Brief Life History of Ruth A
When Ruth A Crocker was born in June 1899, in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States, her father, Frank Wilbur Crocker, was 31 and her mother, Gertrude Estelle Wallace, was 27. She married Olin Wills Trask on 9 July 1919, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 17 September 1937, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 38.
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- Ruth A Trask in household of Olin W Trask, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ruth Crocker Trask, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Ruth A Crocker, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): occupational name for a potter, from Middle English crockere, an agent derivative of Middle English crok(ke) ‘pot’ (Old English croc, croc(ca)).
English (of Norman origin): variant of Craker .
Americanized form of German Krocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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