Brief Life History of Robert Junior
When Robert Junior Kennard was born on 4 July 1923, in Gaston, Washington Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, his father, William Carl Kennard, was 41 and his mother, Fannie R Cox, was 34. He married Geraldine Mae Grubbs on 4 August 1949, in Indiana, United States. He lived in United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 4 April 2000, in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Thompson Cemetery, Gaston, Washington Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States.
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- Robert J Kennard, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert J Kennard, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Robert J Kennard, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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.
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 (Sussex and Kent): variant of Kenward or Kinnard , or perhaps Kenwood, a habitational name from Kenwood in Kenton (Devon).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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