Brief Life History of Grant
When Grant Radcliff was born on 22 March 1881, in Marengo, Iowa, Iowa, United States, his father, John Mortimer "Mort" Ratcliff, was 42 and his mother, Mary Ann Griffin, was 40. He married Nannette Ellen Coover on 17 June 1903, in Marengo, Iowa, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Marshall Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 16 August 1956, in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States.
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- Grant Radcliffe, "United States Census, 1950"
- Grant Ratcliff, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Grant Radcliff, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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English: variant of Ratliff .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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