Jay Randolph Newman

Male15 October 1923–8 December 1997

Brief Life History of Jay Randolph

When Jay Randolph Newman was born on 15 October 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Randolph Newman, was 41 and his mother, Nan Ruth Foley, was 32. He married Ella Eudora Swenson on 9 August 1963, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 8 December 1997, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Jay Randolph Newman
1923–1997
Ella Eudora Swenson
1912–1984
Marriage: 9 August 1963

Sources (22)

  • Jay Newman in household of Joseph R Newman, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jay Randolph Newman, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
  • Jay R Newman, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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  • Marriage
    9 August 1963Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States
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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 4

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1928 · The Tower Theater

    Age 5

    The Tower Theatre is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society. The theater presents independent films and is a venue for the Sundance Film Festival. It also presents classic films on occasional weekends and hosts a movie-rental library for those that want to expand their cinematic knowledge.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 21

    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 (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).

    Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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