Brief Life History of Mary Ruth
When Mary Ruth Wills was born on 6 August 1897, in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, her father, Francis Marion Wills, was 32 and her mother, Cora Ella Jacob, was 30. She had at least 1 daughter with James L Stewart. She lived in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Hubbard, Trumbull, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 20 August 1964, at the age of 67, and was buried in Hubbard, Trumbull, Ohio, United States.
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- Ruth W Stewart, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary Ruth Wills, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Mary Ruth Wills, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English and German: variant of Will with genitival -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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