Brief Life History of Geraldine Ann
When Geraldine Ann Muelhaus was born on 17 February 1921, in Highland Park, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, her father, Frederick John Muehlhaus, was 29 and her mother, Geraldine Marjorie Jassen, was 15. She married Cornell Abraham Peters on 21 June 1942, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She lived in Ferndale, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 8 May 2009, in Henderson, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Geraldine Peters, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Geraldine Ann Muelhaus - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Geraldine Ann Muelhaus
- Geraldine Ann Mulhaus, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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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.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
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
Feminine derivative of Gerald , invented in the 16th century by the English poet the Earl of Surrey, in a poem praising Lady Fitzgerald . It remained very little used until the 18th century, when it suddenly increased in popularity.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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