Brief Life History of Thompson Elijah
When Thompson Elijah Rice was born on 2 March 1801, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Nathan Rice II, was 31 and his mother, Mary Jones, was 21. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Sarah Sallie Hendrickson. He lived in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 August 1868, in Atwood, Douglas, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Taylor Cemetery, Atwood, Douglas, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Thompson W Rice, "United States Census, 1860"
- Thompson Rice, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thompson Rice in entry for William Francis Rice, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
Spouse and Children
1801–1868 Male
1807–1870 Female
Children (5)
1835–1908 Male
1838– Male
1841–1924 Male
1847– Female
1850– Female
Parents and Siblings
1770–1844 Male
1781– Female
Siblings (4)
1801–1868 Male
1817– Female
1822–1887 Male
1824–1868 Male
World Events (8)
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
Age 11
1818
Age 17
1819 · State Capital moves to Vandalia
Age 18
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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