Brief Life History of Marjorie Durham
When Marjorie Durham McLain was born on 24 September 1921, in Garden City, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States, her father, James A. McLain, was 23 and her mother, Marjorie Talbott Durham, was 20. She married Cecil Woodrow Fullilove on 6 March 1943, in Broward, Florida, United States. She lived in Fair Lawn, Bergen, New Jersey, United States in 1950. She died on 20 January 2003, in Rochester, Ulster, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.
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- Marjorie D Fullilove, "United States 1950 Census"
- Marjorie Durham McLain, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993"
- Marjorie D Mc Lain, "New York, New York City, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1933
New Jersey was severely impacted by the Great Depression. In response to the economic woes of the country, President Franklin D Roosevelt issued a series of programs and regulations referred to as the "New Deal". One-tenth of the New Jersey population was already using New Deal programs by 1933.
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
Scottish: variant of McLean .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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