Brief Life History of Ruth Viola
When Ruth Viola Wolcott was born on 16 July 1895, in Nicollet, Minnesota, United States, her father, Willis Albert Wolcott, was 33 and her mother, Bertha Viola Foster, was 25. She married Jacob Selmer Tillisch on 29 June 1915, in Martin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States in 1940 and Mankato Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States in 1950. She died on 5 July 1985, in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 89.
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- Ruth V Tillisch, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ruth Viola Wolcott, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
- Ruth Viola Wollcott, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1912
Historical Boundaries: 1912: Pinellas, Florida, United States
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Surrey): habitational name from Wollacott in Thrushelton (Devon), named from the Old English personal name Wulfnōth + cot ‘cottage, hut, shelter’. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
History: Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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