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William Edward Ramage (1890 - 1955)
William Edward Ramage, father to 7 children, was born on February 28, 1890 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He married Edna Mary Precour, and they gave birth to Laurine Helen Ramage, Edna Mae Ramage, William Roy Ramage, Robert George Ramage, Thomas Alan Ramage, James Edward Ramage, and Evelyn Mary (Ramage) McCarthy. He died in October 1955 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin at 65 years of age.
William Edward Ramage Biography
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William Edward Ramage
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Birth
William Ramage was born on in Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin United States
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Death
William Ramage died in at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Division Street, in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin United States
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Cancer
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Anglo Saxon
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United States
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Catholic
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sixth grade
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Mechanic
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Our Great grandfather arrived in New Jersey from Scotland and settled in Patterson. His Children were, James Ramage, William Ramage , and Jesse Ramage.
I am related to a very large Ramage family from Sussex County, New Jersey.
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William Edward Ramage, father to 7 children, died in October 1955 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin at age 65. He was born on February 28, 1890 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He married Edna Mary Precour, and they gave birth to Laurine Helen Ramage, Edna Mae Ramage, William Roy Ramage, Robert George Ramage, Thomas Alan Ramage, James Edward Ramage, and Evelyn Mary (Ramage) McCarthy.
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1890 - 1955 World Events
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In 1890, in the year that William Edward Ramage was born, on January 2nd, Alice Sanger became the first female staffer to work in the White House. She was hired as a stenographer and, as such, took dictation.
In 1905, when he was just 15 years old, the Industrial Workers of the World was founded. An international labor union founded in Chicago, it was most often referred to as the "Wobblies" and had ties to the socialist movement and the anarchist movement. At its peak, it had 150,000 members.
In 1935, he was 45 years old when the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
In 1940, he was 50 years old when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
In 1955, in the year of William Edward Ramage's passing, on September 10th the TV show "Gunsmoke" debuted on CBS. It went on to be television's longest-running western. Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams, and Miss Kitty became household names.
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