Pvt Pleasant Arthur Reich

Brief Life History of Pleasant Arthur

When Pvt Pleasant Arthur Reich was born on 7 August 1887, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Ambrose Jesse Reich, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Ann Meyers, was 32. He married Emma Drane on 29 December 1912. He lived in South Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and South Fork Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 15 January 1959, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Pvt Pleasant Arthur Reich
1887–1959
Cora Melissa Thompson
1893–1924
Dorothy May Reich
1921–1968
Thelma Josephine “Tee” Reich
1924–2003

Sources (19)

  • Pleas Reich, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Pleasant A Reich, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Pleasant Arthur Reich, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Erwin, Gerhard, Alois, Otto, Volker, Erna, Udo, Wolfgang, Dieter, Egon.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a wealthy or powerful man, from Middle High German rīch ‘of noble descent, powerful, rich’, German reich ‘rich’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia (see also 4 below).

German: from a short form of a personal name containing the Old High German element rīhhi ‘power, might’.

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

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