Brief Life History of Jackson l "Jack"
When Jackson l "Jack" Sawyer was born on 10 June 1928, in Malvern, Geneva, Alabama, United States, his father, Murry Marley Sawyer, was 28 and his mother, Johnnie Mae Strickland, was 22. He married Jonelda Butler from 1953 to 1954. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 5 December 1988, in Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Gotha, Orange, Florida, United States.
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- Jack Sawyer in household of Murry Sawyer, "United States Census, 1940"
- Jack Sawyer, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Johnny in entry for Mr Raymond H Sawyer, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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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.
1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II
Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.
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: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood, from Middle English sauer(e), sauw(i)er, also sagh(i)er, sag(i)er ‘sawyer’, a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname, or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’, e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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