Brief Life History of Bernard
When Bernard Longstreth was born in 1913, in West Virginia, United States, his father, Isaac Newton Longstreth, was 39 and his mother, Delilah Bird Booth, was 35. He lived in Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1930.
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- Bernard Longstreth, "United States Census, 1940"
- Bernard S Longstreth in household of Isaac N Longstreth, "United States Census, 1920"
- Bernard Longstreth in household of Isaac N Longstreth, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment allows the people of each state to elect their own Senators instead of having the state legislature assign them.
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 (North Yorkshire): habitational name from Langstroth(dale) in North Yorkshire, where this rare surname has a long history.
History: Bartholomew Langstroth, a Quaker, left Yorkshire c. 1699 and settled in Bucks county, PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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