Pearlie Myrtle Wilcox

Female7 January 1928–6 March 1984

Brief Life History of Pearlie Myrtle

When Pearlie Myrtle Wilcox was born on 7 January 1928, in Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States, her father, George Vernon Wilcox, was 28 and her mother, Margaret Lavina Valentine, was 31. She died on 6 March 1984, at the age of 56, and was buried in Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States.

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Glenn Everett Miller
1922–1966
Pearlie Myrtle Wilcox
1928–1984

Sources (7)

  • Perlie Wilcox in household of George Wilcox, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Pearlie Myrtle Wilcox, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Pearly Miller, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1929

Age 1

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.

1934 · The Grout Museum

Age 6

The museum started as a private collection given to the city by Henry W. Grout. Today it is still a nonprofit educational museum that helps engage students and all people from the surrounding communities.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 16

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 (Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Flintshire): variant of Wilcock , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is based on the pronunciation.

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

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