Brief Life History of Charles Ezra
When Charles Ezra Ratliff was born on 6 August 1881, in Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, his father, Amos T. Ratliff, was 28 and his mother, Rhoda I. Mason, was 23. He married Isabel Lavina Kirkwood on 16 March 1912, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Sarcoxie Township, Jefferson, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1910. He died on 29 January 1944, in Visalia, Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Visalia Public Cemetery, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Charles E Ratliff in household of James H Skagg, "United States Census, 1910"
- Charlie Ezra Ratliff, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Charles Ezra Ratliff, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
Spouse and Children
1881–1944 Male
1893–1977 Female
Children (2)
1913–1999 Female
1914–1998 Female
Parents and Siblings
1853–1903 Male
1857–1911 Female
Siblings (10)
1878–1893 Male
1881–1944 Male
1882–1967 Female
1884–1906 Female
1886–1976 Female
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Age 10
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 17
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): habitational name from one or more of the places so named, such as Radcliffe (Lancashire), Radcliffe on Trent and Ratcliffe on Soar (both Nottinghamshire), Radclive (Buckinghamshire), Ratcliffe Culey and Ratcliffe on the Wreake (both Leicestershire), Ratclyffe in Clyst Hydon, Ratcliffes in Thorverton, and Ratcliffes in Broad Clyst (all Devon), Ratcliff in Stepney (Middlesex), and Rackley in Compton Bishop (Somerset). The placenames derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + clif ‘cliff, bank, steep slope’ (see also Rutley ). A family of the name Radcliffe trace their descent from Sir Nicholas de Radclyffe. He is said to have been a knight who held the major of Radcliffe in Lancashire and served Roger de Poitou, Baron de Marsey in the 11th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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