Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Burt was born on 26 April 1917, in Bear River City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, her father, Reginald Nelson Burt, was 24 and her mother, Mary Amelia Wight, was 22. She married Gordon Banks Miner on 27 June 1941, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 13 December 1970, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Ruth B Miner, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ruth Burt, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Ruth Burt, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
English (southern): variant of Bird , Bright , or Burd .
German: Middle High German burt ‘that which is due or proper’, therefore a nickname for someone who has fulfilled his obligations properly.
Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): variant of Burd .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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