Brief Life History of Robert William
When Robert William Hughes was born on 4 November 1921, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, John Oscar Hughes, was 35 and his mother, Nellie Vivian Turner, was 31. He married Virginia Marjorie Nordquist before 1943. He lived in Santa Barbara, California, United States for about 16 years and Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States for about 3 years. He died on 13 February 2008, in Roseville, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, Solano, California, United States.
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- Robert Hughes, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert William Hughes, "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935"
- Robert William Hughes, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1924 · The Egyptian Theater is Constructed
"After the Arlington Hotel burnt down in 1923, Harman and Louis Peery devised a plan to build a grand theater like the Grand Opera House but with moving pictures. It was constructed after the manner of other famous theaters that were Egyptian-themed. The first feature played there was a silent film titled, ""Wanderer of the Wasteland"" and was accompanied by the famous pipe organ named, ""The Mighty Wurlitzer"". In 1951 the theater was renovated so that more people would be able to enjoy the films shown there. The theater exists today but only as a community theater and performing arts house."
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 and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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