Brief Life History of Ellen E.
When Ellen E. Rice was born in June 1855, in Randolph, Missouri, United States, her father, Mitchell Hansford Rice, was 34 and her mother, Rachel Jane Teter, was 25. She married George Tharp in 1871, in Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Camp Point Township, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Kingston Election Precinct, Kitsap, Washington, United States for about 10 years. She died in Washington, United States, and was buried in Roy Cemetery, Roy, Pierce, Washington, United States.
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Sources (18)
- E E Rice in household of M H Rice, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ellen Rice, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Ellen Rice in entry for John F Riley and Nellie Thorpe, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
Spouse and Children
1848–1923 Male
1855– Female
Children (3)
1872–1954 Male
1875–1946 Female
1878–1945 Female
Parents and Siblings
1820–1900 Male
1829–1904 Female
Siblings (10)
1847– Male
1849– Male
1851–1916 Male
1855– Female
1857–1929 Male
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World Events (8)
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Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized pronunciation of one of the most common Welsh personal names, Rhys, from a form originally meaning ‘rash, impetuous’, also spelled Rys and Re(e)s. See also Reese , with which it is interchangeable as a result of different Anglicized forms of the Welsh vowel y, and also compare Preece and Price . Initial R- in Welsh is voiceless and often spelled Rh-, but in English R- is voiced as in the Anglicized surnames Rees and Rice. Welsh y is a short back vowel /ɪ/. In the medieval period the English approximation of this vowel was either /i/ or /e/, lengthened to /i:/ and /e:/. Subsequent sound changes in English produced the alternative pronunciations represented in Rees, Preece and Rice, Price. The name has also been established in Ireland from an early date.
English: either a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a thicket (Middle English ris, rice, ris, from Old English hrīs, Old Norse hrís), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place called with this word, such as Rise (East Yorkshire).
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English Rys(e) and Re(e)s which when without a preposition could derive from one or other of several Old French and Middle English words, including Anglo-Norman French ris ‘laughter, smile’, Middle English ris, res ‘stem, stalk’, in origin the same word as in 2 above, and Middle English ris, rise, rice, res, Old French ris, riz ‘rice’, perhaps a nickname for a rice dealer or a cook.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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