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Ruth Courtney 1917 - 1972

Ruth Courtney of Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois was born on June 28, 1917, and died at age 54 years old in May 1972.
Ruth Courtney
Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois 62863
June 28, 1917
May 1972
Female
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Ruth Courtney's History: 1917 - 1972

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  • 06/28
    1917

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    June 28, 1917
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  • 05/dd
    1972

    Death

    May 1972
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    Ruth Courtney lived 18 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 54.
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In 1917, in the year that Ruth Courtney was born, in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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In 1927, at the age of merely 10 years old, Ruth was alive when aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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