Brief Life History of Frances Ruth
When Frances Ruth Bland was born on 14 March 1896, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Francis Piles Bland, was 36 and her mother, Amanda L. Trigg, was 36. She married James Beauregard Sparks on 4 March 1916, in Robertson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Bracken, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Milford, Bracken, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 March 1969, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Ruth Sparks, "United States 1950 Census"
- Frances Ruth Bland, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Frances Ruth Bland Sparks, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place called Bland in Sedburgh, Yorkshire, the origin of which is uncertain. Possibly it is from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm, commotion’ (from blandan ‘to blend or mingle’), with reference to its exposed situation. The modern English adjective bland did not come into English (from Latin) until the 15th century, and is therefore unlikely to have given rise to surnames.
French: nickname from Old French blant ‘flattering’ (from Latin blandus).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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