James Preston Jones

Male6 December 1943–25 January 1963

Brief Life History of James Preston

When James Preston Jones was born on 6 December 1943, in North Carolina, United States, his father, James Preston Jones, was 27 and his mother, Nannie Louise Shirley, was 25. He lived in Snow Hill Township, Greene, North Carolina, United States in 1950 and Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, United States in 1963. He died on 25 January 1963, in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Preston Jones
1916–1993
Nannie Louise Shirley
1918–1984
James Preston Jones
1943–1963

Sources (9)

  • James P Jones, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James Preston Jones Jr., "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • James Preston Jones, "BillionGraves Index"

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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.

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

Age 2

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

1949 · NATO is Established

Age 6

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.

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

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