Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Kidder was born on 2 June 1784, in Nelson, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Thomas Kidder, was 33 and her mother, Ruth Page, was 27. She married Thomas Emerson on 30 April 1809, in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died on 4 October 1845, in Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Holbrook Cemetery, Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont, United States.
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- Ruth Emerson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ruth Rermelia Emerson in entry for Thomas Emerson, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
- Find A Grave - Ruth Emerson
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World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Kidgier, an occupational name, probably from an assibilated form of Middle English kiddier ‘pedlar’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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