Vivian Elizabeth Sawyer

Brief Life History of Vivian Elizabeth

When Vivian Elizabeth Sawyer was born on 11 August 1943, her father, William Henry Sawyer, was 29 and her mother, Viola Elizabeth Armstead, was 26. She died on 4 December 1986, in Newport News, Virginia, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Beaver Hill Cemetery, Freedom, Waldo, Maine, United States.

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Ebenezer Adetunji Martins
Vivian Elizabeth Sawyer
1943–1986

Sources (3)

  • Vivian Elizabeth Sawyer, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
  • Vivian E Martins, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
  • Vivian E Sawyer Martins, "Find A Grave Index"

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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.

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood, from Middle English sauer(e), sauw(i)er, also sagh(i)er, sag(i)er ‘sawyer’, a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.

Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname, or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’, e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ).

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

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