Brief Life History of Ralph William
When Ralph William Robertson was born on 29 April 1879, in Summitville, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, Robert Forrester Robertson, was 31 and his mother, Anna Eliza Tungate, was 29. He married Nellie Mae Rhum on 23 February 1909, in Washington, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Jackson Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Franklin, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 28 December 1942, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Hickory Cemetery, Summitville, Lee, Iowa, United States.
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- Ralph Robertson, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
- Ralph William Robertson, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Ralph William Robertson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
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 and English: patronymic from the Middle English, Norman French, and Older Scots personal name Robert + -son. This surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce (1274–1329).
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Robertsson: patronymic from the personal name Robert .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Robertsen, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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