Brief Life History of Ruel Hasseltine
When Ruel Hasseltine Fletcher was born on 16 May 1829, in Cornish, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Quartus Fletcher, was 30 and his mother, Anna Kelly, was 23. He married Rebecca Caroline Wyman on 26 February 1863, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America for about 10 years and Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1922. He died on 14 January 1922, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Ruel H Fletcher in household of Alfred Ward, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ruel H. Fletcher, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Ruel Hasseltine Fletcher, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an arrowsmith, from Middle English fleccher, Old French flechier, flecher ‘fletcher’, for someone who made or sold arrows for bows. This surname has sometimes been confused with Flesher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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