Brief Life History of Ruth Gladys
When Ruth Gladys Hollinger was born on 4 October 1900, in Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States, her father, Oliver Samuel Hollinger, was 44 and her mother, Alice Ellen Burtt, was 33. She married Lee Roy Thomas on 15 May 1918, in Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States in 1930. She died on 26 November 1957, in Centralia, Lewis, Washington, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis, Washington, United States.
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- Ruth G Thomas in household of Roy L Thomas, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ruth Hollinger, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Ruth Gladys Thomas, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1907 · Pike's Market
Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of the places called Holling or Hollingen. Compare Hullinger .
Irish (Antrim) and Scottish: perhaps a variant of Hollingworth , an English surname taken to Ireland in the 17th century. However, the distribution of Hollinger suggests that it may be an introduction into Scotland from Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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