Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Ramsey was born on 4 July 1868, in Clay, West Virginia, United States, his father, Lewis Franklin Ramsey, was 40 and his mother, Ruth Pilcher Nutter, was 39. He married Mary Catherine Stroud on 7 July 1896, in Fayette, Fayette, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nuttall District, Fayette, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 8 October 1954, in Edmond, Fayette, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Nuttall Cemetery, Edmond, Fayette, West Virginia, United States.
Photos and Memories (3)
Do you know George Washington? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (40)
- George Ramsey, "United States 1950 Census"
- George W. Ramsey, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- George Ramsey, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
Spouse and Children
Children (10)
+5 More Children
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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
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.
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, English, and Irish (Antrim): habitational name from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire), from Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ + ēg ‘island, low-lying land’. Alternatively, the name may also arise from Ramsey (Essex), probably from the same etymology as the Huntingdonshire placename. However, this is unlikely to be the source of the Scottish surname. This form of the surname is also common in Ireland, where it is probably in most if not all cases an altered form of Scottish Ramsay .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.