Betty Jane Fritz

Female19 February 1919–24 December 2012

Brief Life History of Betty Jane

When Betty Jane Fritz was born on 19 February 1919, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Roy Stauffer Fritz, was 24 and her mother, Mary Ruth Mowery, was 24. She lived in Drumore, Drumore Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Quarryville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died on 24 December 2012, in New Holland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard S. Weaver
1915–1991
Betty Jane Fritz
1919–2012

Sources (4)

  • Betty Jane Fritz in household of Roy S Fritz, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Betty J Fritz Weaver, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Betty J Weaver, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1920

Age 1

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920

Age 1

Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 25

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

German: from a pet form of the personal name Friedrich . This form of the surname is also found in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France (Alsace and Lorraine), and also in central European countries such as Slovenia, Croatia, Czechia, and Slovakia, where it is more often spelled in the Slavicized form Fric (see below).

Americanized or Germanized form of Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian Fric: from the personal name Fric, a pet form, of German origin (see above), of Old Czech and Slovak Fridrich, Slovenian Friderik, Croatian Fridrik, equivalents of German Friedrich .

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

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