Brief Life History of Merton Keith
When Merton Keith Stigers was born on 11 April 1922, in Stonington, Baca, Colorado, United States, his father, Orie Francis Stigers, was 32 and his mother, Nellie Dama Pierce, was 31. He married Peggy Jane Zimmerman on 21 September 1949, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Plum Grove Township, Butler, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 15 August 1999, at the age of 77.
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- Keith Stigers in household of Orie Stigers, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Legacy NFS Source: Merton Keith Stigers - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Merton Keith Stigers
- Merton Keith Stigers, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
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
Alternatively, perhaps an altered form of Dutch Stijgers or Flemish Stygers (see Stiger 2).
Probably an altered form of Stiger , a surname of German or Dutch origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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