John Paul Dewberry

Male5 April 1909–4 November 1944

Brief Life History of John Paul

When John Paul Dewberry was born on 5 April 1909, in Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, his father, John Thomas Dewberry, was 40 and his mother, Oral Pratt Huett, was 32. He lived in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 November 1944, at the age of 35, and was buried in Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.

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John Paul Dewberry
1909–1944
Mildred
1911–

Sources (10)

  • John Dewberry, "United States Census, 1940"
  • John Paul Dewberry, "BillionGraves Index"
  • John Paul Dewberry, "Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955"

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World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Age 1

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · The Mann Act

Age 1

This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 10

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name, probably a variant of Dewsbury, a habitational name from a place so named in Yorkshire, with loss of the medial s, no doubt reflecting loss of association with the original Yorkshire placename following migration.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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