Brief Life History of Nellie Jean
When Nellie Jean Carpenter was born on 4 October 1928, in Webster, West Virginia, United States, her father, French Carpenter, was 24 and her mother, Nellie Leone Miller, was 22. She married Carl J Jankowski in 1957, in Webster, West Virginia, United States. She lived in Fort Lick District, Webster, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Webster Springs, Webster, West Virginia, United States in 1950. She died on 13 August 2014, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Jean N Carpenter, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jean Carpenter, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Jean Carpenter Jankowski, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment
Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.
Name Meaning
English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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