Oneta Eunice Austin

Female11 July 1922–28 May 2006

Brief Life History of Oneta Eunice

Oneta Eunice Austin was born on 11 July 1922, in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States. She married Joe Scott Willingham, Jr. on 10 May 1940, in Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, United States. She died on 28 May 2006, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Joe Scott Willingham, Jr.
1913–1980
Oneta Eunice Austin
1922–2006
Marriage: 10 May 1940

Sources (4)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Oneta Eunice Austin - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Oneta Eunice Austin
  • Oneta Austin Willingham, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Oneta Eunice Austin in entry for Lena Elaine Willingham, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 May 1940Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, United States
  • World Events (8)

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 1

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

    Age 7

    Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 22

    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, French, and German: from the personal name Austin, from Latin Augustinus, a derivative of Augustus (see Augustin ). This was an extremely common personal name in every part of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, owing its popularity chiefly to Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), whose influence on Christianity is generally considered to be second only to that of Saint Paul. Various religious orders came to be formed following rules named in his honor, including the ‘Austin canons’, established in the 11th century, and the ‘Austin friars’, a mendicant order dating from the 13th century. The popularity of the personal name in England was further increased by the fact that it was borne by Saint Augustine of Canterbury (died c. 605), an Italian Benedictine monk known as ‘the Apostle of the English’, who brought Christianity to southern England in 597 and founded the see of Canterbury.

    English: variant of Aspden , with which this surname became confused.

    History: This was the name of a merchant family that became established in eastern MA in the 17th century, notably in Charlestown. Richard Austin came from England and landed at Boston in 1638, and his son Anthony was clerk of Suffield, CT, in 1674. The surname is very common in England as well as America; this Richard Austin was only one of a number of bearers who brought it to North America. — In 1821 Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), born in Austinville VA, founded the first Anglo colony in TX.

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

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