Charles Joe Rancilio

Male6 May 1916–5 July 2004

Brief Life History of Charles Joe

When Charles Joe Rancilio was born on 6 May 1916, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Joseph Louis Rancilio, was 37 and his mother, Louisa Brugelta, was 28. He married Dorothy Lavoy Arrington on 9 September 1943, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. He lived in Herrin, Williamson, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 5 July 2004, in Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Enoch Cemetery, Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, United States.

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Charles Joe Rancilio
1916–2004
Dorothy Lavoy Arrington
1924–2009
Marriage: 9 September 1943

Sources (16)

  • Charles Rancilio in household of Joseph Rancilio, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Charles J Rancilio, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Charles Joe Rancilio, "BillionGraves Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 September 1943Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1917

    Age 1

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

    1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

    Age 13

    Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

    1941

    Age 25

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    From a Germanic word, karl, meaning ‘free man’, akin to Old English ceorl ‘man’. The name, Latin form Carolus, owed its popularity in medieval Europe to the Frankish leader Charlemagne ( ?742–814 ), who in 800 established himself as Holy Roman Emperor. His name (Latin Carolus Magnus) means ‘Charles the Great’. Carolus—or Karl, the German form—was a common name among Frankish leaders, including Charlemagne's grandfather Charles Martel ( 688–741 ). Charles is the French form. The name occurs occasionally in medieval Britain as Karolus or Carolus; it had a certain vogue in West Yorkshire from the 1400s, particularly among gentry families. The form Charles was chosen by Mary Queen of Scots ( 1542–87 ), who had been brought up in France, for her son, Charles James ( 1566–1625 ), who became King James VI of Scotland and, from 1603 , James I of England. His son and grandson both reigned as King Charles , and the name thus became established in the 17th century both in the Stuart royal house and among English and Scottish supporters of the Stuart monarchy. In the 18th century it was to some extent favoured, along with James , by Jacobites, supporters of the exiled Stuarts, opposed to the Hanoverian monarchy, especially in the Highlands of Scotland. In the 19th century the popularity of the name was further enhanced by romanticization of the story of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’, leader of the 1745 rebellion.

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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