Brief Life History of Ralph Edward
When Ralph Edward Nickerson was born on 15 October 1891, in Auburn, Union Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States, his father, Charles Benjamin Nickerson, was 30 and his mother, Della Mae Sowles, was 23. He married Leo Vernell Wise on 15 January 1919, in Noble, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Wayne Township, Noble, Indiana, United States in 1920 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1915. He died on 7 June 1985, in Kendallville, Wayne Township, Noble, Indiana, United States, at the age of 93.
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- Ralph E Nickerson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ralph Edward Nickerson - Published information: birth-name: Ralph Edward Nickerson
- Ralph Edward Nickerson, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
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 (Norfolk and Lincolnshire): variant of Nixon , in which trisyllabic Nickeson has been spelled Nickerson.
English: alternatively, a variant of Nicholson with /r/ substituted for /l/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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