Brief Life History of Harold William
When Harold William Myers was born on 14 May 1927, in Evanston Township, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Harold William Myers, was 27 and his mother, Esther Maurine Summerfield, was 23. He lived in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1930 and San Rafael Judicial Township, Marin, California, United States in 1940. He died on 23 April 2005, in Fremont, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, Solano, California, United States.
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- Harold W Meyers Jr. in household of Harold W Meyers, "United States Census, 1930"
- Harold William Myers, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
- Harold William Myers, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
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.
1932 · The Miners Union
After a contract proposal reducing wages by $1.10 a day, employees of the United Mine Workers came together and created the Progressive Miners of America in southern Illinois. After discontent arose over the 67 years of operation, the union was dissolved.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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