Brief Life History of Welber Lee
When Welber Lee Whitehurst was born on 23 March 1925, in Chesterfield, Virginia, United States, his father, William Carey Whitehurst, was 31 and his mother, Mary Violet Miles, was 17. He lived in Parmele, Martin, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 3 September 1992, in Petersburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67.
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Sources (3)
- Welber Lee Whitehurst in household of William C Whitehurst, "United States Census, 1940"
- Wilbur Lee Whitehurst, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wilbert L Whitehurst, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington
The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.
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 (Staffordshire, Cheshire, and Derbyshire): habitational name from Whitehurst in Dilhorne (Staffordshire), named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + hyrst ‘wood’, and sometimes from some other place with the same origin, such as Whithurst in Kirdford (Sussex).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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