Ruby Bernice Allen
1941–2001 (Age 59)
Arkansas, United States
The Life of Ruby Bernice
Ruby Bernice Allen was born on 12 September 1941, in Arkansas, United States as the daughter of Everett Allen and Vergie Ferguson. She died on 17 January 2001, in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Ruby Bernice Allen
1941–2001
Jasper Newton Ring
1911–1992
Spouse & Children
1941–2001Female
1911–1992Male
Parents & Siblings
- Everett Allen
–Male
- Vergie Ferguson
–Female
siblings
(1)
1941–2001Female
World Events (8)
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Age 1
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 3
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.
1957 · Troops are sent to Central High School
Age 16
In September 1957, troops were sent to Central High school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The reason was that nine African American children were going to start going to this school and putting the new law of Brown v Board of Education into action. These nine children became known as the Little Rock nine.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from a Celtic personal name of great antiquity and obscurity. In England the personal name is now usually spelled Alan, the surname Allen; in Scotland the surname is more often Allan. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding its origin; the most plausible is that it originally meant ‘little rock’. Compare Gaelic ailín, diminutive of ail ‘rock’. The present-day frequency of the surname Allen in England and Ireland is partly accounted for by the popularity of the personal name among Breton followers of William the Conqueror, by whom it was imported first to Britain and then to Ireland. St. Alan(us) was a 5th-century bishop of Quimper, who was a cult figure in medieval Brittany. Another St. Al(l)an was a Cornish or Breton saint of the 6th century, to whom a church in Cornwall is dedicated.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Ruby Bernice Allen Ring, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ruby Ring, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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