829 documented Rice ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Welsh, anglicized from the personal name Rhys ('ardor, enthusiasm').
Where the records place them: Iowa (97%), out of 823 Rice records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: William, Robert, John, Mary and James.
Of the 807 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Michael Rice, born 1770 in Maryland.
Documented Rice families on this page come from Commemorative Biographical Record, Ohio, Biographical Record of Williams County, Ohio and Commemorative Biographical Record of Sandusky County, Ohio.
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Deceased Rice ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Welsh, anglicized from the personal name Rhys ('ardor, enthusiasm').
The documented line here reaches back to 1770. Most Rice lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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