Brief Life History of Evelyn Arline
When Evelyn Arline Kangas was born on 4 September 1922, in Reedley, Fresno, California, United States, her father, Victor Elmer Kangas, was 20 and her mother, Edith Lucile Upton, was 19. She married Ira Glen Loverin on 17 December 1943, in King, Washington, United States. She lived in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Woodlake, Tulare, California, United States for about 1 years. She died on 30 April 2002, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States.
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- Evelyn A Loverin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Evyln A Kangas, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
- Evelyn Arline Kangas, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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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.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
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: Finnish Eino, Reino, Waino, Toivo, Tauno, Oiva, Sulo, Arvi, Hilja, Kalevi, Niilo, Aimo.
Finnish: from kangas ‘pine heath’, a habitational name from a farmstead so named; traditionally this was convenient terrain for siting a farm, and the oldest holdings date back to the medieval period. Kangas was also widely adopted as an ornamental name during the name conversion movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is found mainly in Ostrobothnia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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