Brief Life History of Jerry Alden
When Jerry Alden Beck was born on 2 February 1943, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, Howard Carl Beck, was 38 and his mother, Helen Marie Orcutt, was 29. He lived in Bexley, Bexley, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1950. He died on 21 October 2001, in Fairfield, Ohio, United States, at the age of 58.
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Sources (3)
- Jerry A Beck, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jerry Alden Beck, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
- Jerry A Beck, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
1953
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law recognizing that Ohio was admitted into the Union, since it had previously slipped through the cracks. The official date of admittance was agreed upon as March 1, 1803, ratified as of May 19, 1953.
1960
Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.
English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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