Brief Life History of Frederick Edgar
When Frederick Edgar Palmer was born on 18 April 1943, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, his father, John Edgar Palmer Jr., was 34 and his mother, Agnes Lorene Schmidt, was 22. He married Helen M Hines in 1962, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 30 April 2007, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
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- Frederick E. Palmer, "United States Census, 1950"
- Frederic L Palmer, "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"
- Frederick Edgar Palmer, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1954 · Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a U.S. Supreme Court case which ruled racial segregation in public schools as unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was handed down on May 17, 1954. The case was originally filed by the Brown family in Topeka, Kansas.
1960
Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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