Wilma Rising

Female1915–2006

Brief Life History of Wilma

Wilma Rising was born in 1915. She died in 2006, at the age of 91, and was buried in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.

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Sidney L Rising
1908–1961
Wilma Rising
1915–2006

Sources (3)

  • Wilma M Rising, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Wilma in entry for Mr Sidney L Rising and Etzel Scellars, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
  • Wilma Rising in entry for Sidney L Rising, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 1

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1917 · The U.S. Army Spruce Production Division

Age 2

Thousands of soldiers were assigned to the U.S. Army Spruce Production Division to provide wood for airplanes and ships during World War I. Poor working conditions in 1917 caused the men to strike which slowed the logging production in the area. The demands of the strikers were rejected by the lumber companies. As the need was ever-present for lumber during the war, the government stationed soldiers to do the work. Over 230 spruce soldier camps were built and occupied throughout the Pacific Northwest at this time. 

1941

Age 26

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Swiss German and South German: variant of Risinger .

Perhaps an Americanized form of German Reising , or from an unexplained stem riese.

English (Norfolk and Suffolk): habitational name from Castle Rising or Woodrising (Norfolk). The placename means either ‘people of a man called Risa’ or ‘people at the brushwood’, from an Old English personal name Risa or Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + the groupname suffix -ingas.

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

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