Brief Life History of Ruby
When Ruby Wolcott was born on 30 November 1880, in Essex Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States, her father, Dewey S Wolcott, was 31 and her mother, Mary Ella L "Mattie" Luck, was 25. She died on 15 August 1898, in Newark, Newark Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in Prairie Cemetery, Saint Johns, Clinton, Michigan, United States.
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- Ruby Wolcott in household of Dewey Wolcott, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ruby A Wolcott, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- Ruby A Wolcott, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1881 · Hudson's
Clothing merchant Joseph Lowthian Hudson opened his first store inside the Detroit Opera House on April 2, 1881. Hudson was very successful with his small store and was able to move to a larger location on Woodward Avenue, far outside what was then the commercial district. Hudson's continued to grow until it became the tallest department store in the world. Hudson's 2,124,316 square foot store filled 32 floors, had 51 elevators, 48 escalators, 705 fitting rooms, and served over 16,000 meals a day.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Surrey): habitational name from Wollacott in Thrushelton (Devon), named from the Old English personal name Wulfnōth + cot ‘cottage, hut, shelter’. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
History: Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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