Brief Life History of Ralph William Elwood
When Ralph William Elwood Getzin was born on 8 April 1920, in Oak Creek, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Henry William Getzin, was 24 and his mother, Arlene Inez Ogle, was 22. He married Dorothy Wynema Chapman on 3 April 1941, in California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years and Judicial Township 4, Shasta, California, United States in 1940. He died on 3 February 1992, in Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Katy Magnolia Cemetery, Katy, Harris, Texas, United States.
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- Ralph Horton in household of Henry W Getzin, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ralph William Getzin, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Ralph Elwood William Getzin, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law
The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
(1997: 18;2007: 39; 2010: NA)
Welsh: from the personal name Gethin, perhaps a soft-mutated form of cethin ‘dusky, swarthy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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