Brief Life History of Daniel Edward
When Daniel Edward Gillespie was born on 7 December 1922, in Northfield, Washington, Vermont, United States, his father, Thomas James Gillespie, was 48 and his mother, Anna May Kinsley, was 38. He married Caroline Dillingham on 21 August 1952, in Northfield, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Northfield Falls, Northfield, Washington, Vermont, United States in 2001. He registered for military service in 1951. He died on 7 April 2001, in Berlin, Washington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Daniel Gillespie in household of Thomas J Gillespie, "United States Census, 1930"
- Daniel Edward Gillespie, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Daniel Edward Gillespie, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
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
Scottish and Irish (Donegal): shortened Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, borrowed into Irish as Mac Giolla Easpaig, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of the bishop’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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