Brief Life History of Vergie
When Vergie Bellis was born on 23 August 1904, in Missouri, United States, her father, Austin Bellis, was 26 and her mother, Lucy Jane Larkey, was 25. She married Alton Leroy Rumford on 23 February 1930. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Richmond, Ray, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Ottawa Township, Franklin, Kansas, United States in 1940. She died in September 1983, in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States.
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- Vergie Rumford, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Vergie Bellis - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Vergie Bellis
- Vergie Rumford, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Elisedd ‘son of Elisedd’ (see Ellis ).
English: possibly also a nickname from bellis, the regular form of bellows until the 16th century (see Bellows ). The form bellis persisted generally until the 16th century and much later in various dialects.
Italian: patronymic from the personal name Bello . It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to, of’, in this case ‘member of the Belli family’ (compare Belli ). Compare also De Bellis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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