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Personal data Melvin Sheldon RICE 

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Household of Melvin Sheldon RICE

(1) He is married to Ruth Elizabeth DRYER.

They got married in the year 1925, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Melvin Sheldon RICE  1926-2006 
  2. Robert Ronald RICE  1929-1987

The couple were divorced in 1937.


(2) He is married to Opal M THOMAS RUANE.

They got married on April 1, 1943 at Camden, North Carolina, USA, he was 40 years old.Source 7


(3) He had a relationship with Vera V.


(4) He has/had a relationship with Ruth RICE.


Notes about Melvin Sheldon RICE

My Mother's Maternal Uncle. Was a great sports player and was even drafted by pro baseball. He and others were caught drinking and that was the end of his career. He then joined USN

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Melvin Sheldon RICE

John Henry RICE
± 1837-1910
Anne Annie FARRELL
1843-1911
Henry BIRKEL
1844-1901
Mary Delia MADDEN
± 1857-1924

Melvin Sheldon RICE
1902-1955

(1) 1925

Ruth Elizabeth DRYER
1906-1973

Melvin Sheldon RICE
1926-2006
Robert Ronald RICE
1929-1987
(2) 1943

Opal M THOMAS RUANE
1917-1990

(3) 

Vera V
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(4) 

Ruth RICE
± 1897-????


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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: North Hempstead, Nassau, New York; Roll: T624_995; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1128; FHL microfilm: 1375008 / Ancestry.com
    5. New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942, Ancestry.com, New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Birth Index / Ancestry.com
    6. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    7. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    8. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, National Cemetery Administration / Ancestry.com
    9. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Watertown, Jefferson, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02546; Page: 62A; Enumeration District: 23-78 / Ancestry.com
    10. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    11. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for New York State, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147 / Ancestry.com
    12. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: North Hempstead, Nassau, New York; Roll: T625_1128; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 568 / Ancestry.com
    13. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: North Hempstead, Nassau, New York; Roll: 1461; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0168; Image: 866.0; FHL microfilm: 2341196 / Ancestry.com
    14. New York, State Census, 1915, Ancestry.com, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 03; Assembly District: 01; City: North Hempstead; County: Nassau; Page: 31 / Ancestry.com
    15. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Ancestry.com, Year: 1945; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 6999; Line: 5; Page Number: 247 / Ancestry.com
    16. U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949, Ancestry.com, National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID / Ancestry.com
    17. Findagrave, Melvin Sheldon Rice 9 May 1955 / www.findagrave.com

    Historical events

    Birthday November 11, 1902

    • The temperature on November 11, 1902 was between 3.6 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
      • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
      • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
      • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
      • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
      • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

    Day of marriage April 1, 1943

    • The temperature on April 1, 1943 was between 4.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
      • April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
      • August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
      • December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
      • December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
      • December 28 » Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.

    Day of death May 9, 1955

    • The temperature on May 9, 1955 was between 8.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
      • January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
      • June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
      • July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
      • November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
      • December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
      • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

    Day of burial May 11, 1955

    • The temperature on May 11, 1955 was between 3.1 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
      • April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
      • May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
      • September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
      • September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
      • December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
      • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
    

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