Brief Life History of Barbara V
When Barbara V Ring was born on 12 June 1929, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, David Solomon Ring, was 29 and her mother, Rose Beatrice Galer, was 25. She died on 5 November 1988, in Venice, Sarasota, Florida, United States, at the age of 59.
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Sources (5)
- Barbara V Ring in household of David S Ring, "United States Census, 1930"
- Barbara Vida Ring, "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998"
- Barbara V Ring, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II
Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
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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