Walter Wiant Ellison

Male1919–2008

Brief Life History of Walter Wiant

When Walter Wiant Ellison was born in 1919, in West Virginia, United States, his father, Charles Curt Ellison, was 22 and his mother, Pearl Six Ayers, was 19. He lived in Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Holly, Braxton, West Virginia, United States in 1930. He died in 2008, at the age of 89.

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Family Time Line

Charles Curt Ellison
1897–1942
Pearl Six Ayers
1900–1984
Frank Woodrow Ellison
1917–1993
Walter Wiant Ellison
1919–2008
Lucille Mae Ellison Wilburn
1925–2010
Pearl June Ellison
1930–1930
Helen Francis Ellison
1934–1935
James Frederick Ellison
1936–2012

Sources (2)

  • Walter Ellison in household of Charley Ellison, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Walter W Ellison in household of Charles C Ellison, "United States Census, 1920"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 0

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1920

Age 1

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

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

English: from the Middle English personal name Ellis (Old Testament Elijah) + -son.

English: from the Middle English, Old French female personal name Elissent, Elisant, ancient Germanic Elisind.

Scottish: sometimes a post-medieval variant of Allison , which is mainly concentrated in northern England and southwestern Scotland. There is a similar Scottish variation between Alison and Elison as female personal names.

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

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