Minnie Leota Rambo

Brief Life History of Minnie Leota

When Minnie Leota Rambo was born on 12 August 1900, in Phillips, Kansas, United States, her father, Jesse Oran Rambo, was 42 and her mother, Henrietta Sinsabaugh, was 37. She married Leo Newton Thompson on 21 October 1919, in Boise, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Parma, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1930. She died on 26 December 1985, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

Leo Newton Thompson
1895–1977
Minnie Leota Rambo
1900–1985
Marriage: 21 October 1919
Roberta Daisy Thompson
1918–2013
Dorothy Fay Thompson
1921–2011

Sources (19)

  • Minnie Thompson in household of Leo Thompson, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Minnie Leota Rambo, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962"
  • Minnie Leota Rambo Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1901 · Theodore Roosevelt becomes the Twenty-sixth President of the United States

After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

Swedish: ornamental name from the root of Ramberget, the name of a hill on Hisingen island in Gothenburg, Sweden + bo ‘inhabitant’.

East German: variant of Rambow .

In some cases probably also French: altered form of Rambeau .

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

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