Brief Life History of Ruth Ann
When Ruth Ann McManus was born on 15 September 1900, in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Orville McManus, was 44 and her mother, Nora Alice Murphy, was 32. She married Frank Nelson on 20 September 1919, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. She lived in Grady, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died on 9 June 1970, at the age of 69.
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- Ruth A Nelson in household of Frank Nelson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ruth Mcmanus in household of Norah Mcmanus, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Connor, Donovan, Dympna, Murphy, Siobhan, Aidan, Aileen, Declan, Kieran, Kiernan, Michael Patrick.
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Maghnuis or Mac Maghnusa, a patronymic from Maghnus, later Mánus, a Gaelic form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus , made famous by St. Magnus of Orkney. As an Irish name this is found mainly in Roscommon and Fermanagh and is connected with the O'Connors or the Maguires; in Scotland it is connected with the Colquhouns.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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