Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Ring was born in May 1840, in Whitepost, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Ring, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth, was 31. She died in October 1866, at the age of 26.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Rebecca Ring in household of William Ring, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1797– Male
1810– Female
Siblings (7)
1823–1861 Male
1840–1866 Female
1841– Female
1846– Male
1847– Female
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World Events (3)
1846
Age 6
1853 · First State Fair
Age 13
1863
Age 23
Name Meaning
English, Danish, German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rings (from Middle English ring, Middle High German rinc, Middle Dutch ring), either to be worn as jewelry or as component parts of chain-mail, harnesses, and other objects. It may also have arisen as a nickname for a wearer of a ring. This name (of German origin) is also found in Slovenia and in Czechia. Compare English Ringer and German Rink .
Norwegian: variant of Ringen .
German: topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rink, rinc ‘circle’ for someone who lived at a square or market place; or a nickname for a quick or slight, small person, from Middle High German ringe ‘quick, nimble; small, not noteworthy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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