Brief Life History of Richard Somerville
When Richard Somerville Ling Sr. was born on 8 February 1897, in Quemahoning Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Ling, was 34 and his mother, Belinda Berkebile, was 38. He married Ethel I. Beegle on 31 May 1924, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 18 March 1962, in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Richard Ling, "United States 1950 Census"
- Richard S. Ling, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Richard Somerville Ling, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Ping, Hong, Yun, Chun, Feng, Ling, Yee, Ching, Jian, Li, Mei, Shui.
English: habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, which may derive from Old English hlinc ‘ridge, bank’, from Lyng in Somerset, which may derive from Old English hlenc ‘hill side, ledge’, or from any of various minor places called from Middle English ling ‘heather, heath(land)’ (Old Norse lyng) such as Ling Hill in Blythburgh (Suffolk).
English: occasionally a variant of Leng .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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