Brief Life History of William Arthur
When William Arthur Honeywell was born on 9 March 1923, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Lawrence Penn Honeywell, was 29 and his mother, Ada Margaret Pugh, was 23. He married Wanda Deloris McNabb on 2 November 1946, in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Union Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 8 March 2001, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.
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- William A Honeywell, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Arthur Honeywell, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- William Arthur Honeywell, "Iowa, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world
Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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 (Devon): habitational name from any of several minor places of this name in Devon, from Old English hunig ‘honey’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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