Brief Life History of William Joseph
When William Joseph Earley was born on 12 July 1918, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Aloysious Earley, was 28 and his mother, Marie Julia Wolfrum, was 26. He married Rita Margaret Eagan on 21 July 1943, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. He lived in New York City, New York, United States in 1950. In 1950, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as proprietor stationary. He died on 13 January 2002, in Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Elwood, Will, Illinois, United States.
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- William Earley, "United States Census, 1950"
- Legacy NFS Source: William (Joseph or Charles) Earley - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William Joseph or Charles Earley
- William Joseph Earley, "New York, New York City, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Leitrim and Tyrone): variant of Early .
Americanized form of German Ehrle .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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My first remembrances of my Dad at work was when I was 3 and we would visit his candy, newspaper, cigar, cigarette and small toy store on 34th St in Manhattan, NYC. The store was between 3rd Avenue an …
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