Brief Life History of John Lawrence
When John Lawrence RICE was born on 23 April 1927, in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States, his father, Daniel Thomas Rice, was 23 and his mother, Winifred DOHERTY, was 27. He married Anna M Mullaney in 1952, in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Richmond, Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1940 and Richmond, Ontario, New York, United States in 1950. He died on 23 August 2003, in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States.
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Sources (6)
- John L Rice, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Rice, "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995"
- John L Rice, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized pronunciation of one of the most common Welsh personal names, Rhys, from a form originally meaning ‘rash, impetuous’, also spelled Rys and Re(e)s. See also Reese , with which it is interchangeable as a result of different Anglicized forms of the Welsh vowel y, and also compare Preece and Price . Initial R- in Welsh is voiceless and often spelled Rh-, but in English R- is voiced as in the Anglicized surnames Rees and Rice. Welsh y is a short back vowel /ɪ/. In the medieval period the English approximation of this vowel was either /i/ or /e/, lengthened to /i:/ and /e:/. Subsequent sound changes in English produced the alternative pronunciations represented in Rees, Preece and Rice, Price. The name has also been established in Ireland from an early date.
English: either a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a thicket (Middle English ris, rice, ris, from Old English hrīs, Old Norse hrís), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place called with this word, such as Rise (East Yorkshire).
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English Rys(e) and Re(e)s which when without a preposition could derive from one or other of several Old French and Middle English words, including Anglo-Norman French ris ‘laughter, smile’, Middle English ris, res ‘stem, stalk’, in origin the same word as in 2 above, and Middle English ris, rise, rice, res, Old French ris, riz ‘rice’, perhaps a nickname for a rice dealer or a cook.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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