Brief Life History of Milton Elonzo
When Milton Elonzo McILwain was born on 17 September 1923, in Gilbertown, Choctaw, Alabama, United States, his father, Bentley Elonzo McIlwain, was 21 and his mother, Lorena Lewis, was 20. He married Annie Ruth Lee on 22 January 1943, in Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Choctaw City, Choctaw, Alabama, United States in 1950. He died on 1 June 2003, in Gilbertown, Choctaw, Alabama, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Gilbertown Cemetery, Gilbertown, Choctaw, Alabama, United States.
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- Milton McIlwain, "United States 1950 Census"
- Milton Mc Ilwain, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Milton Elonzo McIlwain, "Find A Grave Index"
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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
Irish (northern) and Scottish: variant of McElwain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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