When Benjamin Riddle was born in 1819, in Wells Township, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, his father, John Riddle, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Howse, was 24. He married Elizabeth Girt on 18 December 1845, in Jefferson, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Warren Township, Jefferson, Ohio, United States in 1860.
English:
habitational name probably chiefly from Ryedale, a river valley in North Yorkshire. The placename derives from the river name Rye (of uncertain etymology) + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’. There are, however, other places called Rydale (in Westmorland for example) which could have given rise to hereditary surnames.
of Norman origin, from an Old French personal name Ridel, perhaps a pet form of ancient Germanic names such as Ridbald and Ridhari(us).
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