Brief Life History of Harold A.
When Harold A. Pullen was born on 18 May 1926, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Joseph Mount Pullen, was 32 and his mother, Edith Emley, was 30. He lived in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1935 and Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1940. He died on 5 December 1988, in Allentown Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Imlaystown, Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
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- Harold A Pullen in household of Joseph Pullen, "United States Census, 1940"
- Harold Arthur Pullen, "Find A Grave Index"
- Harold, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1933
New Jersey was severely impacted by the Great Depression. In response to the economic woes of the country, President Franklin D Roosevelt issued a series of programs and regulations referred to as the "New Deal". One-tenth of the New Jersey population was already using New Deal programs by 1933.
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.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English polein, Old French poulain, Anglo-Norman French pulein ‘foal, colt’.
English: variant of Pullum .
Dutch and German: patronymic from Pul, a variant of Pol 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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