Brief Life History of Peter William
When Peter William Rudolph was born on 6 March 1899, in Yuba, California, United States, his father, Jacob Rudolph, was 36 and his mother, Ida Etta Richardson, was 28. He married Letha Avis Derby on 9 February 1926, in Washington, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in East Lancaster Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1940 and West Lancaster Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1950. He was buried in Pennington Cemetery, Sigourney Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.
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- Peter Rudolph, "United States Census, 1950"
- Peter W. Rudolph, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Peter William Rudolph, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
German: variant of Rudolf .
Americanized form of Slovenian, Czech, Polish, Croatian, and Hungarian Rudolf .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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