Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Buckman was born on 23 September 1788, in Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Jeremiah Bucknam, was 27 and her mother, Ruth Bannister, was 17. She married John Spalding Kimball on 15 October 1807, in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died on 22 November 1859, at the age of 71, and was buried in Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, United States.
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- Ruth Kimball in household of Luke S Kimball, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ruth Buckman, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Ruth Buckman Kimball, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a goatherd, Middle English bukkeman (from Old English bucca ‘he-goat’ + mann ‘man’).
English: occupational name for a scholar, scribe student, or bookbinder, from Middle English bok, buk(e) ‘book’ + man (from Old English bōc ‘book’ + mann ‘man’).
Americanized form of German Buckmann or Bückmann: derivative of Buck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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