Brief Life History of Ruth Mabel
When Ruth Mabel Moore was born on 12 June 1912, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, her father, Harry Clare Moore, was 26 and her mother, Leita Mary Pfouts, was 23. She married John Hayward Randolph Jr on 2 December 1939, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Harris, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 8 June 1997, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 84.
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- Ruth Randolph, "United States Census, 1950"
- Ruth Moore, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Ruth Moore Randolph, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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