Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Rich was born on 15 May 1850, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Charles Coulson Rich, was 40 and her mother, Mary Ann Phelps, was 20. She married Francis Ashbel Pomeroy on 10 January 1875, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Pima, Arizona, United States in 1880 and East Cheney, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1910. She died on 3 November 1935, in Cheney, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 85.
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Sources (31)
- Mary A Rich in household of Mary A Rich, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Ann Rich, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Mary Ann Pomeroy, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"
Spouse and Children
1849–1938 Male
1850–1935 Female
Children (4)
1875–1953 Female
1877–1877 Female
1879–1882 Male
1883–1970 Female
Parents and Siblings
1809–1883 Male
1829–1912 Female
Siblings (10)
1848–1849 Female
1850–1935 Female
1852–1928 Male
1854–1855 Male
1854–1939 Female
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 13
1863
Age 13
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.
English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .
English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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