Brief Life History of Howard Fairman
When Howard Fairman Ralston was born on 19 November 1876, in Unionport, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, his father, George Washington Ralston, was 53 and his mother, Mary Catherine Courtright, was 39. He married Alice M Taylor on 25 December 1901, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1920. He died on 4 February 1941, at the age of 64, and was buried in Chapel Hill Gardens, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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- Howard ? Ralston in household of Alice M Ralston, "United States Census, 1920"
- Howard F Ralston, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Howard F. Ralston, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (8)
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.
1887 · Monotype Type-Casting Machine
June 7, 1887, Tolbert Lanston patented his Monotype machine. It typed individual characters instead of lines like the Linotype machine.
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
Scottish: habitational name from Ralston (Renfrewshire), composed of the personal name Raoul, a vernacular form of Ralph , + Scots toun ‘farm, village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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