John William Ridings was born on 27 February 1903, in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of Harry Ridings and Jennie Greenhalgh. He married Mabel Elizabeth Eckman on 4 February 1925, in Homewood, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in White Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and West Mayfield, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1980, at the age of 77, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English (Lancashire): variant of Riding with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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