Brief Life History of Minerva P
When Minerva P Rich was born on 9 July 1882, in North Dakota, United States, her father, William Caswell Rich, was 38 and her mother, Elisa Jane Hayden, was 28. She married John Buchanan Jr. in 1905. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Foster, North Dakota, United States in 1900 and Carrington, Foster, North Dakota, United States for about 30 years. She died on 15 June 1966, in Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Carrington Cemetery, Carrington, Foster, North Dakota, United States.
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- Minerva Rich in household of William Rich, "United States Census, 1900"
- Minerva Buchanan, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Minerva Buchanan, "Find a Grave Index"
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1883
Historical Boundaries: 1883: Ward, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Ward, North Dakota, United States
1885
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Ward, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Ward, North Dakota, United States
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.
English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .
English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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