Brief Life History of John Dale
When John Dale Elam was born on 29 October 1927, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, his father, John David Elam, was 35 and his mother, Lillian Fern Kitts, was 25. He married Helen Madeline Smallridge on 25 November 1948, in Lawrence, Wood, Ohio, United States. He lived in Gideon District, Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 20 July 1990, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States.
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- John D Elam, Jr in household of John D Elam, Jr, "United States Census, 1930"
- John D Elam, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- John Dale Elam, "West Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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: habitational name from Elam Grange in Bingley (Yorkshire). It is possible that some instances of the modern surname are from Elham in Kent or a lost place called Elham in Crayford (Kent), but the strong association with Yorkshire militates against this. Elam Grange probably means ‘river pool’, from Old English ēa ‘river’ + lum(m) ‘pool’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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