Brief Life History of Ruth Margaret
When Ruth Margaret Clink was born on 4 November 1895, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Richard Francis Clink, was 34 and her mother, Martha W. Smith, was 31. She married Andrew M Martin on 7 October 1918, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1935 and Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 21 December 1974, at the age of 79, and was buried in Stevensville, Stevens Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Ruth C Martin in household of Andrew M Martin, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ruth C Martin, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Ruth Clink Sumner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
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
Scottish: possibly the Dutch surname Klink , brought by Flemish merchants to Scottish North Sea ports in Fife and elsewhere (compare 3 below).
English: variant of Clinch .
Americanized form of German, Dutch or Sorbian Klink .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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