Brief Life History of Karl George
When Karl George Ashcroft Jr was born on 10 May 1921, in Kirtland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States, his father, Karl George Ashcroft Sr, was 23 and his mother, Ruth Biggs, was 23. He married Elsie June Palmer on 23 September 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to World in 1943. He died on 3 March 2007, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Kirtland Cemetery, Kirtland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States.
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- Karl C Ashcroft, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Karl George Ashcroft, "Oregon, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
- Karl Kay George Ashcroft, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
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
English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from Agecroft in Pendlebury, Lancashire. It could also be a topographic name from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ + croft ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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