Leonard P Perry

Brief Life History of Leonard P

When Leonard P Perry was born on 3 April 1925, in Frostburg, Perry Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Anthony Perry, was 36 and his mother, Anna Rosa Bianco, was 24. He lived in Perry Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 6 July 1992, in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 67.

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Leonard P Perry
1925–1992
Eva June Hawk
1921–1995

Sources (2)

  • Leonard P Perry in household of Anthony Perry, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Leonard P Perry, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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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

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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