Brief Life History of Ward
Ward Gringer was born on 24 September 1868, in Green Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States as the son of unknown Gringer and Hattie Edna skaggs. He died in 1904, at the age of 36.
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unknown Gringer
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Hattie Edna skaggs
1901–1983
Ward Gringer
1868–1904
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World Events (3)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
Age 2
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1872 · The First National Park
Age 4
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.
Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of German Gähringer, see Garing , or possibly an altered form of German Gehringer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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