Brief Life History of Ralph Brown
When Ralph Brown Knode was born on 24 January 1883, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, his father, Henry Clay Knode, was 22 and his mother, Martha Frances Petty, was 21. He married Edna Isabelle Lackey on 16 October 1909, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. He lived in Center Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1900 and United States in 1949. He died in February 1966, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.
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- Ralph B Knode, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ralph B Knode, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
- Ralph Brown Knode, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
German: nickname for a coarse, unrefined person, from Middle High German knode ‘knot’. See also Canode .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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