Brief Life History of George
When George Rich was born on 20 November 1872, in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Francis James Rich, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Wood, was 20. He married Sarah Jane Slade on 16 June 1903, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in South Grove Township, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Saskatchewan, Canada for about 5 years. He died on 19 March 1936, in DeKalb, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Craik No. 222, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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- George Rich, "Canada Census, 1911"
- George Rich, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
- George Rich, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.
English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .
English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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