Jonah Wilson Rash Jr

Brief Life History of Jonah Wilson

When Jonah Wilson Rash Jr was born on 10 July 1921, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jonah Wilson Rash, was 37 and his mother, Mary Pearl Templeton, was 38. He married Treva Ellen Shaver on 15 June 1944, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States. He lived in Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 12 August 1948, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States.

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Jonah Wilson Rash Jr
1921–1948
Treva Ellen Shaver
1920–2012
Marriage: 15 June 1944

Sources (18)

  • J W Rash in household of J W Rash, "United States Census, 1940"
  • J W Rash Jr., "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
  • Jonah Wilson Rash, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), from the misdivision of Middle English atter ashe ‘at the ash tree’ (Old English æt thǣre æsce). Compare Ash , Nash , Tash .

Americanized form of German Rasch (and probably also Resch ), and a variant of the same Jewish surname.

Americanized form of Polish Raś or Czech and Sorbian Raš (see Ras 2), or of their Germanized form Rasch 3.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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