Brief Life History of Margaret Jane
When Margaret Jane Ruth was born on 19 February 1936, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Willis Denver Ruth, was 30 and her mother, Hilda Mae Hopkins, was 25. She lived in Bell Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and Bell, Young Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. She died on 8 November 2003, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Margaret J Ruth, "United States 1950 Census"
- Margaret J. Ruth Brosius Haag, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret Jane Haag, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
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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