Brief Life History of Ralph Albert
When Ralph Albert Holstein was born on 28 April 1906, in Remsen Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry L. Hollstein, was 36 and his mother, Stella Rosetta Hulda Pfaffle, was 22. He married Edna Gay Potter on 17 September 1939, in Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, United States. He lived in Pukwana, Brule, South Dakota, United States for about 15 years and Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, United States for about 5 years. He died on 4 December 1963, in South Dakota, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, United States.
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- Ralph A Haelstein, "United States Census, 1940"
- Marvin Albert Hollstein, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Ralph Holstein, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name from the province of Holstein, long disputed between Germany and Denmark. This gets its name from holsten, the dative plural, originally used after a preposition, of holst, from Middle Low German holt-sate ‘dweller in the woods’ (from Middle Low German holt ‘wood’ + sate, sete ‘tenant’). The final syllable has been erroneously altered by analogy with North German Steen ‘stone’, which in South German and standard German has the form Stein.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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