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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1916–2004 Male
1924–2009 Female
1879–1945 Male
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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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