Brief Life History of Ruth Alice
When Ruth Alice Lowell was born on 28 July 1920, in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States, her father, Frederick Herbert Lowell, was 34 and her mother, Mary Teresa Sweeny, was 40. She had at least 2 sons with Thomas Francis Barry. She died on 7 March 2005, in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Clinton, Prince George's, Maryland, United States.
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- Ruth A Barry, "United States Census, 1950"
- Ruth A Barry, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Ruth A Lowell in entry for Robert E Barry, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1928 · Camden Public Library is Opened
The citizens of Camden, Maine had voted (in 1896) to establish a free public library in the town. The land for the library to be built on was donated by Mary Louise Curtis Bok in 1916. After years of fundraising and construction, the cornerstone was finally laid on August 17, 1927. The library opened on June 11, 1928. The library remains open to this day, and is now considered a National Historic Landmark.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Lovell , derived from Anglo-Norman Frenchlou ‘wolf’ + the diminutive suffix -el.
History: Lowell is the surname of one of America's most distinguished NewEngland families, which have been prominent for over 200 years. Itsfounder, John Lowell (1743–1802), was a legislator and judge. Thecity of Lowell, MA was named in honor of his son Francis Cabot Lowell(1775–1817), a textile manufacturer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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