Brief Life History of Dillie E
When Dillie E Perdue was born on 7 December 1918, in Windy, Wayne, Kentucky, United States, her father, George Washington Perdue, was 78 and her mother, Bessie Bethcara Carter, was 26. She married Killus William Frost on 3 October 1936, in Albany, Clinton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Powersburg, Wayne, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Wayne, Kentucky, United States in 1930. She died on 11 July 2011, in New Castle, Henry Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry Township, Henry, Indiana, United States.
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- Della Perdew in household of Bessie Perdew, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Dillie E Perdue - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Dillie E Perdue
- Dillie Perdew, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.
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 Irish (of Norman and French origin): nickname from Old French par Dieu ‘by God’, which was adopted in Middle English in a variety of more or less heavily altered forms (compare e.g. Pardoe and Purdy ). The surname represents a nickname from a favorite oath. The surname in Ireland belonged to a French Protestant family who settled in County Cork.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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