Brief Life History of Donald Dean
When Donald Dean Roberts was born on 1 April 1923, in Cleveland, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Mack Charles Roberts Sr, was 25 and his mother, Nettie Bell Perryman, was 22. He married Mae Adell McLaughlin in 1953. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 7, Fannin, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 11 April 2003, in Alto, Cherokee, Texas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen, Houston County, Texas, United States.
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- Donald D Roberts in household of Mack M Roberts, "United States Census, 1930"
- Donald Dean Roberts, "Find A Grave Index"
- Donald Dean Roberts in entry for Mack C Roberts, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
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: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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