Gerald Kenneth Will Sr

Male9 August 1922–13 December 1999

Brief Life History of Gerald Kenneth

When Gerald Kenneth Will Sr was born on 9 August 1922, in Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan, United States, his father, Grover Cleveland Will, was 29 and his mother, Clara Marguerite Gager, was 23. He married Dorothy Salzman Allen on 22 March 1947, in Lucas, Ohio, United States. He died on 13 December 1999, in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States.

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Gerald Kenneth Will Sr
1922–1999
Dorothy Salzman Allen
1920–1991
Marriage: 22 March 1947

Sources (5)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Gerald Kenneth Will Sr - Church record: birth-name: Gerald Kenneth Will Sr
  • Gerald Will, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Gerald K. Will, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    22 March 1947Lucas, Ohio, United States

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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 1

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II

    Age 19

    Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 22

    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: from the Middle English personal name Will, a short form of William . This surname is now commonly found in Scotland, in Aberdeenshire, Angus, and Kincardineshire.

    English: topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Middle English wel, wel(l)e, wille, in a southwestern dialect form. This surname is found predominantly in the south and southwestern parts of the country. Compare Well 1.

    English: nickname from Middle English iwil, wil(l)e ‘agreeable, pleasing’.

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

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