Rhoda Jane Bullis

Female17 March 1892–20 August 1985

Brief Life History of Rhoda Jane

When Rhoda Jane Bullis was born on 17 March 1892, in Rock, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Rush H Bullis, was 28 and her mother, Bertha Mary Anna Bentz, was 22. She married Dr. Floyd Garrison Wolcott on 12 June 1912, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Milton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years and Washington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States in 1910. She died on 20 August 1985, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr. Floyd Garrison Wolcott
1879–1952
Rhoda Jane Bullis
1892–1985
Marriage: 12 June 1912
Robert B Wolcott
1915–
Priscilla Wolcott
1918–

Sources (9)

  • Rhode Wolcott in household of Lloyd Wolcott, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ancestry Family Trees
  • Rhoda Wolcott in household of Floyd G Wolcott, "United States Census, 1920"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 June 1912Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 4

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

    Age 15

    The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

    1917

    Age 25

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    Name Meaning

    English (Cambridgeshire): probably a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in a cattle shed, or a topographic name for someone who lived by one, from a shortened form of Middle English bulehus ‘bull house’, from bule, bole ‘bull’ + h(o)us ‘house’.

    Latvian: nickname or metonymic occupational name from bullis ‘bull’.

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

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