Brief Life History of Ralph Carlton
When Ralph Carlton Hungerford was born on 4 August 1905, in Daggett, Jackson Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William John Hungerford, was 22 and his mother, Grace Gifford Little, was 20. He married Cora Velma Jones on 5 February 1927, in Chemung, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Erwin, Steuben, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 2 November 1942, in Richmond Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Ralph O Hungerford, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ralph Hungerford, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Ralph Carlton Hungerford in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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World Events (8)
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.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
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
English: habitational name from Hungerford (Berkshire), from Old English hungor ‘hunger’, here probably denoting unproductive land, + ford. This surname has been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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