Brief Life History of Eugene Francis Earl
When Eugene Francis Earl Ruth was born on 26 September 1908, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William F. Ruth, was 31 and his mother, Mary Crescentia Timlin, was 30. He married Gladys Marie Rahm on 8 October 1934, in Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 4 May 1978, in Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Eugene F Ruth, "United States 1950 Census"
- Eugne Earl Rulh, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"
- Eugene Francis Ruth, "Pennsylvania, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
German: from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names formed with hrōd ‘renown’ (see Rode ).
(Rüth): habitational name from a place so named near Euskirchen in Rhineland.
English: from Middle English reuth(e) ‘pity’, a nickname perhaps for a charitable person or for a pitiable one. The personal name Ruth was little used in England in the Middle Ages among non-Jews, and is unlikely to have had any influence on the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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