Brief Life History of Helen
When Helen Crysell was born on 27 November 1927, in Butler, Alabama, United States, her father, James Matthew Crysell, was 29 and her mother, Thelma Maude Henderson, was 29. She married Loren Allen Lee on 15 March 1943, in Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Chapman, Butler, Alabama, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 14 Georgiana, Butler, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 15 May 1985, in Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 57.
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Sources (8)
- Helen Lee, "United States 1950 Census"
- Helen Crysel, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Helen Crysell Lee, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1939 · First Oil Well in Mississippi Located in Yazoo County
Fredric F. Mellen was a geologist that was surveyed a clay and minerals project. While doing this he instead struck oil and started the oil industry in Mississippi.
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: locative name from Chrishall (Essex).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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