James Weldon Bailey

Brief Life History of James Weldon

When James Weldon Bailey was born on 1 August 1921, in Sachse, Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, Buena Vester Bailey, was 29 and his mother, Myrtle Arizona Christen, was 28. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 April 2002, in Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Buena Vester Bailey
1891–1954
Myrtle Arizona Christen
1893–1975
Joseph Bailey
1911–
Morris Thomas Bailey
1913–1991
Dowell Christian Bailey
1914–1962
Nolan Woodrow Bailey
1916–2009
Thelma Marie Bailey
1918–2002
Buena Vester Bailey Jr.
1919–1981
James Weldon Bailey
1921–2002
Lily Janice Bailey
1923–1978
Harold Eugene Bailey
1925–2000
Hazel Winnell Bailey
1927–2002
Maxine Unnaway Bailey
1930–1985
Morris M Bailey
1933–
Marion Rex Bailey
1934–2001
Bobby Ray Bailey
1938–1998

Sources (3)

  • James W Bailey in household of Beuna V Bailey, "United States Census, 1940"
  • James W Bailey, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • James W Baily in household of Buena V Baily, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

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: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).

English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.

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

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