Brief Life History of Ralph Patterson
When Ralph Patterson Webster was born on 12 May 1889, in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Solon Woodbury Webster, was 36 and his mother, Henrietta Celestia Patterson, was 27. He married Alice Gertrude Curtis Brooks on 5 November 1914, in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in United States in 1949 and Lexington, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1950. He died on 25 January 1960, in Los Altos, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, United States.
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- Ralph B Webster, "United States Census, 1950"
- Webster, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Ralph Patterson Webster, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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