Calvin Russell Redman

Brief Life History of Calvin Russell

When Calvin Russell Redman was born in 1926, in Grant, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Levi William Redman, was 35 and his mother, Geneva Marie Bedward, was 31. He had at least 1 son with Betty Ellen Knutson. He lived in Wyalusing, Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1930 and Pershing, Taylor, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. He died on 11 February 1993, in Crawford, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Freeman Cemetery, Ferryville, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States.

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Calvin Russell Redman
1926–1993
Betty Ellen Knutson
1938–2004
Curtis L Redman
1958–2010

Sources (8)

  • Calvin Redman in household of Levi W Redman, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Calvin Redman, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Calvin Russell Redman, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997"

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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.

1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law

The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.

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: occupational name from Middle English red (Old English hrēod) ‘reed’ + -man, presumably for a thatcher or reed-cutter. Compare Reeder .

English: in southeastern England sometimes a topographic name perhaps for someone who lived by a clearing, from Middle English rede (Old English rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’ + man.

English: habitational name from Redmain (Cumberland), from Old English rēad ‘red’ + an uncertain second element, perhaps a dialect form of man ‘cairn’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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