Brief Life History of Helen G.
When Helen G. Ruff was born on 17 September 1903, in Brown Township, Carroll, Ohio, United States, her father, Charles Winfield Ruff, was 21 and her mother, Josephine A. Haskey, was 19. She married Charles Wesley McDowell on 23 September 1924, in Carroll, Ohio, United States. She lived in Malvern, Brown Township, Carroll, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 5 June 1960, in Carroll, Ohio, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Brown, Carroll, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Helen McDowell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Helen G. Roof, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Helen G Ruff, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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: nickname from Middle English rough, rowe, ruwe ‘rough (haired), shaggy, disheveled’.
English (of Norman origin): perhaps a post-medieval spelling of Roff or Roof ; see Rolfe .
Scottish: perhaps a Scots pronunciation of Rock .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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