Brief Life History of James McFarland " Farley Bill"
When James McFarland " Farley Bill" Rice was born on 4 October 1919, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, his father, Huston Clay Rice, was 40 and his mother, Lula Idella Mae Clemmons, was 35. He married Vadie Myrtle Lewis on 24 February 1944, in Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Election Precinct 4 Cross Roads, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 8 Big Creek, Limestone, Alabama, United States in 1930. He died on 2 June 1960, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Rice Cemetery, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (10)
- James F Rice in household of Houston C Rice, "United States Census, 1930"
- James M Rice, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Farley, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920
Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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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