Brief Life History of Joseph Henry
When Joseph Henry Long was born on 8 October 1920, in Roy, Fergus, Montana, United States, his father, George Henry Long, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Alice Dunavan, was 35. He married Leda Clementene Pontius on 6 December 1947, in Renton, King, Washington, United States. He lived in Scatchet Head, Island, Washington, United States in 1930 and Skagit Head Election Precinct, Island, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 21 February 2005, in Clinton, Island, Washington, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Langley, Island, Washington, United States.
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- Joseph H Long, "United States 1950 Census"
- Joseph Henry Long, "Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Joseph H Long, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"
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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.
1933 · Fort Peck Dam Construction Begins
Construction on the Fort Peck Dam started in 1933. It is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River. It is located in the northeastern part of Montana near Glasgow and Fort Peck.
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 French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Joseph Henry Long is my father. He was born the middle child of three boys in Auburn (Roy) Montana and set off to the west in or about 1925 when his father was experiencing health issues in the more …
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