Brief Life History of Judith Ann
When Judith Ann Shuey was born on 4 July 1941, in Tower City, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Charles Robert Shuey, was 28 and her mother, Marian Celia Miller, was 24. She married Harry Joseph Deitrich on 17 June 1972. She lived in United States in 1949 and Porter Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. She died on 30 April 1987, in Carsonville, Jefferson Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Riverview Memorial Gardens, Halifax, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Judith Ann Shuey Deitrich, "Find A Grave Index"
- Judith Ann Deitrich, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
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.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Jouy (or its variant Jouis): habitational name from Jouy, a placename derived from Latin Gaudiacum ‘estate of Gaudius’, from the personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum. The surname was brought to North America from Germany, and the initial J- was altered to Sh- according to German pronunciation.
History: This surname, which was brought to PA from Germany in the middle of the 18th century, is listed along with its original forms Jouis and Jouy in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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