When William L. Rule was born on 3 September 1873, in Indiana, United States, his father, Levi Rule, was 35 and his mother, Priscilla A Huntsman, was 28. He married Lily Letitia Schrom on 16 November 1902, in Kosciusko, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Green Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Bourbon Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 19 February 1950, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States.
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English (of Norman origin): probably a habitational name from one or other of several places in northern France named Reuil or Rueil, such as Reuil (Aisne), Reuil (Marne), Réau (Seine-et-Marne), Rueil (Seine-et-Oise, Eure-et-Loir), and Reuil-sur-Brèche (Oise). Ruelle (Calvados) is also another possibility.
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