When Ruby Eleanor Star was born on 1 July 1922, in Manyberries, Forty Mile County No. 8, Alberta, Canada, her father, Zachary Herman Star, was 48 and her mother, Aminda Louise Wilhelmina Erickson, was 34. She married Douglas Gerard Cook on 8 July 1947, in Fort Macleod, Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada. She died on 14 September 2007, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 85.
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German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German Star, Middle High German star ‘starling’, probably denoting a talkative or perhaps a voracious person.
Dutch (Van der Star): topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a star.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Stern .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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