Brief Life History of Laurence Wilford
When Laurence Wilford Reddick was born on 24 September 1908, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States, his father, Jessie Lloyd Reddick, was 29 and his mother, Ida Virginia Archer Dupont, was 27. He married Doris Leone DeWitt on 27 November 1928, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States in 1935 and Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 24 November 1995, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Lawrence W Reddick, "United States 1950 Census"
- Laurence Reddick, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Laurence Wilfred Reddick, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1909 · The Cathedral of the Madeleine
The Cathedral of the Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church that was completed in 1909 and currently serves as a cathedral for the Catholic community in Salt Lake City. It is the only cathedral in the U.S. under the patronage of St. Mary Magdalene.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Scottish: perhaps a habitational name from Rerrick (Kirkcudbrightshire), itself from Old Norse hreyrr ‘boundary, cairn’ + eik ‘oak’ or perhaps, with modification by Gaelic-speakers, vík ‘bay’.
English (Surrey and Middlesex): habitational name from Redwick in Gloucestershire from Old English hrēod ‘reed’ + wīc ‘outlying settlement’.
North German: variant of Reddich, an occupational name for a greengrocer or vegetable dealer, from Middle Low German redik ‘radish’. The surname Reddick is very rare in Germany; in North America it may also be an altered form of any of its variants and other similar (like-sounding) surnames (compare Redick ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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