Brief Life History of Nannie Alyne
When Nannie Alyne Wallace was born on 16 July 1922, in Sharon, Madison, Mississippi, United States, her father, Luther Davis Wallace, was 26 and her mother, Essie Cheesman Ray, was 24. She married Michael Anthony Gamra on 21 March 1942, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. She lived in Beat 4, Madison, Mississippi, United States in 1940. She died on 13 October 2005, in Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Alyne Wallace in household of Davis Wallace, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nannie Alyne Wallace - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: death: 13 October 2005; Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
- Alyne Wallace Gamowicz, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1925 · B.B. King is Born
B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bean, Mississippi. He was a famous American blues singer, electric guitarist, and record producer. In 1987, he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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
Scottish and English: variant of Wallis , especially in Scotland, where the name was introduced from the Welsh Marches by a family of tenants of the Stewarts in the 12th century.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, e.g. Wallach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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