Brief Life History of Ruby Weaver
When Ruby Weaver Ford was born on 7 September 1886, in Monroe, Missouri, United States, her father, Pleasant Thomas Ford, was 39 and her mother, Cornelia Frances "Fannie" Foster, was 34. She married Glen Edward McKnight on 20 March 1907, in Shelby, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Jefferson Township, Scotland, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Memphis, Missouri, United States in 1930. She died on 23 January 1957, in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens and Crematory, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States.
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- Ruby White, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ruby Weaver White, "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004"
- Ruby W McKnight, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1889
Montana is 41st state.
1899
Historical Boundaries 1899: Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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