William Jonas Riggle

Brief Life History of William Jonas

When William Jonas Riggle was born on 15 January 1868, in Nebraska, United States, his father, David Conrad Riggle, was 43 and his mother, Melison Jane Manning, was 33. He married Mary Layton on 7 March 1900, in Wilcox, Kearney, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Jefferson, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Endicott, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died on 7 March 1958, in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States.

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William Jonas Riggle
1868–1958
Mary Layton
1877–1934
Marriage: 7 March 1900
Homer Layton Riggle
1911–2002

Sources (10)

  • William Riggle, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Wm Riggle, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • William Jonas Riggle, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1869

Historical Boundaries: 1869: Jefferson, Nebraska, United States

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1892 · The Chicago Canal

The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.

Name Meaning

Perhaps an altered form of German Riegel or a variant of Rickel 3.

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

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