Brief Life History of Betty Jo
When Betty Jo Neel was born on 9 April 1928, in Mexia, Limestone, Texas, United States, her father, Tom Gamble Neel, was 22 and her mother, Mattie Aline Gamble, was 16. She married William Joseph Burns on 29 February 1952, in Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States. She lived in Lake Kiowa, Cooke, Texas, United States in 1982 and DeCordova, Hood, Texas, United States in 1984. She died on 3 January 1997, in Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States, at the age of 68.
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Sources (8)
- Betty Jo Allen, "United States Census, 1940"
- Betty Joe Allen Burns, "Find A Grave Index"
- Betty Burns in entry for William J Burns, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
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.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
Name Meaning
English (Jersey and Yorkshire): of Norman origin, a variant of Neal 1 and 2.
French (Néel; Normandy): from the Old French personal name Neel, derived either from the Latin name Nigellus (a diminutive of Latin niger ‘black’; compare 3 below), or from the Old Norse name Njáll (see Neal 1), hence a cognate of 1 above. Compare Nel 1.
French: from Old French nëel ‘black email’ (from Latin nigellus ‘black’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a jeweler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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