Brief Life History of Ronald William
When Ronald William Matthews was born on 5 February 1920, in Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, William Lawrence Matthews, was 29 and his mother, Ethel Mae Adams, was 26. He married Jean Agnes McNie about 1962, in Iowa, United States. He lived in Rutland Town, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1930 and Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1940. He died on 8 August 2003, in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States.
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- Ronald W Matthews in household of Lawrence W Matthews, "United States Census, 1930"
- U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940
- William R. Matthews, "Find A Grave Index"
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1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
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.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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