When Robert Louis Alvord was born on 8 August 1922, in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States, his father, Clarence Bertram Alvord, was 26 and his mother, Myrtle Doratha Metzka, was 19. He married Nina Mae Goodson on 2 January 1943, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950 and Alaska, United States in 2006. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 29 October 2006, in Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States, at the age of 84.
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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.
English (southwestern): variant of Alford 1; the spelling reflects the southwestern English dialect pronunciation.
History: This surname was brought to North America by Alexander Alvord, who came from Devon or Somerset to Windsor, CT, c. 1645. He had many prominent descendants.
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