Brief Life History of John
When John Rider was born on 8 November 1837, in Mill Town, County Monaghan, Ireland, his father, Thomas Rider, was 28 and his mother, Ann Jane Rowland, was 24. He married Mary McDonald on 27 July 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Waterfall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 21 December 1919, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- John Rider in household of Thomas Rider, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Rider, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- John Rider, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
Spouse and Children
1837–1919 Male
1844–1931 Female
Children (14)
1862–1957 Male
1868–1945 Male
1870–1873 Male
1872–1944 Male
1874–1958 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1809–1849 Male
1813–about 1879 Female
Siblings (8)
1836–1837 Male
1837–1919 Male
1838–1896 Male
1839– Male
1841– Female
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World Events (8)
1843
Age 6
1850
Age 13
1863
Age 26
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English ridere ‘horseman’, perhaps with a specific application such as ‘forest ranger’, ‘horseman who guards crops’, or ‘mounted warrior, knight’. Compare Knight .
English: habitational name from Ryther, near Selby (Yorkshire), probably from Old English ryther ‘clearing’.
English: topographic name from Middle English ridere ‘dweller at a clearing’ (see Reeder ) or ‘dweller by a small stream’, depending on which sense of Middle English ride the surname is derived from. These topographic senses of Rider are limited to the southern counties of England (especially Surrey, Sussex, and Hampshire), where topographic names in -er and the Middle English words ride ‘clearing’ and rithe ‘small stream’ are mainly found. See also Reed .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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SAVED BY PROVIDENCE. BY J. NICHOLSON. APPOINTED TO TAKE CHARGE OF A COMPANY OF EMIGRANTS—LEAVE LONDON FOR AMERICA—SURROUNDED BY A THICK FOG—THE CAPTAIN UNABLE TO TAKE OBSERVATIONS—THE FOG LIFTS—SAVE …
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