Brief Life History of Alice May
When Alice May Brewer was born on 13 January 1919, in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States, her father, John Hyrum Brewer, was 40 and her mother, Catherine Alvira Webb, was 39. She married Matthew Walter Edward Saily on 1 April 1967, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. She immigrated to World in 1945 and lived in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1920 and Orem, Utah, Utah, United States in 2010. Her occupation is listed as opra singer, worked for the diplamatic core, voice teacher in World. She died on 19 October 2010, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Alice May Brewer in household of John Hyrum Brewer, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Brewer, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- Alice May Brewer Saily, "Find A Grave Index"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
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: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .
English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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