Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Kidder was born on 13 October 1783, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonathan Kidder, was 39 and her mother, Susannah Dwinnel, was 38. She died on 4 June 1862, at the age of 78, and was buried in West Millbury Cemetery, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Ruth Kidder, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ruth Kidder, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Ruth Kidder, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (7)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Kidgier, an occupational name, probably from an assibilated form of Middle English kiddier ‘pedlar’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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