Brief Life History of John Walter
When John Walter Ridenour was born on 6 October 1884, in Middlefork, Warren Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States, his father, Daniel Michael Ridenour, was 50 and his mother, Maria Sophia Popejoy, was 46. He died on 25 January 1901, in Middlefork, Warren Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Middlefork, Warren Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States.
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- John Ridenour in household of Daniel Ridenour, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Walter Ridenour - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Walter Ridenour
- John Walter Ridenour, "Find A Grave Index"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German and South German Reitenauer or Alsatian Reutenauer: topographic name from Old High German riuti ‘clearing’ + ouwe ‘wet meadow’, suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. Compare Rednour , Ridenhour , Ridnour , Ritenour , and Whritenour .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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