Brief Life History of Wilma
When Wilma Zook was born on 5 July 1932, in Johnson, Indiana, United States, her father, Jasper Mayfield Zook, was 37 and her mother, Lilly Pearl Cosby, was 36. She lived in Hensley Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1976, at the age of 44.
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- Wilma J Zook, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Wilma Zook - Individual or family possessions: female
- Wilma Zook in household of Jasper Zook, "United States Census, 1940"
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World Events (8)
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
1935 · The Social Security Act
This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.
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
Americanized form of German Zug , a name of ultimately Swiss German origin (see Zaugg ). Compare Sook .
Americanized form of Jewish, Belorussian, and Ukrainian Zhuk ‘beetle (scarab)’, and probably also of its Polish cognate Żuk (see Zuk ).
History: This (see 1 above) is the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Zaugg , but in Germany altered to Zug before being brought to North America in the 18th century. The American Mennonites and Amish named Zook are descendants of one of the brothers Christian, Johannes, and Moritz Zug, who arrived in PA in 1742 from Germany and settled in Chester County, but there were also other immigrants from Germany bearing the name Zug. The ancestors of the three brothers came to Germany from Signau in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The name Zook is today also found among the Brethrens and Quakers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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