Grace Elizabeth Rising

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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Family Time Line

Almos Olinger
1887–1943
Grace Elizabeth Rising
1892–1981
Charles A Olinger
1913–1928
Paul W Olinger
1915–1930
Grace M Olinger
1917–
Eva Rising Olinger
1918–1992

Sources (10)

  • 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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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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