Brief Life History of Robert Teachey
When Robert Teachey Blackburn Jr. was born on 21 February 1918, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Robert Teachey Blackburn, was 54 and his mother, Mary Ann Hubbard, was 40. He married Ruby Dorothy Harrison on 5 August 1949, in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. He lived in Warsaw, Duplin, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 20 December 2012, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Warsaw, Duplin, North Carolina, United States.
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- Robert T Blackburn, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert Teschey Blackburn, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Robert Blackburn, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920 · Women Get the Vote
In 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified making it so that women could vote. This achievement finally gave North Carolina the freedom to vote they had been fighting for since 1897.
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: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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