When Alexander Ranson was born on 21 March 1871, in Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, his father, Henry Wilson Ranson, was 43 and his mother, Mary Ann Bambrough, was 35. He married Flora May Smith about 1896, in Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pershing, Nevada, United States in 1920 and Reno Nevada Temple, Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States in 1940. He died on 8 July 1954, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Historical Boundaries: 1877: Gunnison, Colorado, United States
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.
English: variant of Ransom .
French (mainly northern), Flemish, and Walloon: variant of Renson 2.
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