Brief Life History of John Albert
When John Albert Ruth was born on 29 September 1872, in Beamsville, Lincoln, Niagara, Ontario, Canada, his father, Abner R Ruth, was 30 and his mother, Mary Ann Clements, was 31. He married Emily Mallory on 27 March 1893, in Carman, Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1895 and lived in Mapleton, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Mapleton Election Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 18 March 1954, in Tehama, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Corning, Tehama, California, United States.
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- John Ruth in household of Abner R. Ruth, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Albert John Ruth, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- John Albert Ruth, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1885
Historical Boundaries - 1885: Lane, Oregon, United States
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.
Name Meaning
German: from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names formed with hrōd ‘renown’ (see Rode ).
(Rüth): habitational name from a place so named near Euskirchen in Rhineland.
English: from Middle English reuth(e) ‘pity’, a nickname perhaps for a charitable person or for a pitiable one. The personal name Ruth was little used in England in the Middle Ages among non-Jews, and is unlikely to have had any influence on the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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