Brief Life History of Robert Frank
When Robert Frank Hill was born on 21 October 1925, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, his father, Cecil Monroe Hill, was 31 and his mother, Clara Marie Schutt, was 28. He died on 29 May 1996, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 70.
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Sources (5)
- Robert Hill, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert F Hill, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Robert F Hill, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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.
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
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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