Brief Life History of Jack Allen
When Jack Allen Berkes was born on 26 February 1934, his father, Kenneth R. Berkes, was 26 and his mother, Wilma Alice Scheurich, was 22. He married Sue Ellen Stangland on 11 August 1954, in Huntington, Indiana, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Noble Township, Noble, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died on 12 June 1969, in Allen, Indiana, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Nobles Chapel Cemetery, Gibson, Indiana, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jack Alan Berkes, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Jack A. Berkes, "Find A Grave Index"
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1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
1935 · The Social Security Act
This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.
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
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto.
North German: topographic name for someone who lived on a hill, shortened from Berg-hūs (Berg ‘mountain, hill’ + Low German hūs ‘house’). It is a variant of Berkus or Berges .
Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal names Bernát or Bertalan, Hungarian forms of Bernard and Bartholomew , respectively.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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