Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Harlow was born in 1915, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Folsom Harlow, was 35 and her mother, Anna Elizabeth Lindquist, was 33. She lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1920 and Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1986, at the age of 71.
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- Ruth E Nelson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ruth E Harlow in household of John F Harlow, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ruth Harlow in household of Victoria Lindquist, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Harlow (Essex), Harlow in Mayfield (Staffordshire), Great Harlow in Clapham (Yorkshire), Harlow Hill in Pannal (Yorkshire), or Harlow Hill in Ovingham (Northumberland). The Essex and Northumberland placenames probably derive from Old English here ‘army’ + hlāw ‘mound, hill’. The other placenames probably derive from Old English hār ‘gray, hoar’ + hlāw.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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