William David Rhyde

Brief Life History of William David

When William David Rhyde was born on 12 June 1865, in New York, United States, his father, Jabez Rhyde, was 23 and his mother, Bridget Murhall, was 24. He married Sarah Estella Taylor in 1891. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Richfield, Otsego, New York, United States in 1875 and Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 20 January 1923, in Exeter, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Schuyler Lake, Otsego, New York, United States.

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William David Rhyde
1865–1923
Sarah Estella Taylor
1865–1902
Marriage: 1891
Rose Standish Rhyde
1896–1986
Rufus J. Rhyde
1898–1954

Sources (10)

  • Wm D Rhide, "New York State Census, 1875"
  • William D Rhyde, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • William Rhyde in entry for Smith J Shepard, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English rode (Old English rod, rodu) designating someone who lived by a woodland clearing, or for someone who came from a place so named, such as Road (Somerset), Rhode (Somerset), Road Farm in Colebrook (Devon), Rhode in Halberton (Devon), Roade (Northamptonshire), Rode (Cheshire), and Rodd (Herefordshire).

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a reed bed, from Middle English rode (Old English hrēod). See also Rude and Trude .

German: habitational name from any places called Rhode (Lower Saxony, Rhineland) and Rhoden (Hesse, Saxony-Anhalt, former Silesia).

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

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