When Eugene John Rockhold was born on 9 May 1871, in Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois, United States, his father, John R Rockhold, was 51 and his mother, Emily G Watts, was 37. He married Ina May Shank in 1897, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Ventura, Ventura, California, United States in 1930 and Ojai Judicial Township, Ventura, California, United States in 1940. He died on 18 January 1957, in Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Ventura, Ventura, California, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Ventura, California, United States
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.
Probably an Americanized form of German Rochholt or Rocholt or Rocholl: from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrōk ‘prudence, care’ + wald ‘rule’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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