Nellie Jane Swann

Brief Life History of Nellie Jane

When Nellie Jane Swann was born on 8 August 1925, in Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States, her father, Walter Grady Swann, was 24 and her mother, Inez Cleara Harris, was 27. She married John Dorsett Cannon on 23 January 1942, in Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, United States. She lived in Prichard, Mobile, Alabama, United States in 1940 and New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1950. She died on 25 June 1992, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Tillmans Corner, Mobile, Alabama, United States.

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John Dorsett Cannon
1920–
Nellie Jane Swann
1925–1992
Marriage: 23 January 1942

Sources (11)

  • Nellie J Kittrell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Nellie Jane Swann, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Nellie J Kittrell, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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.

1944 · The G.I Bill

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: variant of Swan .

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

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