Brief Life History of Ruth Elaine
When Ruth Elaine Tallon was born on 19 April 1918, in Steele, Kidder, North Dakota, United States, her father, William Honeychurch Tallon, was 28 and her mother, Carrie Robinson, was 19. She married Wendell Herman Schulte on 24 August 1942, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. She lived in Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota, United States in 1940 and United States for about 64 years. She died on 6 October 2013, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Ruth Schulte, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ruth Elaine Tallon - Individual or family possessions: birth: 19 April 1918; Steele, Kidder, North Dakota, United States
- Ruth Elaine Tallon Schulte, "Find A Grave Index"
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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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
French; English and Irish (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Talon, of ancient Germanic origin (see Talon ).
Galician (Tallón): habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces, in Galicia (Spain), called Tallón.
Catalan: Castilianized form (Tallón) of Talló (see Tallo ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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