Brief Life History of Grace Elizabeth
When Grace Elizabeth Rising was born in 1892, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Alexander Rising, was 26 and her mother, Anna M Wenzel, was 24. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Almos Olinger. She lived in Union Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died in 1981, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Mount Lebanon Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Grace E Rising in household of Joseph A Rising, "United States Census, 1910"
- Grace F Rising Olinger, "Find A Grave Index"
- Grace E Rising in entry for James S Mckeever and Grace M Olinger, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Swiss German and South German: variant of Risinger .
Perhaps an Americanized form of German Reising , or from an unexplained stem riese.
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): habitational name from Castle Rising or Woodrising (Norfolk). The placename means either ‘people of a man called Risa’ or ‘people at the brushwood’, from an Old English personal name Risa or Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + the groupname suffix -ingas.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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