Brief Life History of Ruby
When Ruby Braithwaite was born on 6 December 1898, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, her father, William Braithwaite, was 57 and her mother, Rose Ellen Walker, was 33. She married George Albert Smith Cheever Sr on 6 December 1945, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. She died on 16 October 1975, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Ruby Braithwaite in household of Rose Ellen Walker Braithwaite, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Ruby Braithwaite, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Ruby Braithwaite Cheever, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · The Manti Fire Department
Manti's Fire Department was one of the first fire departments in Sanpete county to purchase enough equipment for their ten-person department. All members of the department were and still are only volunteers and proudly serve the community whenever they are needed.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of the places in Cumbria and Yorkshire named Braithwaite, from Old Norse breithr ‘broad’ + thveit ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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