Brief Life History of Edith
When Edith Ruvelson was born on 29 November 1896, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, her father, Joseph Harry Ruvelson, was 32 and her mother, Esther Rose Rosenthal, was 36.
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Sources (4)
- Edith Ruvelson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edith Ruvelson, "Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
- Edith Ravelson, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1898 · The Kensington Runestone
A Swedish man, Olof Ohman, was farming on his land when he came across a 202-pound rock slab that had strange writing on it. Convinced it was proof that Scandinavian explorers came to that area before Columbus found the Americas, he had it looked at by scholars and linguists to find its translation. There has been a drawn-out debate on the stone's authenticity, with a scholarly consensus that classifies it as a hoax and the community which is convinced that it is authentic.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
From an Old English female personal name derived from ēad ‘prosperity, riches’ + gӯð ‘strife’. This was borne by a daughter ( 961–984 ) of Edgar the Peaceful. (She was named in accordance with the common Old English practice of repeating name elements within a family.) She spent her short life in a convent, and is regarded as a saint.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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