Brief Life History of Sherman Forest
When Sherman Forest Rea was born on 22 April 1892, in Farmington Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joshua Hastings Rea, was 33 and his mother, Barbara Ann Mealy, was 31. He married Iona Evelyn Baver. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Mead Township, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He died on 22 June 1961, in Lassen, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Janesville, Lassen, California, United States.
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- Sherman Ray in household of Hasting Ray, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sherman Forest Rea, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"
- Sherman Forest Rea, "Find A Grave Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
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Name Meaning
English: from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter ye ‘at the island’ (Old English ēg, īeg). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by marsh, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Rye (Sussex), The Rye in High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire), Rye Hill in Epping Upland (Essex), Rye Mill in Feering (Essex), and Rye House in Stanstead Abbots (Hertfordshire). Alternatively, the name may also arise from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eye ‘at the river’ (Old English ēa) and may also be topographic, for someone who lived near a river or stream, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Rea in Hempsted (Gloucestershire), Ray Lodge in Lingfield (Surrey), and Rye Farm in Cranleigh (Surrey). Due to the similarity of Middle English forms it is now impossible to distinguish between the two explanations. See also Nye .
English: post-medieval form of Wray .
English: variant of Ray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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