Brief Life History of George Edmund
When George Edmund Hoyt was born on 17 October 1924, in Hudson, Fremont, Wyoming, United States, his father, William David Hoyt, was 65 and his mother, Martha Henrietta Meeks, was 39. He lived in Election District 2, Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1940. He died on 29 April 1999, in Fremont, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hudson, Fremont, Wyoming, United States.
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- George E Hoyt, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Edmund Hoyt - Government record: Census record: birth: 17 October 1924; Wyoming, United States
- George Edmond Hoyt, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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: nickname from Middle English hoit ‘long stick’.
Altered form of Haught , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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