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Ralph Wesley Auten
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Ralph Wesley Auten 1/24/1906 - 5/17/1950 (Shown at age 19)
| Ralph Wesley Auten was born on January 24, 1906 somewhere in Ohio and died on May 17, 1950 in Akron, Ohio. He lived to be 44 years old.
He married on 4/18/1913 to Ruth Virginia Wood (4/4/1909 - 8/1/1977). Children: John Buckler Auten (6/1/1935),Gene Wesley Auten (6/1/1935 -6/1/1935),Thomas Andrew Auten (5/21/1939) & David Ralph Auten (1/14/1950). |
| Census | 4/25/1910 | Akron OH (Summit County) | 4 yrs old | Recorded as family #297: George W. Auten (age 35), Kate E. (age 28), George R. (age 6), Ralph (age 4) and Josephine (age 2). Kate and George have been married 8 years. All were born in OH as were their parents -- except George W.'s mother who was born in Connecticut. It appears the census recorder made a mistake and wrote that Kate and George R. have had two children and 2 are still living. George W. is an attorney. |
| Census | 1/3/1920 | Akron OH (Summit County) | 13 yrs old | Recorded as family #153: George Auten (age 42), Kate (age 39), Russell (age 16), Ralph (age 14), Josephine (age 11) and William Daugherty (father-in-law, age 68). William is a widow and says he was born in OH, his father in Pennsylvania and his mother in Ireland and Irish is his native language. Everyone else was born in OH as were their parents. The children have been attending school and everyone can read and write. William is a house carpenter. George is a general practice Lawyer. |
| Census | 4/8/1930 | Akron OH (Summit County) | 24 yrs old | Recorded as family #153: George W. Auten (age 55), Katie E. (age 49), Ralph W. (age 24), and Josephine E. (age 21). George was 27 when he was first married and Katie was 22. George and his father were born in Ohio while his mother was born in PA. Katie and her parents were born in OH. All of the children were born in OH. George owns the house where they live and estimates the value of his estate to be $12,000. The family owns a radio, the children are attending school and all can read and write. George is a lawyer. |
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Age | Date | Event |
6 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
7 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
8 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
17 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
17 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
18 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
20 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
21 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
22 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
30 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
32 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
40 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
41 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
6 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
7 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
11 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
13 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
32 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
33 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
35 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
44 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
4 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
21 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
23 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
24 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
26 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
27 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
28 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
28 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
29 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
33 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
37 |
1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
38 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
39 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
8 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
11 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
13 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
14 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
32 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
33 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
39 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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| Ruth Wood Born on April 4, 1909 and died on August 1, 1977. They were married 4/18/1913.
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