Laurence Wilford Reddick

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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Family Time Line

Laurence Wilford Reddick
1908–1995
Doris Leone DeWitt
1907–1999
Marriage: 27 November 1928
Audrey Colleen Reddick
1933–2014
Jack Lowell Reddick
1937–2022
Connie Louise Reddick
1942–1998

Sources (23)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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.

1910 · Women Gain the Right to Vote in Washington

On November 8, 1910, Washington became the first state to allow women to vote. This event would lead to the long battle by women in all the states to fight for the right to vote. This would happen 10 years later.

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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