Ronda Ruth Harper

Brief Life History of Ronda Ruth

When Ronda Ruth Harper was born on 25 October 1936, in Elgin, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States, her father, Doyle Newton Harper, was 35 and her mother, Bessie Marie Richardson, was 27. She married Ernest Leroy Ryan on 8 February 1953, in Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Colorado, United States in 1949 and Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado, United States in 1950. She died on 2 December 2004, in Brighton, Adams, Colorado, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Leroy Ryan
1934–1996
Ronda Ruth Harper
1936–2004
Marriage: 8 February 1953
Zechariah Eli Ryan
1954–2012
Edward Ray Ryan
1956–2024

Sources (6)

  • Ronda Harper, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Rhonda Ryan in entry for Dimple Deen Hopper, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Romda Harper in household of Doyle Harper, "United States Census, 1940"

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World Events (8)

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas

Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.

1954 · Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a U.S. Supreme Court case which ruled racial segregation in public schools as unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was handed down on May 17, 1954. The case was originally filed by the Brown family in Topeka, Kansas.

Name Meaning

English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.

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

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