Alice May Rightstine

Brief Life History of Alice May

When Alice May Rightstine was born in 1867, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, her father, John William Rightstine, was 35 and her mother, Mary Rebecca Ford, was 32. She married Richard Earl Farr on 27 April 1887, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 June 1951, in United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Richard Earl Farr
1865–1952
Alice May Rightstine
1867–1951
Marriage: 27 April 1887
Earl W Farr
1888–1965
Claude B. Farr
1890–1976
Alice Louise Farr
1893–1955
Richard R. Farr
1896–1974
Arthur Decatur Farr
1898–1955
Edith May Farr
1902–1982
Herbert Edmond Farr
1903–1957

Sources (13)

  • Alice Farr in household of Richard Farr, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Alice M Rightstine, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
  • Alice May Farr, "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961"

World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1874 · Secrete Service Headquarters

The Secrete Service Headquarters had been in NYC for four years. Finally in 1874, it returns to Washington D.C.

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.

Name Meaning

Originally a variant of Adelaide , representing an Old French spelling of a reduced form of Germanic Adalheidis. Alice and Adelaide were already regarded as distinct names in English during the medieval period. Alice enjoyed a surge of popularity in the 19th century and periods of favour ever since. It was the name of the central character of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( 1865 ) and Through the Looking Glass ( 1872 ), who was based on his child friend Alice Liddell , daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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