Brief Life History of Francis Raymond
When Francis Raymond Rudder was born on 26 May 1880, in Knox, Tennessee, United States, his father, Joel Bruce Rudder, was 26 and his mother, Mary Jane Rudder, was 26. He married Nancy Perdue Robinette in June 1900, in Blount, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 21 December 1926, in Etowah, McMinn, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Etowah Cemetery, Etowah, McMinn, Tennessee, United States.
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- F R Rudder, "United States Census, 1910"
- F R Rudder, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Frank R Rudder, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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.
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.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Ruder 2.
Altered form of German Ruder 1 and 2.
English: topographic name from Middle English rude ‘clearing’ (Old English rȳd) + the agent suffix -er, for someone who lived in or near a clearing.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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