Brief Life History of Edward Benjamin
When Edward Benjamin Nagorski was born on 17 September 1927, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Peter Thomas Nagorski, was 47 and his mother, Antonia Gaskey, was 45. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Lila Mae Ostrander. He lived in Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 July 1986, in Lee, Florida, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Cape Coral, Lee, Florida, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Edward Hagorski in household of Peter Hagorski, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edward B Nagorski, "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998"
- Edward Nagorski in household of Antonia Nagorski, "United States Census, 1940"
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World Events (8)
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law
The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.
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
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Zygmunt, Henryk, Zigmund.
Polish and Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): habitational name for someone from any of several places called Nagórze in Poland, or from a village in Ukraine called Nagortsy.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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