When James Garfield Ritter was born on 10 April 1881, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, John Thompson Ritter, was 38 and his mother, Oregon Columbia Thomas, was 25. He married Ella Evaline Fuller on 7 April 1909. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Eden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900 and Burley Election Precinct 2, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 9 November 1941, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Idaho is the 43rd state.
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.
German: from Middle High German rit(t)er ‘knight, mounted warrior’, Middle Low German ridder, applied as a status name, occupational name, or nickname. Compare Knight .
English (Middlesex): perhaps a nickname from an agent derivative of Middle English ritten ‘to cut open, split’, usually referring to the use of a blade. Compare Render .
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