Brief Life History of Ruth Marie
When Ruth Marie Cherington was born on 28 November 1903, in Spaulding, Union, Iowa, United States, her father, Lewis Marion Cherington, was 36 and her mother, Hattie Belle Cary, was 32. She married Louis Leander Schaffer on 16 February 1922, in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Clarke, Iowa, United States in 1935 and Ward Township, Clarke, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 15 February 1995, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola Township, Clarke, Iowa, United States.
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- Ruth M Schaffer in household of Louis L Schaffer, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Ruth Marie Cherington, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Ruth Marie Cherrington, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: see Cherrington .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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