Eva Mae Holimon
1924–2011
Ralph George Holimon Jr
1931–1985

Sources (13)

  • Sylvia Rigby, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Silvia Mae Rigby - Government record: birth-name: Silvia Mae Rigby
  • Sylvia Holimon, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1910 · Boy Scouts of America

When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from Ribby in Lancashire, named with Old Scandanavian hryggr ‘ridge’ + ‘farmstead, village’. Compare Rigsby .

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

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