Brief Life History of Grace Elizabeth
When Grace Elizabeth Dickey was born on 16 April 1919, in Rickey, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, her father, William Earley Dickey, was 34 and her mother, Minnie Onie Dell Newell, was 30. She married Troy C. McCain on 7 October 1937, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States in 1940 and Nevada, United States in 1994. She died on 31 May 2011, in Westmoreland, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Nashville National Cemetery, Madison, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Grace Mccain in household of Troy Mccain, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gracie Dickey, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Gracie Dickie Mccain, "Alabama, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
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: variant of Dickie , from a pet form of the personal name Dick 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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