Brief Life History of Margaret Ellen
When Margaret Ellen Rickert was born on 27 May 1915, in Seward, Stafford, Kansas, United States, her father, Matthew Franklin Rickert, was 46 and her mother, Anna Gertrude Keenan, was 37. She lived in South Seward Township, Stafford, Kansas, United States in 1920. She died on 5 October 1964, in Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Gotha, Orange, Florida, United States.
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- M Ella Rickert in household of Frank M Rickert, "United States Census, 1930"
- Margaret Ellen Rickert Tubbs, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ellen Rickert in household of Frank Rickert, "United States Census, 1920"
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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.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): variant of Rickard .
German and North Frisian: from a personal name cognate with Richard and Richert .
Americanized form of German Reichert and possibly also of its Flemish cognate Rickaert.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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