Brief Life History of Elaine Margaret
When Elaine Margaret Derr was born on 19 September 1922, in Sun Prairie, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Gilbert Edwin Derr, was 29 and her mother, Ruth Gunhilda Quamme, was 26. She lived in North Bristol, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1940 and Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. She died on 1 January 2002, in Monona, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monona, Dane, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Elaine Derr in household of Helen Foster, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elaine M Urso, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Elaine Urso, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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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.
1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law
The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.
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
South German and East German: nickname for a thin person, a variant of Dürr (see Durr ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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