Brief Life History of Lionel
When Lionel McGruder was born on 22 September 1918, in Louisiana, United States, his father, Freddie McGruder, was 10 and his mother, Pearl Louding, was 18. He married Wilhelmina F McGruder in June 1939, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 22 July 1986, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 67.
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Grudaire, apatronymic from the occupational byname grudaire ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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