Brief Life History of Mary Virginia
When Mary Virginia Rice was born on 1 March 1823, in Athens, Ohio, United States, her father, Col Jonas Rice, was 34 and her mother, Tamar Culver, was 23. She married Joseph Dorr Wolf on 29 May 1844, in Haydenville, Hocking, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in York Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Starr, Hocking, Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 15 June 1890, in Logan, Hocking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Haydenville, Hocking, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Hary Wolf, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Rice, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Mary V. Rice Wolf, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1822–1858 Male
1823–1890 Female
Children (9)
1846–1942 Female
1848–1927 Male
1849–1949 Female
1851–1903 Female
1853–1863 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1788–1829 Male
1799–1860 Female
Siblings (3)
1823–1890 Female
1826–1850 Female
1827–1912 Female
World Events (7)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 2
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
Age 13
1846
Age 23
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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