Brief Life History of Richard Jessop
When Richard Jessop Fors was born on 2 June 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Axel Wilhelm Fors Sr, was 44 and his mother, Allie Jessop, was 28. He married Sally Rae Christensen on 16 October 1962, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 2 June 2010, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67.
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Sources (9)
- Richard J Fors, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Jessop Fors - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Richard Jessop Fors
- Richard Jessop Fors, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1945 · George Albert Smith becomes the Prophet
After the death of Heber J. Grant, George Albert Smith became the 8th Prophet of this dispensation.
1961 · The Twenty-Third Amendment
The Twenty-third Amendment gives the residents in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections and to give the district electors in the Electoral College.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Birgit, Gunner, Johan, Nels.
Swedish: ornamental name from fors ‘waterfall’, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this element as first or second element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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