Ruth Nance

FemaleDecember 1919–23 May 1920

Brief Life History of Ruth

When Ruth Nance was born in December 1919, in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States, her father, William Nance, was 33 and her mother, Helene Bryan, was 21. She died on 23 May 1920, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Nance
1886–
Helene Bryan
1898–1937
Ruth Nance
1919–1920
Jack Nance

Sources (2)

  • Ruth Nance, "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927"
  • Ruth Nance, "Find A Grave Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (2)

World Events (2)

1920

Age 1

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920

Age 1

Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Nantz .

Cornish: habitational name from any of the places so-named in Lelant, Saint Clement, Illogan, or Saint Martin in Meneage. The placenames derive from Middle Cornish nans ‘valley’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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