When Glen Charles Pelkey was born on 6 May 1924, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, his father, Charles Sidney PELKEY, was 37 and his mother, Dora Alema Bond, was 36. He married Ruth Phyllis Danielsen on 3 April 1943, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1940. He died on 12 February 1995, in Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, United States, at the age of 70.
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Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
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.
Americanized form of French Pelletier ‘furrier’. Alteration of the French ending -tier to English -key is typical for American French surnames. Compare Pelky and Pilkey .
Possibly also an Americanized form of Polish Pełka or Jewish Pelka .
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