Brief Life History of Gladys Ruma
When Gladys Ruma Ketchum was born on 2 July 1912, in Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Fredrick Nathaniel Ketchum, was 29 and her mother, Rose Mae Frances Herrmann, was 24. She married Harry Rudolph Wirth on 9 November 1930, in Lorain, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Elyria, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 13 January 2001, in Florence, Boone, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States.
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- Gladys Wirth in household of Harry Wirth, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Gladys Ruma Ketchum - Government record: birth-name: Gladys R. Ketchum
- Gladys Ketchum, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.
1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky
The hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14,1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky was the last pubic hanging in the state and the United States. Anywhere from 15,000-20,000 people showed up for this event. The media was all over the hanging since the Sheriff of Davies county was a female, even though she did not pull levers. Because of the media coverage and the circus it caused, this was the last hanging.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Ketcham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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