When Ruth Fales was born on 18 October 1891, in Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Charles Maria Fales, was 36 and her mother, Nellie Ann Carpenter, was 31. She married Edward Grant Hines on 19 February 1916, in Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Hartford Township, Todd, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Browerville, Todd, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 August 1959, in United States, at the age of 67.
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Altered form of Scottish or Irish Fails .
Czech (rarely Fáles): from a pet form of the personal name Valentin .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian Falež or its rare variant Faleš: nickname from archaic dialect falež ‘bag, sack’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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