Brief Life History of Robert Samuel
When Robert Samuel Rank was born on 13 August 1900, in Wilder, Jackson, Minnesota, United States, his father, Samuel Lincoln Rank, was 41 and his mother, Alice Marie Smith, was 35. He married Alma Christina Miller on 10 March 1923, in Jackson, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Jackson, Minnesota, United States in 1935 and Ann Township, Cottonwood, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 November 1979, in Westbrook, Cottonwood, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Windom, Cottonwood, Minnesota, United States.
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- Robert S Rank, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert S. Rank, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
- Robert Samuel Rank, "Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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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.
1906 · The End of Capital Punishment
Between the state's entry into the Union and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Public opinion soon shifted against the death penalty in the state and was formally abolished in 1911. Since its abolishment, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none of these bills passed the state legislature.
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
English: nickname for a powerfully built man or someone of violent emotions, from Middle English rank ‘proud, headstrong, stout-hearted’ (Old English ranc ‘proud, rebellious’).
English: from a Middle English personal name Ranke, a back-formation from the diminutive Rankin .
South German: variant of Rang 2. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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