Elizabeth Olive Prugh

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Olive

When Elizabeth Olive Prugh was born on 29 December 1882, in Atwood, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Michael Theodore Prugh, was 37 and her mother, Melvina Fryor, was 34. She married Wilson Howard Rankin on 6 April 1905, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 21 September 1935, in Atwood, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 52.

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Family Time Line

Wilson Howard Rankin
1884–1966
Elizabeth Olive Prugh
1882–1935
Marriage: 6 April 1905
Helen Margaret Rankin
1905–2002
Howard Earl Rankin
1909–1965
Aida Melvina Rankin
1911–1995
Mildred Olive Rankin
1913–1988

Sources (4)

  • Elizabeth O Rankin in household of Wilson H Rankin, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Elizabeth O Prugh in entry for Mildred Olive Jones, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Lizzie O Rankin in household of Wilson H Rankin, "United States Census, 1920"

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1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Possibly an Americanized form of German Bruch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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