Brief Life History of Richard Thomas
When Richard Thomas Runyan was born on 5 January 1914, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, his father, John Thomas Runyan, was 31 and his mother, Holland Bell Sudduth, was 19. He lived in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 4 August 1987, in Nueces, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States.
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- Richard Runyan in household of John T Runyan, "United States Census, 1920"
- Richard Thomas Runyan, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Richard Runyan, "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
Name Meaning
Possibly also Irish: variant of Runyon 2. This surname is virtually non-existing in Ireland and Britain.
Variant of Runyon 1, a surname of French origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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