Brief Life History of Charlotte Nancy
When Charlotte Nancy Rucker was born on 4 July 1865, in Eldora, Hardin, Iowa, United States, her father, William H Rucker, was 37 and her mother, Nancy Osburn, was 30. She married Charles Homer Norris on 14 March 1880, in Havensville, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Franklin Township, Jackson, Kansas, United States in 1870 and Bloom Township, Clay, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 March 1923, in Miltonvale, Cloud, Kansas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Clay Center, Clay, Kansas, United States.
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- Charlotte Rucker in household of William H Rucker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lottie Rucker, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Lottie, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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.
Name Meaning
German (also Rücker): nickname from Middle High German rucken ‘to move or draw’.
North German: nickname from Middle Low German rucker ‘thief, greedy or acquisitive person’.
German: from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal name Rudiger . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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