Brief Life History of Ruth Mamie
When Ruth Mamie Adams was born on 5 December 1896, in McGregor, Clayton, Iowa, United States, her father, George Doran Adams, was 30 and her mother, Francis May Dresden, was 18. She married Leo Salzburg on 9 February 1915, in McGregor, Clayton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Julien, Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Julien Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 5 April 1957, in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States.
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- Ruth Adams, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ruth Adams, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Ruth Lopez, "Iowa, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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