Thelma Alice Rimley

Female28 April 1923–3 May 1985

Brief Life History of Thelma Alice

When Thelma Alice Rimley was born on 28 April 1923, in Elgin, Union, Oregon, United States, her father, John Henry Stowe, was 33 and her mother, Mary Zazel Carpenter, was 23. She married Audrain William Adams on 19 September 1938, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. She lived in United States in 1949 and Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 3 May 1985, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.

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Audrain William Adams
1916–1966
Thelma Alice Rimley
1923–1985
Marriage: 19 September 1938

Sources (15)

  • Thelma A Rimley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thelma Stowe - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Thelma Stowe
  • Thelma Stowe, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 September 1938Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 4

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

    1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

    Age 11

    Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

    1941

    Age 18

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Romilly in Eure (France) or from Remilly in Manche (France).

    English: habitational name from Romiley (Cheshire), from Old English rūm ‘roomy, spacious’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

    Altered form of Swiss German Rümmeli or Rümmele, variants of Rummel .

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

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