Marion Rice

Female26 March 1909–March 1974

Brief Life History of Marion

When Marion Rice was born on 26 March 1909, in North Bierley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Rice, was 33 and her mother, Rhoda Priestley, was 32. She had at least 2 daughters with George Gilbertson. She died in March 1974, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

George Gilbertson
1904–1973
Marion Rice
1909–1974
Mary Bernadette Gilbertson
1934–2021
Mary Gilbertson
1934–2021

Sources (4)

  • Marian Rice in household of George Rice, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Rice, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
  • Marion Rice Gilbertson, "Find A Grave Index"

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Children (2)

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Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1914

Age 5

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

1915 · Zeppelin Raid

Age 6

During WWI Zeppelin raids took place all over England. The first of the raids happened from June 6-7, 1915, in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. During the attack 24 people were killed 40 injured, and 40 houses destroyed.

1940

Age 31

Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized pronunciation of one of the most common Welsh personal names, Rhys, from a form originally meaning ‘rash, impetuous’, also spelled Rys and Re(e)s. See also Reese , with which it is interchangeable as a result of different Anglicized forms of the Welsh vowel y, and also compare Preece and Price . Initial R- in Welsh is voiceless and often spelled Rh-, but in English R- is voiced as in the Anglicized surnames Rees and Rice. Welsh y is a short back vowel /ɪ/. In the medieval period the English approximation of this vowel was either /i/ or /e/, lengthened to /i:/ and /e:/. Subsequent sound changes in English produced the alternative pronunciations represented in Rees, Preece and Rice, Price. The name has also been established in Ireland from an early date.

English: either a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a thicket (Middle English ris, rice, ris, from Old English hrīs, Old Norse hrís), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place called with this word, such as Rise (East Yorkshire).

English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English Rys(e) and Re(e)s which when without a preposition could derive from one or other of several Old French and Middle English words, including Anglo-Norman French ris ‘laughter, smile’, Middle English ris, res ‘stem, stalk’, in origin the same word as in 2 above, and Middle English ris, rise, rice, res, Old French ris, riz ‘rice’, perhaps a nickname for a rice dealer or a cook.

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

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