Grace Alma Ramsey

Female18 July 1913–6 June 2008

Brief Life History of Grace Alma

Grace Alma Ramsey was born on 18 July 1913, in Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States. She married Clarence Frank Wankum on 26 September 1936, in Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Alila Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 June 2008, in Fairfield, Solano, California, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in North Kern Cemetery, Delano, Kern, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clarence Frank Wankum
1911–1998
Grace Alma Ramsey
1913–2008
Marriage: 26 September 1936
David Wankum
1938–
Clara L Wankum
1939–2003

Sources (5)

  • Grace A Wankum, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Grace Alma Ramsey Wankum, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Grace Alma Ramsey Wankum, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 September 1936Oklahoma, United States

    • Children (2)

    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 3

    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 · The Green Corn Rebellion

    Age 4

    A farmer’s revolt known as the Green Corn Rebellion resulted due to frustration toward landowners and local authorities. A small group of wealthy landowners obtained property by fraudulent means which forced many Oklahoma farmers into a tenancy in 1917. Many farmers joined the Working Class Union who became hostile toward county officials. Hundreds of men gathered on the farm of John Spears in Sasakwa where they planned to march to Washington to repeal the draft act and end the war. Their plan included eating green corn and beef along the way, which gave the rebellion its name. An informer alerted authorities and their effort was halted as several groups collided with the rebels, firing shots into the air. The men scattered, three were killed, over 400 were arrested, and 150 were convicted and received federal prison sentences.

    1938

    Age 25

    The Old Delano-McFarland Cemetery District which was formed in 1938. The name was changed 7 March 1972 to North Kern Cemetery District.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish, English, and Irish (Antrim): habitational name from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire), from Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ + ēg ‘island, low-lying land’. Alternatively, the name may also arise from Ramsey (Essex), probably from the same etymology as the Huntingdonshire placename. However, this is unlikely to be the source of the Scottish surname. This form of the surname is also common in Ireland, where it is probably in most if not all cases an altered form of Scottish Ramsay .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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