Brief Life History of Gerald Ray
When Gerald Ray Studebaker was born on 16 June 1924, in Lewisburg, Preble, Ohio, United States, his father, Isaac L Studebaker, was 27 and his mother, Grace L Brown, was 25. He married Rosella (Rose Ella) Carter on 31 October 1950, in Morgan, Ohio, United States. He lived in Harrison Township, Preble, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Lewisburg, Harrison Township, Preble, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 February 2000, at the age of 75, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States.
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- Gerald Studebaker, "United States Census, 1950"
- Gerald Ray Studebaker, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Gerald R. Studebaker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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
Altered form of German Studebäcker, Stutenbecker, an occupational name for a baker, from Middle Low German stute ‘fine white bread’ + becker ‘baker’.
History: The wagon maker who made the name famous, Clement Studebaker (1831–1901) was a fourth-generation descendant of Clement and Anna Catherine Studebecker, who arrived in Philadelphia, PA, in the ship Harle from Rotterdam in 1736. They settled with other Germans in what is now Adams County, PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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