Brief Life History of William
When William Ridge was born on 28 February 1819, in Longton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jarvis Ridge, was 21 and his mother, Ruth Mayer, was 23. He married Elizabeth Smallwood on 1 March 1840, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1841, at the age of 22, his occupation is listed as potter in Longton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 15 July 1850, in Fort Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 31.
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- William Ridge in household of Ruth Soft, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Ridge, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Ridge - death: 15 July 1850; Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830
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Name Meaning
English:
topographic name for someone who lived on or by a ridge, Middle English rigge (Old English hrycg) ‘ridge’, or a habitational name from any of the minor places so named. It is synonymous with West Midlands Rudge and northern Rigg . The surname is also fairly common in Ireland, in County Galway, having been taken to Connacht in the early 17th century. The name is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Iomaire; iomaire being modern Irish for ‘ridge’. Compare Attridge .
sometimes perhaps a variant of Rich with voicing of the formerly medial consonant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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