Eleanor Rose Reed

Brief Life History of Eleanor Rose

When Eleanor Rose Reed was born on 9 July 1921, in Virginia, United States, her father, John William Reed, was 52 and her mother, Emma Lynch, was 41. She married Gene Hatton Woolridge on 28 September 1946, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States. She lived in Meherrin District, Brunswick, Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 11 October 2010, in Toano, James City, Virginia, United States, at the age of 89.

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Gene Hatton Woolridge
1921–2012
Eleanor Rose Reed
1921–2010
Marriage: 28 September 1946

Sources (7)

  • Elnor R Reed in household of J William Reed, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Eleanor Rose Reed, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
  • Eleanor R Woolridge, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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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.

1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington

The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.

English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .

English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.

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

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