Brief Life History of Evelyn Pearl
When Evelyn Pearl Riggs was born on 9 January 1923, in Manila, Daggett, Utah, United States, her father, William Nathaniel Riggs, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Marie Olson, was 26. She lived in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States in 1930. She died on 20 April 1954, in Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Manila Cemetery, Manila, Daggett, Utah, United States.
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- E Pearl Deck in household of N William Riggs, "United States Census, 1930"
- Pearl Evelyn Kennedy, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Pearl Riggs in entry for Susan Ann Riggs Oppermann, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1927 · Land Covered in Dinosaur Fossils
The quarry was originally found by sheepherders and cattlemen as they drove their animals through the area. The Department of Geology at the University of Utah soon visited the area and found 800 fossils of a variety of Dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era. Because of the proximity of the site to Cleveland, Utah, and because most of the expeditions were financed by Malcolm Lloyd, the site was later known as the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry. In later years, Princeton college spent three summers at the site. They collected a total of 1,200 bones, part of which were sent back to the school and mounted to complete a full skeleton of an Allosaurus, Utah’s State Fossil. Over the years, excavations led to the collection of more than 12,000 fossils from the quarry. It was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1965.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset):
variant of Ricks with voicing of /ks/ to /gs/.
variant of Rigg , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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