Brief Life History of Grace Ruth
When Grace Ruth Dorman was born on 25 November 1892, in Millmont, Lewis Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James McClellan Dorman, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Ellen Elmira Rearick, was 27. She married Clyde Stephen Ocker on 12 September 1916, in Millmont, Lewis Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Lewis Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 January 1944, in Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Union, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Grace Ocher in household of Clyde Ocher, "United States Census, 1940"
- Grace Ruth Dorman Ocker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Grace R Dorman en tant qu’entrée de Dorothy L Crawford, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dearman . This surname became established in Ireland in the 17th century; it is sometimes found as a variant of Dornan .
Americanized form of German Dormann: occupational name for a doorkeeper or gatekeeper or topographic name for someone who lived by the gate of a town or city. Compare Dorer , Dorwart .
Hungarian (Dormán): from the old personal name Dormán.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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