Rettie Edith Toole
1897–1973 (Age 75)
Indiana, United States
The Life of Rettie Edith
When Rettie Edith Toole was born on 18 May 1897, in Indiana, United States, her father, Edward Franklin Toole, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Francis Mclaughlin, was 20. She died on 26 April 1973, in Boonville, Warrick, Indiana, United States, at the age of 75.
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Family Time Line
Rettie Edith Toole
1897–1973
Gore
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Spouse & Children
1897–1973Female
- Gore
–Male
Parents & Siblings
- Edward Franklin Toole
1866–1924Male
1877–1954Female
siblings
(3)
1894–1972Male
1897–1973Female
- Clide E Inkerbrandt
1899–Male
World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 1
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.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
Age 9
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1917
Age 20
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
1 Irish: reduced form of O’Toole , an Americanized form of Ó Tuathail ‘descendant of Tuathal’.2 English: variant of Toll .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
Rettie Toole in household of Ed Toole, "United States Census, 1900"
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