Milton Henry Heil

Brief Life History of Milton Henry

When Milton Henry Heil was born on 21 March 1919, in Missouri, United States, his father, Henry Frank Heil Jr, was 27 and his mother, Clara E Strathman, was 27. He married Viola "Velma" L Buchholz on 24 May 1942, in Norborne, Carroll, Missouri, United States. He lived in Moss Creek Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 20 May 2007, in Norborne, Carroll, Missouri, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fairhaven Cemetery, Egypt Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Milton Henry Heil
1919–2007
Viola "Velma" L Buchholz
1923–2014
Marriage: 24 May 1942

Sources (12)

  • Milton Heil in household of Henry Heil, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Milton H Heil, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Milton Henry Heil, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1920

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

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.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

from a pet form of Heinrich .

from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name with the element heil ‘luck’, such as Heilmuth or female Heilwig.

German:

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

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