Virigina Leonetza Rice

1908–18 October 1963 (Age 55)
Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Virigina Leonetza

When Virigina Leonetza Rice was born in 1908, in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States, her father, Benjamin Morris Rice, was 26 and her mother, Charlotte (Lottie) Hinkston, was 26. She married Leander (Lee) Dixon on 16 April 1929, in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 18 October 1963, in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

Leander (Lee) Dixon
1906–1976
Virigina Leonetza Rice
1908–1963
Marriage: 16 April 1929
Leander Dixon Jr.
1930–1935
Maxine Louise Dixon
1931–1997
Lloyd Eugene Dixon
1933–2015
Patricia Ann Dixon
1937–2017
Benjamin Dixon
1939–2012
Millard Michael Dixon
1944–2021

Spouse and Children

Children

(6)

+1 More Child

Parents and Siblings

Siblings

(7)

+2 More Children

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 0
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 1
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 15
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

(1997: 54404;2007: 111519; 2010: 149500)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).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Reese
Rees
Ryce
Rise
Wrice

Sources (12)

  • Virginia Rice in household of Benn Rice, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Virginia Rice in entry for Benjamin Morris Dixon and Rita Irene Brown, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Virginia Rice in entry for Leander Dixon, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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