Brief Life History of Gussie Julia
When Gussie Julia Ring was born on 7 February 1913, in Ocilla, Irwin, Georgia, United States, her father, John G Ring, was 16 and her mother, Judy Julia Diantha Chaney, was 21. She lived in Irwin, Georgia, United States in 1935 and District 518, Irwin, Georgia, United States in 1940. She died on 31 January 1999, in Ocilla, Irwin, Georgia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Lax, Irwin, Georgia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Gussie Ring in household of John Ring, "United States Census, 1920"
- Gussie Julia Ring, "Find A Grave Index"
- Gussie Ring in household of John Ring, "United States Census, 1940"
Parents and Siblings
1896–1972 Male
1892–1963 Female
Siblings (12)
1913–1999 Female
1914–2008 Female
1916–1995 Female
1918–1987 Female
1919– Female
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 3
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
Age 9
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 24
Name Meaning
English, Danish, German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rings (from Middle English ring, Middle High German rinc, Middle Dutch ring), either to be worn as jewelry or as component parts of chain-mail, harnesses, and other objects. It may also have arisen as a nickname for a wearer of a ring. This name (of German origin) is also found in Slovenia and in Czechia. Compare English Ringer and German Rink .
Norwegian: variant of Ringen .
German: topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rink, rinc ‘circle’ for someone who lived at a square or market place; or a nickname for a quick or slight, small person, from Middle High German ringe ‘quick, nimble; small, not noteworthy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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