Brief Life History of Ada Della
When Ada Della Stout was born on 4 May 1893, in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States, her father, James Madison Stout, was 46 and her mother, Amanda Della Walters, was 36. She married Chester Lee Rickstrew on 3 June 1911. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Huerfano, Colorado, United States in 1930 and Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1935. She died on 7 April 1988, in De Beque, Mesa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States.
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- Ada D Stout, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ada D Stout, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Ada Rickstrew, "Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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.
1901 · City Hall Built
The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
1918
Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English stout ‘bold, daring, brave’ (Old French estolt, estout, Anglo-Norman French estut, estot, estout ‘bold, fierce, randy, stubborn’).
perhaps occasionally a nickname from Middle English st(o)ut ‘gnat, horse-fly’ (Old English stūt, Old Norse stútr ‘gnat’), possibly used for someone with a biting tongue or for a small, quick-moving person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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