Wilma Jane Morris

Female22 July 1943–17 July 2019

Brief Life History of Wilma Jane

When Wilma Jane Morris was born on 22 July 1943, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, her father, Willard Henry Morris, was 26 and her mother, Pearl Agnes Van Epps, was 24. She lived in Tieton, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1950. She died on 17 July 2019, in Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Naches, Yakima, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willard Henry Morris
1917–1984
Pearl Agnes Van Epps
1918–2015
Barbara Louise Morris
1940–2018
Willard H Morris
Wilma Jane Morris
1943–2019
Larry Glen Morris
1951–2010

Sources (4)

  • Wilma J Morris, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Wilma Jane Morris - Government record: birth-name: Wilma Jane Morris
  • Wilma J. Morris in the Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013

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Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 1

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.

1948 · KING-TV 

Age 5

In 1948, KING-TV was the first TV station not just in Washington, but the whole Pacific Northwest. It is an NBC tv station licensed to Seattle and Tacoma.

1963

Age 20

President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).

Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).

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

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