Mabel Maud Rich

Brief Life History of Mabel Maud

When Mabel Maud Rich was born on 31 January 1898, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, George A. Rich, was 23 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Lewis, was 21. She married Joseph Ira Gardner on 19 December 1916, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 4, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 16 May 1988, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Ira Gardner
1892–1950
Mabel Maud Rich
about 1898–1988
Marriage: 19 December 1916
Gardner
1917–1917

Sources (16)

  • Mabel Maud Rich Gardner in household of Joseph Ira Gardner, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Mable M. Rich, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Mabel Rick Mabey Gardner, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.

English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .

English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).

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

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