Brief Life History of Rebecca Ann "Becky"
When Rebecca Ann "Becky" Block was born on 19 March 1961, in Grayson, Texas, United States, her father, James Ray Block, was 30 and her mother, Mary Gertrude Deweese, was 30. She died on 18 June 2007, in Texas, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Savoy, Fannin, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Rebecca Ann Block, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
- Rebecca Ann Block Wardlow, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1930–2022 Male
1930–2013 Female
Siblings (2)
1961–2007 Female
–1990 Male
World Events (8)
1962 · The Cuban Missile Crisis
Age 1
1963 · Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Age 2
1974 · The President Resigns
Age 13
Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch bloc ‘block (of wood)’ in any of several senses, for example a topographic sense denoting a fenced field, a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker or a milliner.
English (mainly Suffolk): descriptive nickname from Middle English blok, bloke, usually meaning either ‘pale, wan, pallid’ (Old English blāc), but perhaps sometimes ‘black’ (of hair or appearance). The name could be interchangeable with the equally ambiguous Black and Blake . Alternatively, it may be an nickname derived from Middle English blok(ke), bloke ‘block (of wood)’, perhaps for someone thought to be stupid or someone who made or used wooden blocks. Compare Blocker and 1 above.
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Bloch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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