Brief Life History of Leo Eugene
When Leo Eugene Nix was born on 4 April 1914, in Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States, his father, James Robert Nix, was 53 and his mother, Lula Louise Hattie Krueger, was 17. He had at least 2 sons with Ruby Katherine Huitt. He lived in United States in 1949 and Howard, Texas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 12 September 1995, in Lubbock, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States.
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- Leo E Nix, "United States 1950 Census"
- Leo Nix, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Leo Eugene Nix, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
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.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German and Dutch: patronymic from a pet form of Nicholas (German Nikolaus).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Nioclais ‘son of Nicholas’, which was taken by some Limerick families named Woulfe .
German: nickname from Middle High German nickes(e), nixe ‘water sprite’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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